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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This sript is used to start the backend services and configure them according to what's available in the system
+
+set -eux
+
+if ! command -v celery &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Error: celery is not installed. Please install celery and try again"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+set +e
+pkill -f celery
+pkill watchmedo
+set -e
+
+if command -v kubectl &> /dev/null; then
+    set +e
+    pkill -f "kubectl port-forward"
+    set -e
+
+    kubectl port-forward $(kubectl get pods -n redis  -o json | jq '.items[0].metadata.name' | sed 's/"//g') --address 0.0.0.0 6379:6379 -n redis &
+fi
+
+# Ensure connection to broken is successful
+python celery_app.py
+
+
+watchmedo auto-restart --directory=./ --pattern='*.py' --recursive -- celery -A celery_app worker & # DEV to autoreload on changes
+CELERY_PID=$!
+
+# cleanup() {
+#     echo "Stopping uvicorn process (PID: $UVICORN_PID)..."
+#     kill "$UVICORN_PID" 2>/dev/null  # Graceful shutdown (SIGTERM)
+#     wait "$UVICORN_PID" 2>/dev/null  # Wait for process to exit
+#     echo "Stopping background process (PID: $CELERY_PID)..."
+#     kill "$CELERY_PID" 2>/dev/null  # Graceful shutdown (SIGTERM)
+#     wait "$CELERY_PID" 2>/dev/null  # Wait for process to exit
+
+# }
+# trap cleanup EXIT SIGINT SIGTERM
+
+# celery -A celery_app worker -D # PROD
+
+uvicorn api.app:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 5001 --reload --reload-exclude "data" --log-level debug 
+# UVICORN_PID=$!
+
+# wait for 
+# less /etc/passwd > /dev/null