Ruby daemons and JRuby - alternative options

Question

I have an app that I am migrating from Ruby to JRuby (due to need for better Web Service Security support via Java). One of the gems I use is daemons to create a background

Answer 1

I created a gem for the easy creation of Ruby & JRuby daemons: raad (Ruby as a daemon). It works identically with MRI Ruby or JRuby, simple, lightweight, transparent.