gistfile1.txt

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#### UPSTART SCRIPT FOR <SERVICE NAME> ####
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start on filesystem and started networking
stop on shutdown

author "<Organization name> or <Person name>"
description "Upstart script for running <service name>"
version "0.1"

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn
respawn limit 10 5

env PYTHON_HOME=/root/.virtualenvs/<virtual-env-name>
env NAME=<service-name?>
env UID=root
env GID=root
env SCRIPT=/usr/bin/<script-name.py>

script
    exec start-stop-daemon --start --make-pidfile --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid --name $NAME -c $UID:$GID -x $PYTHON_HOME/bin/python $SCRIPT >> /var/log/upstart/$NAME.log 2>&1
end script