Upstart configuration for Django / Gunicorn project

myapplication.conf

# Upstart configuration for Django project called "myapplication"
# ===============================================================
#
# Location: /etc/init/myapplication.conf
#
# Status: sudo service myapplication status
# Start: sudo service myapplication start
# Stop: sudo service myapplication stop

description "My application"
author "John Doe"

# When to start the service
start on runlevel [2345]

# When to stop the service
stop on runlevel [016]

# Automatically restart process if crashed
respawn

# Run as myapplication user
setuid myuser
setgid mygroup

# Current working directory
chdir /path/to/myapplication

# Start command
script
    # Load virtualenv environment
    . ../bin/activate
    # Start webserver
    exec gunicorn myapplication.wsgi:application --user=myuser --group=mygroup --bind 127.0.0.1:8007 --log-file=- --log-level DEBUG
end script