Rails and haproxy in one script for our front end guy

rails_and_proxy.sh

#! /bin/bash

# used for kill signals
kill_rails () {
  kill -6 ${rails_pid} > /dev/null 2>&1
}

#get password for haproxy
read -s -p "Enter Password: " proxy_pass
echo ""
#allows ctrl c to work in the while loop
trap kill_rails SIGINT SIGHUP SIGTERM
#start the processes
rails s &
rails_pid=($!)
#we wait on haproxy while rails runs in bg
echo $proxy_pass | sudo -S haproxy -f ./config/haproxy.cfg

sweet!