Remove the pidfile after the server has exited

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 - [#7797](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/7706): Fix data deleted outside of time range
 - [#8822](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/8822): Fix data dropped incorrectly during compaction
 - [#8780](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/8780): Prevent deadlock during collectd, graphite, opentsdb, and udp shutdown.
+- [#8983](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/8983): Remove the pidfile after the server has exited.
 
 ## v1.3.4 [unreleased]
 

cmd/influxd/run/command.go

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type Command struct {
 	BuildTime string
 
 	closing chan struct{}
+	pidfile string
 	Closed  chan struct{}
 
 	Stdin  io.Reader
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ func (cmd *Command) Run(args ...string) error {
 	if err := cmd.writePIDFile(options.PIDFile); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("write pid file: %s", err)
 	}
+	cmd.pidfile = options.PIDFile
 
 	// Parse config
 	config, err := cmd.ParseConfig(options.GetConfigPath())
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ func (cmd *Command) Run(args ...string) error {
 // Close shuts down the server.
 func (cmd *Command) Close() error {
 	defer close(cmd.Closed)
+	defer cmd.removePIDFile()
 	close(cmd.closing)
 	if cmd.Server != nil {
 		return cmd.Server.Close()
@@ -151,6 +154,14 @@ func (cmd *Command) monitorServerErrors() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (cmd *Command) removePIDFile() {
+	if cmd.pidfile != "" {
+		if err := os.Remove(cmd.pidfile); err != nil {
+			cmd.Logger.Error("unable to remove pidfile", zap.Error(err))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // ParseFlags parses the command line flags from args and returns an options set.
 func (cmd *Command) ParseFlags(args ...string) (Options, error) {
 	var options Options
@@ -176,8 +187,7 @@ func (cmd *Command) writePIDFile(path string) error {
 	}
 
 	// Ensure the required directory structure exists.
-	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0777)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0777); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("mkdir: %s", err)
 	}
 

cmd/influxd/run/command_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package run_test
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/cmd/influxd/run"
+)
+
+func TestPIDFile(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "influxd-test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)
+
+	pidFile := filepath.Join(tmpdir, "influxdb.pid")
+
+	cmd := run.NewCommand()
+	if err := cmd.Run("-pidfile", pidFile); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(pidFile); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not stat pid file: %s", err)
+	}
+	go cmd.Close()
+
+	timeout := time.NewTimer(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	select {
+	case <-timeout.C:
+		t.Fatal("unexpected timeout")
+	case <-cmd.Closed:
+		timeout.Stop()
+	}
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(pidFile); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected pid file to be removed")
+	}
+}