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title: server-spawn
---
type: event
---
summary: Emitted right after the server was started.
---
body:
When the development server boots up it emits this event if plugins want
to spawn their own development tools. For instance it can be used to
start a background process that kicks off webpack or similar tools. There
is a second event called [server-stop :ref](../server-stop/) which can be
used to detect server shutdowns.
## Example
```python
import os
from subprocess import Popen
class MyPlugin(Plugin):
...
webpack = None
def on_server_spawn(self, **extra):
path = os.path.join(self.env.root_path, 'webpack')
self.webpack = Popen(['webpack', '--watch'], cwd=path)
def on_server_stop(self, **extra):
if self.webpack is not None:
self.webpack.kill()
```