config.json

    {
        "server": {
            "accessLog": "/var/log/hipache_access.log",
            "port": 80,
            "workers": 5,
            "maxSockets": 100,
            "deadBackendTTL": 30,
            "https": {
                "port": 443,
                "key": "/etc/ssl/ssl.key",
                "cert": "/etc/ssl/ssl.crt"
            }
        },
        "redis": {
            "port": 6379,
            "host": "127.0.0.1"
        }
    }

hipache.conf

# Upstart script for hipache
# Original example from Kevin van Zonneveld
# Provided under the Apache 2.0 license.

description "hipache"
author "Sienikasvusto" 

start on startup
stop on shutdown

script
    export HOME="/var/lib/hipache/"
    echo $$ > /var/run/hipache.pid
    exec sudo -u root hipache --config /var/lib/hipache/config.json >> /var/log/hipache.sys.log 2>&1
end script

pre-start script
    echo "[`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3NZ`] (sys) Starting" >> /var/log/hipache.sys.log
end script 

pre-stop script
    rm /var/run/hipache.pid
    echo "[`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3NZ`] (sys) Stopping" >> /var/log/hipache.sys.log
end script