Maybe i could install another process manager of my own, and start it from cron. That really doesn't sound like fun, though. Is there a simple process manager which i can install and use without root privileges, and which won't make me restructure my whole deployment process?
Yes, like systemd. Our servers even run systemd already!
Sadly, we don't have root on our servers, and user-level service support is broken on CentOS 7:
https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=8767
Maybe i could install another process manager of my own, and start it from cron. That really doesn't sound like fun, though. Is there a simple process manager which i can install and use without root privileges, and which won't make me restructure my whole deployment process?