CouchDB Init Script

#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright 2008 Dirkjan Ochtman
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

BACKGROUND=true
HOME="/var/lib/couchdb"
EXEC="/usr/bin/couchdb"
COUCHDB_USER="couchdb"
COUCHDB_PID_FILE="/var/run/couchdb/couchdb.pid"
COUCHDB_STDOUT_FILE="/dev/null"
COUCHDB_STDERR_FILE="/dev/null"
#COUCHDB_RESPAWN_TIMEOUT=
#COUCHDB_OPTIONS=

depend() {
        need net
}

start() {
        ebegin "Starting ${SVCNAME}"

        args="-b"
        if test -n "$COUCHDB_STDOUT_FILE"; then
                args="$args -o $COUCHDB_STDOUT_FILE"
        fi
        if test -n "$COUCHDB_STDERR_FILE"; then
                args="$args -e $COUCHDB_STDERR_FILE"
        fi
        if test -n "$COUCHDB_RESPAWN_TIMEOUT"; then
                args="$args -r $COUCHDB_RESPAWN_TIMEOUT"
        fi
        if test -n "$COUCHDB_OPTIONS"; then
                args="$args $COUCHDB_OPTIONS"
        fi
        if test -n "$COUCHDB_PID_FILE"; then
            args="$args -p $COUCHDB_PID_FILE"
    else
        echo "* ERROR: COUCHDB_PID_FILE must be set"
        return -1
    fi
        if test -z "$COUCHDB_USER"; then
        echo "* ERROR: COUCHDB_USER must be set"
        return -1
        fi

        start-stop-daemon --start --exec ${EXEC} --name beam \
                --user ${COUCHDB_USER} --chuid ${COUCHDB_USER} --pidfile ${COUCHDB_PID_FILE} -- $args

        eend $? "Failed to start ${SVCNAME}"
}

stop() {
        ebegin "Stopping ${SVCNAME}"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --exec ${EXEC} --name beam \
                --pidfile ${COUCHDB_PID_FILE}
        eend $? "Failed to stop ${SVCNAME}"
}

CouchDB Recipe

include_recipe "erlang"

package "dev-db/couchdb" do
  action :install
end

directory "/var/lib/couchdb" do
  owner "couchdb"
  group "couchdb"
  recursive true
end

remote_file "/etc/init.d/couchdb" do
  source "couchdb.init"
  owner "root"
  group "root"
  mode "0755"
end

execute "start-couchdb" do
  user "root"
  command %Q{
/etc/init.d/couchdb start
}
end