Minimal init scripts for logstash-forwarder on RedHat and Debian.

logstash-forwarder-init.debian.sh

#! /bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          logstash-forwarder
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time
# Description:       Enable service provided by daemon.
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

NAME="logstash-forwarder"
CONF_DIR="/etc/logstash-forwarder/conf.d"
LOGSTASH_FORWARDER_OPTIONS="-config ${CONF_DIR} -log-to-syslog=true"

# Read configuration variable file if it is present
[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME

LOGSTASH_FORWARDER_BIN="/usr/local/bin/logstash-forwarder"
PID_FILE="/var/run/$NAME.pid"
CWD=`pwd`
USER='logstash'

start () {
        log_daemon_msg "Starting $NAME"
        if start-stop-daemon --start --chuid $USER --chdir /tmp --quiet --oknodo --pidfile "$PID_FILE" -b -m -N 19 --exec $LOGSTASH_FORWARDER_BIN -- $LOGSTASH_FORWARDER_OPTIONS; then
                log_end_msg 0
        else
                log_end_msg 1
        fi
}

stop () {
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile "$PID_FILE"
}

status () {
        status_of_proc -p $PID_FILE "" "$NAME"
}

case $1 in
        start)
                if status; then exit 0; fi
                start
                ;;
        stop)
                stop
                ;;
        reload)
                stop
                start
                ;;
        restart)
                stop
                start
                ;;
        status)
                status && exit 0 || exit $?
                ;;
        *)
                echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
                exit 1
                ;;
esac

exit 0

logstash-forwarder-init.redhat.sh

#! /bin/sh
#
# logstash-forwarder Start/Stop logstash-forwarder
#
# chkconfig: 345 99 99
# description: logstash-forwarder
# processname: logstash-forwarder

USER='logstash'
CONF_DIR='/etc/logstash-forwarder/conf.d'
EXE='/usr/local/bin/logstash-forwarder'
OPTIONS="-config ${CONF_DIR}"
COMMAND_LINE="${EXE} ${OPTIONS}"

running () {
  ps -eo user,command | grep -q "^${USER} *${COMMAND_LINE}"
  return $?
}

start () {
  if running; then
    echo 'Already running.'
    return 0
  fi

  (cd /tmp && su $USER -c "nohup ${COMMAND_LINE} >/dev/null 2>&1 &")
  return $?
}


stop () {
  pkill -f "${COMMAND_LINE}"
  return $?
}

RETVAL=1
case $1 in
start)
        start && RETVAL=0
        ;;
stop)
        stop && RETVAL=0
        ;;
reload)
        stop
        start
        ;;
restart)
        stop
        start
        ;;
status)
        if running; then
          echo 'Running.'
          RETVAL=0
        else
          echo 'Stopped.'
          RETVAL=1
        fi
        ;;
*)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
esac
exit $RETVAL