def daemonize(self):
        """
        do the UNIX double-fork magic, see Stevens' "Advanced
        Programming in the UNIX Environment" for details (ISBN 0201563177)
        http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_2.html#SEC16
        """
        try:
            pid = os.fork()
            if pid > 0:
                # exit first parent
                sys.exit(0)
        except OSError as e:
            self.logger.error("Fork #1 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
            sys.exit(1)

        # decouple from parent environment
        os.chdir("/")
        os.setsid()
        os.umask(0)

        # do second fork
        try:
            pid = os.fork()
            if pid > 0:
                # exit from second parent
                sys.exit(0)
        except OSError as e:
            self.logger.error("Fork #2 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
            sys.exit(1)

        # write pidfile
        atexit.register(self.delpid)
        pid = str(os.getpid())
        with open(self.pidfile,'w+') as f:
            f.write("%s\n" % pid)

        sys.stdout = LoggerProxy(self.logger.info)
        sys.stderr = LoggerProxy(self.logger.error)
do the UNIX double-fork magic, see Stevens' "Advanced
        Programming in the UNIX Environment" for details (ISBN 0201563177)
        http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_2.html#SEC16