MakingCentOSApplicationsStartAtBoot.md

Making CentOS applications start at boot

First of all, ensure you have a script which chkconfig is able to run. The file script.sh bellow is an useful script boilerplate in which you can use as starting point if don't have one.

Then, execute the following command:

$ chkconfig --level 345 script.sh on

script.sh

#!/bin/sh
# chkconfig: - 99 10

start(){
  echo "START"
}

stop(){
  echo "STOP"
}

status(){
  echo "STATUS"
}

usage(){
  cat <<EOF
Usage: $APP <start|stop|status|restart>
EOF
}

case "$1" in
  "start") start || exit 1;;
  "stop") stop || exit 1;;
  "restart") stop && start || exit 1;;
  "status") status;;
  *) usage; exit 1;;
esac