service

gistfile1.txt

#! /bin/sh

NAME=daemon_name
DESC="My first linux daemon"
PIDFILE="/var/run/${NAME}.pid"
LOGFILE="/var/log/${NAME}.log"

# PHP binary path
DAEMON="/usr/bin/php"

# Path of your php script
DAEMON_OPTS="/var/www/site.com/myscript.php"

START_OPTS="--start --background --make-pidfile --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --exec ${DAEMON} ${DAEMON_OPTS}"
STOP_OPTS="--stop --pidfile ${PIDFILE}"

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

set -e

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting ${DESC}: "
start-stop-daemon $START_OPTS >> $LOGFILE
echo "$NAME."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
start-stop-daemon $STOP_OPTS
echo "$NAME."
rm -f $PIDFILE
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
start-stop-daemon $STOP_OPTS
sleep 1
start-stop-daemon $START_OPTS >> $LOGFILE
echo "$NAME."
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

Remember to edit NAME, DESC and DAEMON_OPTS variables to fit your needs.

Give exec permissions to the new linux service:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/name -v

That’s all, now start your linux daemon for the first time:

service name start

 
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