Executable Java Jar file init.d script Credits: http://werxltd.com/wp/2012/01/05/simple-init-d-script-template/

serviced

#!/bin/sh
#
# chkconfig: 2345 20 80
# description: java app daemon
#

DAEMON_PATH="/opt/APP_NAME/bin"

DAEMON='java -jar ../APP_NAME.jar'
DAEMONOPTS=""

NAME=serviced
DESC="My daemon description"
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

case "$1" in
start)
        printf "%-50s" "Starting $NAME..."
        cd $DAEMON_PATH
        PID=`$DAEMON $DAEMONOPTS > /dev/null 2>&1 & echo $!`
        echo Saving PID $PID to $PIDFILE
        if [ -z $PID ]; then
            printf "%s\n" "Fail"
            exit 1
        else
            echo $PID > $PIDFILE
            printf "%s\n" "Ok"
        fi
;;
status)
        printf "%-50s" "Checking $NAME..."
        if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
            PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
            if [ -z "`ps axf | grep ${PID} | grep -v grep`" ]; then
                printf "%s\n" "Process dead but pidfile exists"
            else
                echo "Running"
            fi
        else
            printf "%s\n" "Service not running"
        fi
;;
stop)
        printf "%-50s" "Stopping $NAME"
            PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
            cd $DAEMON_PATH
        if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
            #could remove -9 to gracefully terminate rather than kill
            kill -9 $PID
            printf "%s\n" "Ok"
            rm -f $PIDFILE
        else
            printf "%s\n" "pidfile not found"
        fi
;;

restart)
  	$0 stop
  	$0 start
;;

*)
        echo "Usage: $0 {status|start|stop|restart}"
        exit 1
esac

exit 0