auto-create queue if does not exist.

also hack to remove stale pid file

Sources/SIS/app/models/course.rb

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ def publish_to_rabbit(action)
 
 		channel = rabbit_connection.create_channel
 
+        # Create the queue if it does not exist
+        channel.queue("sis.course", :exclusive => false)
+
 		# TODO: allow user to specify exchange in config
 		exchange = channel.default_exchange
 

Sources/SIS/app/models/user.rb

@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ def publish_to_rabbit(action)
 
 		channel = rabbit_connection.create_channel
 
+		# Create the queue if it does not exist
+		channel.queue("sis.user", :exclusive => false)
+
 		# TODO: allow user to specify exchange in config
 		exchange = channel.default_exchange
 

Sources/SIS/run-rails.sh

@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ fi
 # Do not start if we did not bootstrap
 if [ ! -f /FIRSTRUN ]
 then
+    # HACK...delete the pid file that seems to stick around
+    rm -f /myapp/tmp/pids/server.pid
     bundle exec rails s -p 3000 -b '0.0.0.0'
+    rm -f /myapp/tmp/pids/server.pid
 else
     echo "Bootstrap was not completed. Not starting..."
 fi