Thinking-Sphinx Run in Foreground Task

thinking_sphinx.rake

namespace :ts do
  desc "Run Thinking Sphinx in the foreground (for something like foreman)"
  task :run_in_foreground => ['ts:stop', 'ts:index'] do
    config = ThinkingSphinx::Configuration.instance
    controller = config.controller

    unless pid = fork
      exec "#{controller.bin_path}#{controller.searchd_binary_name} --pidfile --config #{config.configuration_file} --nodetach"
    end

    Signal.trap('TERM') { Process.kill('TERM', pid) }
    Signal.trap('INT')  { Process.kill('INT', pid) }
    Process.wait(pid)
  end
end

thinking_sphinx_run_fg_task.gemspec

Gem::Specification.new do |s|
  s.name        = 'thinking_sphinx_run_fg_task'
  s.version     = '1.0.1'
  s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
  s.author      = 'Tiago Scolari'
  s.email       = 'tscolari@gmail.com'
  s.summary     = 'Adds a task to run sphinx in foreground'
  s.description = 'Runs sphinx in foreground, to be used with foreman.'

  s.files         = ['thinking_sphinx_run_fg_task.rb', 'thinking_sphinx.rake']
  s.require_path  = '.'

  s.add_development_dependency('thinking-sphinx')
end

thinking_sphinx_run_fg_task.rb

module ThinkingSphinxRunFgTask
end
load 'thinking_sphinx.rake' if defined?(Rake)