When using "tree.mount(); engine.start(); engine.block()" to start cherrypy server, we need to manually subscribe to the signal handlers plugin. For reference: https://cherrypy.readthedocs.org/en/3.2.6/refman/process/plugins/signalha... Signed-off-by: Aline Manera <alinefm(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt; --- src/kimchi/server.py | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/kimchi/server.py b/src/kimchi/server.py index ec78b6c..eb58465 100644 --- a/src/kimchi/server.py +++ b/src/kimchi/server.py @@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ class Server(object): cherrypy.tree.mount(plugin_app, script_name, plugin_config) def start(self): + # Subscribe to SignalHandler plugin + if hasattr(cherrypy.engine, 'signal_handler'): + cherrypy.engine.signal_handler.subscribe() + cherrypy.engine.start() cherrypy.engine.block()