System utility written in python that create a background service from executable. Service created will be run as: sudo service MyService {start|stop|restart|status}

addSystemService.py

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# System utility written in python that create a background service from executable.
# Service created will be run as: sudo service MyService {start|stop|restart|status}
# Run: sudo python addSystemService.py [executable name] [service name] [user]
# Example: sudo python addSystemService.py ./project/my_project.py MyPorjectService root options
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from sys import argv
import os
import stat
import subprocess
import platform
    
    
script = '#!/bin/sh\n\
\n\
### BEGIN INIT INFO\n\
# Provides:          %s\n\
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog\n\
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog\n\
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5\n\
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6\n\
# Short-Description: Put a short description of the service here\n\
# Description:       Put a long description of the service here\n\
### END INIT INFO\n\
\n\
# Change the next 3 lines to suit where you install your script and what you want to call it\n\
DIR=%s\n\
DAEMON=%s\n\
DAEMON_NAME=%s\n\
\n\
# Add any command line options for your daemon here\n\
DAEMON_OPTS=%s\n\
\n\
# This next line determines what user the script runs as.\n\
# Root generally not recommended but necessary if you are using the Raspberry Pi GPIO from Python.\n\
DAEMON_USER=%s\n\
\n\
# The process ID of the script when it runs is stored here:\n\
PIDFILE=/var/run/$DAEMON_NAME.pid\n\
\n\
. /lib/lsb/init-functions\n\
\n\
do_start () {\n\
    log_daemon_msg "Starting system $DAEMON_NAME daemon"\n\
    echo "RUN: start-stop-daemon --start --background --chdir $DIR --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --user $DAEMON_USER --chuid $DAEMON_USER --startas $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS"\n\
    start-stop-daemon --start --background --chdir $DIR --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --user $DAEMON_USER --chuid $DAEMON_USER --startas $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS\n\
    echo "RETURN CODE: $?"\n\
    log_end_msg $?\n\
}\n\
do_stop () {\n\
    log_daemon_msg "Stopping system $DAEMON_NAME daemon"\n\
    echo "RUN: start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE --retry 10"\n\
    start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE --retry 10\n\
    echo "RETURN CODE: $?"\n\
    log_end_msg $?\n\
    while pgrep -x $DAEMON > /dev/null; do sleep 2; done\n\
    echo "$DAEMON_NAME stopped"\n\
}\n\
\n\
case "$1" in\n\
\n\
    start|stop)\n\
        do_${1}\n\
        ;;\n\
\n\
    restart|reload|force-reload)\n\
        do_stop\n\
        do_start\n\
        ;;\n\
\n\
    status)\n\
        status_of_proc "$DAEMON_NAME" "$DAEMON" && exit 0 || exit $?\n\
        ;;\n\
\n\
    *)\n\
        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$DAEMON_NAME {start|stop|restart|status}"\n\
        exit 1\n\
        ;;\n\
\n\
esac\n\
exit 0\n\
'


if len(argv) < 5:
    print "Use: python addSystemService.py [executable] [service] [user] [options]"
    exit()
    
executable = os.path.abspath(argv[1])
service = argv[2]
user = argv[3]
options = argv[4]

if platform.linux_distribution()[0] == 'Ubuntu':
    update_cmd = ['update-rc.d', service, 'defaults']
#elif platform.linux_distribution()[0] == 'CentOS': 
#    update_cmd = ['chkconfig', '--add', service]
else:
    print 'Distribution not supported'
    exit()
    
dirExecutable = os.path.dirname(executable)
executable = os.path.basename(executable)

s = open('/etc/init.d/'+service,'w')
s.write(script%(service,dirExecutable, executable, executable.split('.')[0], options, user))
s.close()
os.chmod('/etc/init.d/'+service, stat.S_IXUSR | stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR)
subprocess.call(update_cmd)