init.d script for easy Django instances start,stop,restart. to INSTALL: just copy in /etc/init.d and run 'update-rc.d django-fastcgi defaults'

django-fastcgi

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          FastCGI servers for Django
# Required-Start:    networking
# Required-Stop:     networking
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      S 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start FastCGI servers with Django.
# Description:       Django, in order to operate with FastCGI, must be started
#                    in a very specific way with manage.py. This must be done
#                    for each DJango web server that has to run.
### END INIT INFO
#
# Author:  Guillermo Fernandez Castellanos
#          <guillermo.fernandez.castellanos AT gmail.com>.
# Modified by: Carlos Alejandro Guerrero Mora
#          <guerrerocarlos AT gmail.com>
#
# Version: @(#)fastcgi 0.2 27-Jul-2012 guerrerocarlos AT gmail.com 
#          @(#)fastcgi 0.1 11-Jan-2007 guillermo.fernandez.castellanos AT gmail.com
#

#### SERVER SPECIFIC CONFIGURATION
DJANGO_SITES="app1 app2 app3"
SITES_PATH=/home/user/django_apps
HOST=127.0.0.1
PORT_START=8080
RUN_AS=gc
FCGI_METHOD=threaded
RUNFILES_PATH=$SITES_PATH/run
#### DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING AFTER THIS LINE!

set -e

mkdir -p $RUNFILES_PATH
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DESC="FastCGI servers"
NAME=$0
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

#
#       Function that starts the daemon/service.
#
d_start()
{
    # Starting all Django FastCGI processes
    PORT=$PORT_START
    for SITE in $DJANGO_SITES
    do
        echo ", $SITE"
        PID=$RUNFILES_PATH/$SITE.pid
        if [ -f $PID ]; then
            echo -n " already running"
        else
            start-stop-daemon --start --quiet \
                       --pidfile $PID \
                       --chuid $RUN_AS --exec /usr/bin/env -- python \
                       $SITES_PATH/$SITE/manage.py runfcgi \
                       method=$FCGI_METHOD \
                       host=$HOST port=$PORT pidfile=$PID
            chmod 400 $PID
        fi
        PORT=`expr $PORT + 1`
    done
}

#
#       Function that stops the daemon/service.
#
d_stop() {
    # Killing all Django FastCGI processes running
    for SITE in $DJANGO_SITES
    do
        echo -n ", $SITE"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $RUNFILES_PATH/$SITE.pid \
                          || echo -n " not running"
        if [ -f $RUNFILES_PATH/$SITE.pid ]; then
           rm -f $RUNFILES_PATH/$SITE.pid
        fi
    done
}

ACTION="$1"
case "$ACTION" in
    start)
        echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
        d_start
        echo "."
        ;;

    stop)
        echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
        d_stop
        echo "."
        ;;

    restart|force-reload)
        echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
        d_stop
        sleep 1
        d_start
        echo "."
        ;;

    *)
        echo "Usage: $NAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
        exit 3
        ;;
esac

exit 0