Can geth be run in batch?

Question

I am using PoA and running geth just from the cli on google cloud. But I found I had the error below. In terms of reliability is there a way to run it without a dependence on ssh (eg something like batch)?

INFO [04-13|13:41:00] Commit new mining work
number=2178 txs=0 uncles=0 elapsed=206.317µs INFO [04-13|13:41:00] 🔗 block reached canonical chain number=2172 hash=f4ced7…b74e50 INFO [04-13|13:41:05] Successfully sealed new block
number=2178 hash=43ec93…e99f5a INFO [04-13|13:41:05] 🔨 mined potential block number=2178 hash=43ec93…e99f5a INFO [04-13|13:41:05] Commit new mining work number=2179 txs=0 uncles=0 elapsed=2.588ms packet_write_wait: Connection to 35.195.116.27 port 22: Broken pipe ERROR: (gcloud.compute.ssh) [/usr/bin/ssh] exited with return code [255]. ~/blockchain$

Answer 1

I hope, I understand your question right: you want to run geth in background, so it is not terminated when your ssh session closes?

If yes, and you're using Linux, you can:

1. use screen (see https://kb.iu.edu/d/acuy)
2. Start geth in background with nohup geth .... &