From 011ad2c02ce365da3cfa55a0e7bdeb8286849edc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ajay Veluvolu <ajay.veluvolu@cyberark.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 11:15:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Remove the Pidfile before starting the server process

---
 bin/conjur-cli/commands/server.rb | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bin/conjur-cli/commands/server.rb b/bin/conjur-cli/commands/server.rb
index 73099847d8..78378ea125 100644
--- a/bin/conjur-cli/commands/server.rb
+++ b/bin/conjur-cli/commands/server.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ def call
       create_account
       load_bootstrap_policy
 
+      # Clean up the Pidfile
+      cleanup_pidfile
+
       # Start the Conjur API and service
       # processes
       fork_server_process
@@ -85,6 +88,16 @@ def load_bootstrap_policy
       ) || exit(($CHILD_STATUS.exitstatus))
     end
 
+    def cleanup_pidfile
+      Process.fork do
+        puts("Cleaning up the pidfile")
+
+        exec("
+          rm -f /opt/conjur-server/tmp/pids/server.pid 
+        ")
+      end
+    end 
+
     def fork_server_process
       Process.fork do
         puts("Conjur v#{conjur_version} starting up...")