linux init script for playframework 2

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          playframework
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start/Stop playframework
### END INIT INFO
#
#source some script files in order to set and export environmental variables
#as well as add the appropriate executables to $PATH

PLAYFRAMEWORK_HOME='/opt/playframework/'
export PIDFILE='/opt/playframework/RUNNING_PID'
USER=playframework
GROUP=nogroup

case "$1" in
    start)
        echo "Starting playframework"
        START_CMD="${PLAYFRAMEWORK_HOME}/start -Dparam1=value1"
        start-stop-daemon --start -p "${PIDFILE}" --quiet --background --chuid ${USER}:${GROUP} --exec /bin/bash -- ${START_CMD}
        ;;
    stop)
        echo "Stopping playframework"
        start-stop-daemon -K -p "${PIDFILE}" -u "${USER}" -R 30 ;;
      *)
        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/playframework {start|stop}"
        exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0

From http://pastebin.com/bPKN97w8

This is the method I use to start a #playframework 2 application as a
service on an ubuntu box:

1. Package the application with $play dist
2. Copy the zip on the server
3. Decompress the zip, for example in /opt/playframework/
   (I use a symbolic folder to be able to update/reverse a version quickly)
   On the server, java should be installed (only java is necessary)

I added a system user:
sudo adduser --system playframework

and changed the owner of /opt/playframework to playframework:nogroup

1. Use the following start script /etc/init.d/playframework: