Service script for dashing. Update DASHING_DIR variable, add this file to /etc/init.d/ , chmod to 755, and let update rc.d with $ sudo update-rc.d dashboard defaults This scripts stops the dashing service with "killall thin" which will kill all thin services running on your server.

dashboard

#!/bin/bash
# Dashing service
# Add this file to /etc/init.d/
# $ sudo cp dashboard /etc/init.d/
# Update variables DASHING_DIR, GEM_HOME, & PATH to suit your installation
# $ sudo nano /etc/init.d/dashboard
# Make executable
# $ sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/dashboard
# Update rc.d
# $ sudo update-rc.d dashboard defaults
# Dashboard will start at boot. Check out the boot log for trouble shooting "/var/log/boot.log"
# USAGE: start|stop|status|logs

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          dashboard
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time
# Description:       Enable service provided by daemon.
### END INIT INFO

# Gregology <[email protected]>
# https://gist.github.com/gregology/5313326
# Based on  Faraz Haider's LifeRay Startup Service script
# https://gist.github.com/haiderfaraz/2773431

DASHING_DIR=/path/to/dashboard/
GEM_HOME=/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games

case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting Dashing."
cd $DASHING_DIR; dashing start -d
;;
stop)
echo "Stopping Dashing."
killall thin
;;
logs)
echo "See the logs of the Dashing."
tail -f $DASHING_DIR'log/thin.log'
;;
status)
# Check to see if the process is running
ps aux|grep -i dashing
;;
 
*)
echo "Dashing"
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|logs}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0

I have another issue.. the script works fine when I run it from the terminal
however, as part of the init.d startup, it doesn't work..
so, if I do sudo service dashing start or sudo /etc/init.d/dashing start, I can successfully start the service
however, it doesn't start as part of the boot.. this is what I see in the boot.log file:
^[[31mbundler: command not found: thin^[[0m
^[[33mInstall missing gem executables with bundle install^[[0m
...done.

And it simply fails to start.. very frustrating, I look in every place to see why this is happening, without luck. I run this on an Ubuntu 14.04 OS.
If anyone can help, please let me know your thoughts on this issue.

How can I reverse it, so that it boots to the desktop again?

I was able to fix the "mbundler: command not found: thin" problem @Ariestar mentions above by adding the following Path variable to the @plytro bash script on the line after GEM_HOME:

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin

Plytros version worked for me, except for the status command which doesn't work.