Play framework upstart script

play.conf

#
# Upstart script for Play Framework
# Put this into a file like /etc/init/play.conf
#
# Usage:
#  initctl start play
#  initctl stop play
#  initctl status play
#
description     "Start and Stop the play application"

env PROJ_HOME=

env PLAY_HOME=/opt/play-2.2.1

env USER=
env GROUP=

start on (filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=lo) or runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn
respawn limit 10 5
umask 022
expect fork

# Specify the directory name instead of $PLAY_HOME variable
chdir /opt/play-2.2.1

pre-start script
        test -x $PLAY_HOME/play || { stop; exit 0; }
        test -c /dev/null || { stop; exit 0; }
        cd $PROJ_HOME
        rm $PROJ_HOME/server.pid || true
    	$PLAY_HOME/play start $PROJ_HOME
end script

pre-stop exec $PLAY_HOME/play stop $PROJ_HOME

post-stop script
        rm ${PROJ_HOME}/server.pid || true
	cd $PROJ_HOME
	$PLAY_HOME/play stop
end script

script
cd $PROJ_HOME
exec start-stop-daemon --start --exec $PLAY_HOME/play --chuid $USER:$GROUP -- start $PROJ_HOME   
end script