Upstart Script for the PlayFramework 1.x

playframework

# Upstart script for a play application that binds to an unprivileged user.
# put this into a file like /etc/init/playframework
# you can then start/stop it using either initctl or start/stop/restart
# e.g. 
# start playframework
# http://dominikdorn.com

description     "Description of your app"
author          "Dominik Dorn <[email protected]>"
version         "1.0"

env PLAY_BINARY=/opt/play/current/play
env HOME=/home/sgwebsite/apps/playapp/
env USER=sgwebsite
env GROUP=sgwebsite
env PROFILE=hyper

start on (filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=lo) or runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn
respawn limit 10 5
umask 022
expect fork


pre-start script
        test -x $PLAY_BINARY || { stop; exit 0; }
        test -c /dev/null || { stop; exit 0; }
        chdir ${HOME}
        rm ${HOME}/server.pid || true
        $PLAY_BINARY dependencies $HOME
end script

pre-stop script
        exec $PLAY_BINARY stop $HOME
end script

post-stop script
        rm ${HOME}/server.pid || true
end script

script
exec start-stop-daemon --start --exec $PLAY_BINARY --chuid $USER:$GROUP --chdir $HOME -- start $HOME --%$PROFILE
end script

@jtammen - this indeed was the problem for me.
The fix was:

1. Change 'expect fork' to 'expect daemon'
2. sudo initctl reload-configuration
3. Restart the machine (this step is mandatory for some reason)

What's the meaning of profile=hyper?