Proper /etc/init.d/redis script of Redis on socket in Ubuntu

redis.sh

#/bin/sh
#Configurations injected by install_server below....

EXEC=/usr/local/bin/redis-server
CLIEXEC=/usr/local/bin/redis-cli
PIDFILE=/var/run/redis_6379.pid
CONF=/etc/redis/6379.conf
REDISPORT=6379
REDISSOCKET=/var/run/redis_6379.sock
SOCKET_USER=www-data
SOCKET_GROUP=webdev

###############
# SysV Init Information
# chkconfig: - 58 74
# description: redis_XXXX is the redis daemon.
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: redis_XXXX
# 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
# Should-Start: $syslog $named
# Should-Stop: $syslog $named
# Short-Description: start and stop redis_XXXX
# Description: Redis daemon
### END INIT INFO

case "$1" in
    start)
        if [ -f $PIDFILE ]
        then
            echo "$PIDFILE exists, process is already running or crashed"
	    mv $PIDFILE $PIDFILE_$(date +"%Y%m%d")
        else
            echo "Starting Redis server..."
            $EXEC $CONF
            if [ ! -z "$REDISSOCKET" ]
            then
                while [ ! -e $REDISSOCKET ]
                do
                    echo "Waiting for Redis to start ..."
                    sleep 1
                done
                chown $SOCKET_USER:$SOCKET_GROUP $REDISSOCKET && chmod ug+w $REDISSOCKET
            fi
        fi
        ;;
    stop)
        if [ ! -f $PIDFILE ]
        then
            echo "$PIDFILE does not exist, process is not running"
        else
            PID=$(cat $PIDFILE)
            echo "Stopping ..."
            if [ -e $REDISSOCKET ]
            then
                $CLIEXEC -s $REDISSOCKET shutdown
            else
                $CLIEXEC -p $REDISPORT shutdown
            fi
            while [ -x /proc/${PID} ]
            do
                echo "Waiting for Redis to shutdown ..."
                sleep 1
            done
            echo "Redis stopped"
        fi
        ;;
    status)
        if [ ! -f $PIDFILE ]
        then
            echo 'Redis is not running'
        else
            echo "Redis is running ($(<$PIDFILE))"
        fi
        ;;
    restart)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Please use start, stop, restart or status as first argument"
        ;;
esac

In this gist solved issue with socket's owner and group. Also added checking for socket or TCP configuration.

👍 ( I don't get it why redis isn't implementing the same by default )