An /etc/init.d/celerybeat script modified from https://raw.github.com/ask/celery/master/contrib/generic-init.d/celeryd to support a status command using the standard lsb functions.

celerybeat

#!/bin/bash
# =========================================================
#  celerybeat - Starts the Celery periodic task scheduler.
# =========================================================
#
# :Usage: /etc/init.d/celerybeat {start|stop|force-reload|restart|try-restart|status}
# :Configuration file: /etc/default/celerybeat or /etc/default/celeryd
#
# See http://docs.celeryq.org/en/latest/cookbook/daemonizing.html#init-script-celerybeat

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          celerybeat
# Required-Start:    $network $local_fs $remote_fs
# Required-Stop:     $network $local_fs $remote_fs
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: celery periodic task scheduler
### END INIT INFO

# Cannot use set -e/bash -e since the kill -0 command will abort
# abnormally in the absence of a valid process ID.
#set -e

# Define LSB log_* functions.
# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.2-14) to ensure that this file is present
# and status_of_proc is working.
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

DEFAULT_PID_FILE="/var/run/celerybeat.pid"
DEFAULT_LOG_FILE="/var/log/celerybeat.log"
DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL="INFO"
DEFAULT_CELERYBEAT="celerybeat"

# /etc/init.d/ssh: start and stop the celery task worker daemon.

if test -f /etc/default/celeryd; then
    . /etc/default/celeryd
fi

if test -f /etc/default/celerybeat; then
    . /etc/default/celerybeat
fi

CELERYBEAT=${CELERYBEAT:-$DEFAULT_CELERYBEAT}
CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE=${CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE:-${CELERYBEAT_PIDFILE:-$DEFAULT_PID_FILE}}
CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE=${CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE:-${CELERYBEAT_LOGFILE:-$DEFAULT_LOG_FILE}}
CELERYBEAT_LOG_LEVEL=${CELERYBEAT_LOG_LEVEL:-${CELERYBEAT_LOGLEVEL:-$DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL}}

export CELERY_LOADER

CELERYBEAT_OPTS="$CELERYBEAT_OPTS -f $CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE -l $CELERYBEAT_LOG_LEVEL"

if [ -n "$2" ]; then
    CELERYBEAT_OPTS="$CELERYBEAT_OPTS $2"
fi

CELERYBEAT_LOG_DIR=`dirname $CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE`
CELERYBEAT_PID_DIR=`dirname $CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE`
if [ ! -d "$CELERYBEAT_LOG_DIR" ]; then
    mkdir -p $CELERYBEAT_LOG_DIR
fi
if [ ! -d "$CELERYBEAT_PID_DIR" ]; then
    mkdir -p $CELERYBEAT_PID_DIR
fi

# Extra start-stop-daemon options, like user/group.
if [ -n "$CELERYBEAT_USER" ]; then
    DAEMON_OPTS="$DAEMON_OPTS --uid $CELERYBEAT_USER"
    chown "$CELERYBEAT_USER" $CELERYBEAT_LOG_DIR $CELERYBEAT_PID_DIR
fi
if [ -n "$CELERYBEAT_GROUP" ]; then
    DAEMON_OPTS="$DAEMON_OPTS --gid $CELERYBEAT_GROUP"
    chgrp "$CELERYBEAT_GROUP" $CELERYBEAT_LOG_DIR $CELERYBEAT_PID_DIR
fi

CELERYBEAT_CHDIR=${CELERYBEAT_CHDIR:-$CELERYD_CHDIR}
if [ -n "$CELERYBEAT_CHDIR" ]; then
    DAEMON_OPTS="$DAEMON_OPTS --workdir $CELERYBEAT_CHDIR"
fi


export PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}/usr/sbin:/sbin"

check_dev_null() {
    if [ ! -c /dev/null ]; then
        echo "/dev/null is not a character device!"
        exit 1
    fi
}

ensure_dir() {
    if [ -d "$1" ]; then
        mkdir -p "$1"
        chown $CELERYBEAT_USER:$CELERYBEAT_GROUP "$1"
        chmod 02755 "$1"
    fi
}

check_paths() {
    ensure_dir "$(dirname $CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE)"
    ensure_dir "$(dirname $CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE)"
}


wait_pid () {
    pid=$1
    forever=1
    i=0
    while [ $forever -gt 0 ]; do
        kill -0 $pid 1>/dev/null 2>&1
        if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
            echo "OK"
            forever=0
        else
            kill -TERM "$pid"
            i=$((i + 1))
            if [ $i -gt 60 ]; then
                echo "ERROR"
                echo "Timed out while stopping (30s)"
                forever=0
            else
                sleep 0.5
            fi
        fi
    done
}


stop_beat () {
    echo -n "Stopping celerybeat... "
    if [ -f "$CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE" ]; then
        wait_pid $(cat "$CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE")
    else
        echo "NOT RUNNING"
    fi
}

start_beat () {
    echo "Starting celerybeat..."
    if [ -n "$VIRTUALENV" ]; then
        source $VIRTUALENV/bin/activate
    fi
    $CELERYBEAT $CELERYBEAT_OPTS $DAEMON_OPTS --detach \
                --pidfile="$CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE"
}



case "$1" in
  start)
    check_dev_null
    check_paths
    start_beat
    ;;
  stop)
    check_paths
    stop_beat
    ;;
  reload|force-reload)
    echo "Use start+stop"
    exit 1
    ;;
  restart)
    echo "Restarting celery periodic task scheduler"
    check_paths
    stop_beat
    check_dev_null
    start_beat
    ;;
  status)
    status_of_proc -p $DEFAULT_PID_FILE "$CELERYBEAT" "celerybeat" && exit 0 || exit $?
    ;;

  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/celerybeat {start|stop|restart|status}"
    exit 1
esac

exit 0