H2 database as linux service or daemon Unpack it to any directory you like, but this guide assumes that database files are extracted to /opt/h2 unzip h2-2013-10-19.zip Create /etc/init.d/h2 file with following content: sudo chmod 755 h2 sudo chkconfig --add h2 sudo service h2 init sudo service h2 start access h2 webconsole at http://localhost:8082

h2.sh

#!/bin/sh

# This stuff will be ignored by systems that don't use chkconfig.
# chkconfig: 345 87 13
# description: H2 database
# pidfile: /opt/H2/bin/h2.pid
# config: 

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          H2-Server
# Required-Start:    
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start:     3 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 2 6
# Short-Description: H2-Server
# Description:       H2 database service
### END INIT INFO

# Starts and stops the h2 database

# Some general variables
H2_VERSION=1.3.168 # Important! Set your version!
H2_HOME=/opt/H2 
#JVM_OPTS="-DfunctionsInSchema=true"
JVM_OPTS=""

# starts h2 server
h2_start () {

     if [ -e $H2_HOME/bin/h2.pid ]; then
        echo "H2 is still running"
        exit 1
     fi

     cd $H2_HOME/bin

     # this will start h2 server with allowed tcp connection
     # you can find more info in h2 tutorials
     java -Xms256m -Xmx768m -cp h2-$H2_VERSION.jar $JVM_OPTS org.h2.tools.Server -tcp -tcpAllowOthers -web -webAllowOthers -baseDir $H2_HOME/DB $1 > $H2_HOME/h2.log 2>&1 &

     echo $! > $H2_HOME/bin/h2.pid
     sleep 3
     echo "H2-$H2_VERSION started. Setting multithreaded"

     # Just set multi threaded on my database with name SB 
     java -cp h2-$H2_VERSION.jar $JVM_OPTS org.h2.tools.Shell -url "jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/SB" -user SB -password SB -sql "SET MULTI_THREADED 1"

}

# stops h2
h2_stop () {
     if [ -e $H2_HOME/bin/h2.pid ]; then
         PID=$(cat $H2_HOME/bin/h2.pid)
         kill -TERM ${PID}
         echo SIGTERM sent to process ${PID}
         rm $H2_HOME/bin/h2.pid
     else
         echo File $H2_HOME/bin/h2.pid not found!
     fi
}

# Just to remove pid file in case you killed h2 manually 
# and want to start it by script, but he thinks
# that h2 is already running
h2_zap () {
     rm $H2_HOME/bin/h2.pid
}

# Backups specified database to a given path 
backup () {
     echo Backing up database to $1
     cd $H2_HOME/bin

     java -cp h2-$H2_VERSION.jar $JVM_OPTS org.h2.tools.Script -url "jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/SB" -user SB -password SB -script "$1" -options compression zip

}

# Restores specified database from the given path
restore () {
     echo Restoring database from $1
     cd $H2_HOME/bin

     java -cp h2-$H2_VERSION.jar $JVM_OPTS org.h2.tools.RunScript -url "jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/SB;create=true" -user SB -password SB -script "$1" -continueOnError -options compression zip

}

case "$1" in
    init)
      h2_start
      ;;
    start)
      h2_start -ifExists
      ;;
    stop)
      h2_stop
      ;;
    zap)
      h2_zap
      ;;
    restart)
      h2_stop
      sleep 5
      h2_start -ifExists
      ;;
    backup)
      backup $2
      ;;
    restore)
      restore $2
      ;;
    *)
      echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/h2 {init|start|stop|restart|backup |restore }"
      exit 1
      ;;
esac

exit 0