This template can be used to create a service script for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It will enable you to use “service myservice start”, “service myservice stop”, or “service myservice status” to control a particular process.

service

#!/bin/bash
# Replace myservice with your service name. Insert commands where noted.
# chkconfig: - 99 00
 
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
 
case "$1" in
  start)
    echo -n "Starting myservice"
    if [ -f /var/run/myservice.pid ]
    then
      echo
      echo -n "myservice is already running!"
      echo
      exit 1
    fi
    # insert commands here ...
    if [ -f /var/run/myservice.pid ]
    then
      echo_success
      echo
    else
      echo_failure
      echo
    fi
    ;;
 
  stop)
    echo -n "Stopping myservice"
    if [ ! -f /var/run/myservice.pid ]
    then
      echo
      echo -n "myservice is not running!"
      echo
      exit 1
    fi
    # insert commands here ...
    echo_success
    echo
    ;;
 
  status)
    # insert commands here ...
    ;;
 
  *)
  echo "Usage: /sbin/service myservice {start|stop|status}"
  exit 1
esac
 
exit 0