Debian - Add Service

debain_custom_service

sudo vi /etc/init.d/cjp
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/cjp

#if you want it to run at startup
sudo update-rc.d cjp defaults

#to remove
sudo update-rc.d -f cjp remove

#start and stop at will
sudo service cjp start
suod service cjp stop

example:

#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          CJP
# Required-Start:    $time $network $remote_fs $syslog $all $redis-server
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Magnatize Highmem initscript
# Description:       This file should be used to construct scripts to be
#                    placed in /etc/init.d.
### END INIT INFO


# Carry out specific functions when asked to by the system
case "$1" in
  start)
    date >> /home/chris/out.txt
    echo "Starting script cjp" >> /home/chris/out.txt
    /usr/local/bin/resque-web --app-dir /home/chris/tmp/ --redis 10.240.185.245 2>&1 >> /home/chris/out.txt
    /usr/local/bin/rake --rakefile /home/chris/tweetstream/examples/Rakefile crunch_it 2>&1 & >> /home/chris/out.txt
    /usr/local/bin/rake --rakefile /home/chris/tweetstream/examples/Rakefile resque:work QUEUE=tweets_to_scrape 2>&1 & >> /home/chris/out.txt

    ;;
  stop)
    echo "Stopping script cjp" >> /home/chris/out.txt
    /usr/local/bin/resque-web --app-dir /home/chris/tmp --kill
    kill `ps ax | grep crunch_it | grep -v 'grep' | cut -f 2 -d ' ' -s` 2>&1 >> /home/chris/out.txt
    kill `ps ax | grep tweets_to_scrape | grep -v 'grep' | cut -f 2 -d ' ' -s` 2>&1 >> /home/chris/out.txt
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/blah {start|stop}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0