Cobbled Together init.d script for shairplay

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This is the init.d and default file that I am using to get shairplay to run as a service.

On Ubuntu:

    sudo cp "init.d - shairplay" /etc/init.d/shairplay
    sudo cp "default - shairplay" /etc/default/shairplay
    sudo chmod a+x /etc/init.d/shairplay
    sudo update-rc.d shairplay defaults
    sudo service shairplay start

If it doesn't work immediately, customize the /etc/default/shairplay to your environment.

default - shairplay

# Shairplay Daemon options
# Uncomment and modify lines to change defaults

# User and group under which shairplay should be run
# user should have permission to output sound
# Check the audio output documentation for details.
#USER=<yourusername>
#GROUP=audio

# Process' nice on start
#NICE=0

# Specify where the airport.key is located
KEYLOCATION=/opt/shairplay

# File where log messages should be redirected.
# If a non-default log or error file is used, and logrotate is configured with
# the provided configuration file, then the paths of the log files should be
# updated in /etc/logrotate.d/shairplay to reflect the value of $LOGFILE and $ERRFILE
LOGFILE=/var/log/shairplay.log

# If empty, errors are redirected to LOGFILE
#ERRFILE=/var/log/shairplay.err

PIDFILE=/var/run/shairplay.pid

# Set the AirPlay advertised name.
# Defaults to computer's hostname
APNAME=House

# Set output driver and options
# Defaults to the first available, depends on the build options
# Check 'shairplay -h' for details
#OUTPUT=ao
#OUTPUT_OPTS=

#RUN_ONSTART=
#RUN_ONSTOP=

init.d - shairplay

#!/bin/bash
#
# This starts and stops shairplay
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          shairplay
# Required-Start:    $network
# Required-Stop:
# Short-Description: shairplay - Airtunes emulator!
# Description:       Airtunes emulator!
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
### END INIT INFO

# Check for existance of defaults file
# and utilze if available
if [ -f /etc/default/shairplay ]; then
    . /etc/default/shairplay
else
    echo "/etc/default/shairplay not found using default settings.";
fi

# Source function library.
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

NAME=shairplay
USER=${USER}
DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/shairplay
KEYLOCATION=${KEYLOCATION-/opt/shairplay}
PIDFILE=${PIDFILE-/var/run/pulse/$NAME.pid}
APNAME=${APNAME-shairplay}
LOGFILE=${LOGFILE-/var/log/shairport.log}
DAEMON_ARGS="-w $PIDFILE -a $APNAME"

[ -x $binary ] || exit 0

RETVAL=0

start() {
    echo -n "Starting shairplay: "
    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
                      --chuid $USER \
                      --chdir "$KEYLOCATION" \
                      --exec "$DAEMON" -b --oknodo -- $DAEMON_ARGS
    log_end_msg $?
}

stop() {
    echo -n "Shutting down shairplay: "
    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
                --retry 1 --oknodo
    log_end_msg $?
}

restart() {
    stop
    sleep 1
    start
}

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

exit 0

well done! I have had problems pathing the airport.key