Start Vertx as a daemon on Linux

vertx_daemon_start.sh

# If you are going to deploy say on a debian linux box with upstart you can use my script from the juju charm:

cat /etc/init/app_name.conf
description "app_name Vert.x server"
 
start on (net-device-up
          and local-filesystems
          and runlevel [2345])
stop on runlevel [!2345]
 
expect fork
respawn
 
script
  cd /app_dir
  exec /usr/local/bin/vertx runmod app_name -conf app_name.conf -instances 4 >> /var/log/vertx.log 2>&1 &
end script

# This will work on ubuntu, debian and others all you need is java7 installed and the zip of vert.x with a symlink to bin/vertx living in your /usr/local/bin/vertx (or change the path above in the exec stanza).

# Upstart will run your app as root, which is probably not what you want to run as a user do:

# exec sudo -u app_user /usr/local/bin/vertx runmod app_name -conf app_name.conf -instances 4 >> /var/log/vertx.log 2>&1 &