redis-server

#!/bin/sh
#
# redis - this script starts and stops the redis-server daemon
#
# chkconfig:   - 85 15 
# description:  Redis is a persistent key-value database
# processname: redis-server
# config:      /etc/redis/redis.conf
# config:      /etc/sysconfig/redis
# pidfile:     /var/run/redis/redis.pid

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Check that networking is up.
[ "$NETWORKING" = "no" ] && exit 0

redis="/usr/bin/redis-server"
pidfile="/var/run/redis/redis.pid"
prog=$(basename $redis)

REDIS_CONF_FILE="/etc/redis/redis.conf"

[ -f /etc/sysconfig/redis ] && . /etc/sysconfig/redis

lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/redis

start() {
    [ -x $redis ] || exit 5
    [ -f $REDIS_CONF_FILE ] || exit 6
    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
    mkdir -p /var/run/redis
    chown ${REDIS_USER-redis}:${REDIS_USER-redis} /var/run/redis
    daemon --user ${REDIS_USER-redis} "$redis $REDIS_CONF_FILE $REDIS_OPTIONS" 
    retval=$?
    echo
    [ $retval -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
    return $retval
}

stop() {
    echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
    killproc -p "$pidfile" $prog
    retval=$?
    echo
    [ $retval -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
    return $retval
}

restart() {
    stop
    start
}

reload() {
    echo -n $"Reloading $prog: "
    killproc -p "$pidfile" $prog -HUP
    RETVAL=$?
    echo
}

force_reload() {
    restart
}

rh_status() {
    status -p "$pidfile" -l "$lockfile" $redis
}

rh_status_q() {
    rh_status >/dev/null 2>&1
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        rh_status_q && exit 0
        $1
        ;;
    stop)
        rh_status_q || exit 0
        $1
        ;;
    restart|configtest)
        $1
        ;;
    reload)
        rh_status_q || exit 7
        $1
        ;;
    force-reload)
        force_reload
        ;;
    status)
        rh_status
        ;;
    condrestart|try-restart)
        rh_status_q || exit 0
	    ;;
    *)
        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|try-restart|reload|force-reload}"
        exit 2
esac

This script does not work for starting redis in Sentinel mode, do you know how to pass in additional parameters ( --sentinel )

UPDATE: Oh well I am now using redis-sentinel executable

Thanks for this!
Really works here!

I had problems with 'start' when running this on CentOS 6.6, got an error:
/usr/bin/dirname: extra operand '.pid'
I had to give the pidfile as a parameter to daemon for it to work correctly, like this:
daemon --user ${REDIS_USER-redis} --pidfile ${pidfile} "$redis $REDIS_CONF_FILE $REDIS_OPTIONS"