simple_centos_couchdb_init_script.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# couchdb - this script starts and stops the couchdb server
#
# chkconfig:   - 85 15
# description: Apache CouchDB document database server.
# processname: beam
# pidfile:     /opt/couchdb/var/run/couchdb/couchdb.pid

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Check that networking is up.
[ "$NETWORKING" = "no" ] && exit 0

retval=0

start() {
  echo -n $"Starting CouchDB: "
  su couchdb -c "/opt/couchdb/bin/couchdb -p /opt/couchdb/var/run/couchdb/couchdb.pid -b -o /dev/null -e /dev/null" > /dev/null 2>&1
  retval=$?
  [ $retval -eq 0 ] && success $"CouchDB started" || failure $"CouchDB failed to start"
  echo
  return $retval
}

stop() {
  echo -n $"Stopping CouchDB: "
  su couchdb -c "/opt/couchdb/bin/couchdb -p /opt/couchdb/var/run/couchdb/couchdb.pid -d -o /dev/null -e /dev/null" > /dev/null 2>&1
  retval=$?
  [ $retval -eq 0 ] && success $"CouchDB shutdown" && rm -f /opt/couchdb/var/run/couchdb/couchdb.pid || failure $"CouchDB failed to shutdown"
  echo
  return $retval
}

restart() {
  stop
  sleep 1
  start
}

status() {
  su couchdb -c "/opt/couchdb/bin/couchdb -p /opt/couchdb/var/run/couchdb/couchdb.pid -s -o /dev/null -e /dev/null"
}

case "$1" in
  start)
    $1
    ;;
  stop)
    $1
    ;;
  restart)
    $1
    ;;
  status)
    $1
    ;;
  *)
    echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart}"
    exit 2
esac

exit $retval