Sunspot/Solr/Torquebox service wrapper until https://issues.jboss.org/browse/TORQUE-467 is done. Note: this approach is cheezy and crude, but works...

sunspot_solr_wrapper_service.rb

class SunspotSolrWrapperService
  def initialize(opts={})
  end
  def start
    puts "SunspotSolrWrapperService#start"
    kill_all_solr_processes 
    launch_command = "nohup env RAILS_ENV=#{Rails.env} #{solr_process_to_launch} >> #{start_stop_log_file} 2>&1 &"
    puts "executing: #{launch_command}"
    system(launch_command)
    puts "SunspotSolrWrapperService#start (return)"
  end
  def stop
    puts "SunspotSolrWrapperService#stop"
    kill_all_solr_processes
    puts "SunspotSolrWrapperService#stop (return)"
  end
  protected
    def kill_all_solr_processes
      puts "killing all solr processes"
      self.process_ids_that_match_launch_script_regex.each do |pid|
        Process.kill('TERM', pid.to_i)
      end
    end
    def solr_process_to_launch
      'bundle exec rake sunspot:solr:run'
    end
    def start_stop_log_file
      File.join(Rails.root,"solr_start_stop.log")
    end
    def process_ids_that_match_launch_script_regex
      `ps aux | grep solr | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`.split("\n")
    end
end