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Created October 15, 2011 15:57
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Upstart Script for the PlayFramework 1.x
# Upstart script for a play application that binds to an unprivileged user.
# put this into a file like /etc/init/playframework
# you can then start/stop it using either initctl or start/stop/restart
# e.g.
# start playframework
# http://dominikdorn.com
description "Description of your app"
author "Dominik Dorn <dominik@studyguru.eu>"
version "1.0"
env PLAY_BINARY=/opt/play/current/play
env HOME=/home/sgwebsite/apps/playapp/
env USER=sgwebsite
env GROUP=sgwebsite
env PROFILE=hyper
start on (filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=lo) or runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
respawn limit 10 5
umask 022
expect fork
pre-start script
test -x $PLAY_BINARY || { stop; exit 0; }
test -c /dev/null || { stop; exit 0; }
chdir ${HOME}
rm ${HOME}/server.pid || true
$PLAY_BINARY dependencies $HOME
end script
pre-stop script
exec $PLAY_BINARY stop $HOME
end script
post-stop script
rm ${HOME}/server.pid || true
end script
script
exec start-stop-daemon --start --exec $PLAY_BINARY --chuid $USER:$GROUP --chdir $HOME -- start $HOME --%$PROFILE
end script
@ripper234
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@jtammen - this indeed was the problem for me.
The fix was:

  1. Change 'expect fork' to 'expect daemon'
  2. sudo initctl reload-configuration
  3. Restart the machine (this step is mandatory for some reason)

@stenlylee
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What's the meaning of profile=hyper?

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