God init script for Debian/Ubuntu systems

To compliment the Red Hat init script that is available on the net, here’s the init script we use to launch god on our Ubuntu systems.

To use, save as /etc/init.d/god, make the file executable, then run update-rc.d god defaults. You’re done.

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: god
# Required-Start: $all
# Required-Stop: $all
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: God
### END INIT INFO

NAME=god
DESC=god

set -e

# Make sure the binary and the config file are present before proceeding
test -x /usr/bin/god || exit 0

# Create this file and put in a variable called GOD_CONFIG, pointing to
# your God configuration file
test -f /etc/default/god && . /etc/default/god
[$GOD_CONFIG] || exit 0

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

RETVAL=0

case "$1" in
  start)
    echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
    /usr/bin/god -c $GOD_CONFIG -P /var/run/god.pid -l /var/log/god.log
    RETVAL=$?
    echo "$NAME."
    ;;
  stop)
    echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
    kill `cat /var/run/god.pid`
    RETVAL=$?
    echo "$NAME."
    ;;
  restart)
    echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
    kill `cat /var/run/god.pid`
    /usr/bin/god -c $GOD_CONFIG -P /var/run/god.pid -l /var/log/god.log
    RETVAL=$?
    echo "$NAME."
    ;;
  status)
    /usr/bin/god status
    RETVAL=$?
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: god {start|stop|restart|status}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit $RETVAL