Modified statsd.init.sh file to work on Debian

statsd.init.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# StatsD
#
# chkconfig: 3 50 50
# description: StatsD init.d
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

prog=statsd
STATSDDIR=/opt/statsd
statsd=stats.js
LOG=/var/log/statsd.log
ERRLOG=/var/log/statsderr.log
CONFFILE=${STATSDDIR}/conf.js
pidfile=/var/run/statsd.pid
lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/statsd
RETVAL=0
STOP_TIMEOUT=${STOP_TIMEOUT-10}

start() {
	echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
	cd ${STATSDDIR}

	# See if it's already running. Look *only* at the pid file.
	if [ -f ${pidfile} ]; then
		log_failure_msg "PID file exists for statsd"
		RETVAL=1
	else
		# Run as process
		/usr/local/bin/node ${statsd} ${CONFFILE} >> ${LOG} 2>> ${ERRLOG} &
		RETVAL=$?
	
		# Store PID
		echo $! > ${pidfile}

		# Success
		[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && log_success_msg "statsd started"
	fi

	echo
	return $RETVAL
}

stop() {
	echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
	killproc -p ${pidfile}
	RETVAL=$?
	echo
	[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f ${pidfile} && log_success_msg "statsd stopped"
}

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
	start
	;;
  stop)
	stop
	;;
  status)
	status -p ${pidfile} ${prog}
	RETVAL=$?
	;;
  restart)
	stop
	start
	;;
  condrestart)
	if [ -f ${pidfile} ] ; then
		stop
		start
	fi
	;;
  *)
	echo $"Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status}"
	exit 1
esac

exit $RETVAL

I have adapted it to rely on LSB functions, use start-stop-daemon, and run as a specific user. But I lost the logs

Here is the version

start() {
        log_daemon_msg "Starting $prog"
        start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --quiet --background --make-pidfile -p ${pidfile} -d ${STATSDDIR} --chuid ${user} --exec /usr/bin/node -- ${statsd} ${CONFFILE}
        log_end_msg $?
}

stop() {
        log_daemon_msg "Stopping $prog"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --quiet -p ${pidfile} --exec /usr/bin/node --retry TERM/10/KILL/5
        log_end_msg $?
}

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
        start
        ;;
  stop)
        stop
        ;;
  status)
        status_of_proc /usr/bin/node ${prog} -p ${pidfile}
        ;;
  restart)
        stop
        start
        ;;
  *)
        echo $"Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|status}"
        exit 1
esac