System V init script template, the work from https://github.com/jasonblewis/sample-service-script

selenium_server.sh

#!/bin/sh
SERVICE_RUNAS=selenium
SERVICE_NAME=selenium_server

#add system user to run selenium
sudo useradd -r $SERVICE_RUNAS
sudo mkdir /home/selenium
sudo chown selenium:selenium /home/selenium

#service params
NAME="selenium_server"
DESCRIPTION="a stand alone selenium server"
USERNAME="selenium"
COMMAND="DISPLAY=:99 java -jar /usr/local/share/java/selenium-server"

SERVICE_FILE=$(tempfile)
SERVICE_FILE_TEMPLATE_URL='https://gist.githubusercontent.com/kittolau/879f50aa14996a590ee2/raw/service_template'
wget -q -O "$SERVICE_FILE" $SERVICE_FILE_TEMPLATE_URL || { echo 'ERROR: Could not retreive SERVICE_TEMPLATE_URL from github';}
chmod +x "$SERVICE_FILE"

sed -i "s/<NAME>/$NAME/g" $SERVICE_FILE
sed -i "s/<DESCRIPTION>/$DESCRIPTION/g" $SERVICE_FILE
sed -i "s/<USERNAME>/$USERNAME/g" $SERVICE_FILE
sed -i "s/<SERVICE_NAME>/$NAME/g" $SERVICE_FILE
sed -i "s@<COMMAND>@$COMMAND@g" $SERVICE_FILE

sudo chown root:root "$SERVICE_FILE"
sudo mv -v "$SERVICE_FILE" "/etc/init.d/$NAME"
sudo touch "/var/log/$NAME.log" && sudo chown "$USERNAME" "/var/log/$NAME.log"
sudo update-rc.d "$NAME" defaults 98
sudo service "$NAME" start

service_template

#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          <NAME>
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $network $named $time $syslog
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $network $named $time $syslog
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Description:       <DESCRIPTION>
### END INIT INFO

SCRIPT="<COMMAND>"
RUNAS="<USERNAME>"
NAME="<SERVICE_NAME>"

PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
LOGFILE=/var/log/$NAME.log

start() {
  if [ -f $PIDFILE ] && kill -0 $(cat $PIDFILE); then
    echo 'Service already running' >&2
    return 1
  fi
  echo 'Starting service…' >&2
  local CMD="$SCRIPT &> \"$LOGFILE\" & echo \$!"
  su -c "$CMD" $RUNAS > "$PIDFILE"
  echo 'Service started' >&2
}

stop() {
  if [ ! -f "$PIDFILE" ] || ! kill -0 $(cat "$PIDFILE"); then
    echo 'Service not running' >&2
    return 1
  fi
  echo 'Stopping service…' >&2
  kill -15 $(cat "$PIDFILE") && rm -f "$PIDFILE"
  echo 'Service stopped' >&2
}

uninstall() {
  echo -n "Are you really sure you want to uninstall this service? That cannot be undone. [yes|No] "
  local SURE
  read SURE
  if [ "$SURE" = "yes" ]; then
    stop
    rm -f "$PIDFILE"
    echo "Notice: log file was not removed: '$LOGFILE'" >&2
    update-rc.d -f <NAME> remove
    rm -fv "$0"
  fi
}

status() {
        printf "%-50s" "Checking $NAME..."
    if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
        PID=$(cat $PIDFILE)
            if [ -z "$(ps axf | grep ${PID} | grep -v grep)" ]; then
                printf "%s\n" "The process appears to be dead but pidfile still exists"
            else    
                echo "Running, the PID is $PID"
            fi
    else
        printf "%s\n" "Service not running"
    fi
}


case "$1" in
  start)
    start
    ;;
  stop)
    stop
    ;;
  status)
    status
    ;;
  uninstall)
    uninstall
    ;;
  restart)
    stop
    start
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|uninstall}"
esac

tor_proxy.sh

#!/bin/sh
SERVICE_RUNAS=tor
SERVICE_NAME=tor_proxy

#add system user to run tor
sudo useradd -r $SERVICE_RUNAS
sudo mkdir /home/tor
sudo chown tor:tor /home/tor

#service params
NAME="tor_proxy"
DESCRIPTION="a proxy service for tor"
USERNAME="tor"
COMMAND="tor"

SERVICE_FILE=$(tempfile)
SERVICE_FILE_TEMPLATE_URL='https://gist.githubusercontent.com/kittolau/879f50aa14996a590ee2/raw/service_template'
wget -q -O "$SERVICE_FILE" $SERVICE_FILE_TEMPLATE_URL || { echo 'ERROR: Could not retreive SERVICE_TEMPLATE_URL from github';}
chmod +x "$SERVICE_FILE"

sed -i "s/<NAME>/$NAME/g" $SERVICE_FILE
sed -i "s/<DESCRIPTION>/$DESCRIPTION/g" $SERVICE_FILE
sed -i "s/<USERNAME>/$USERNAME/g" $SERVICE_FILE
sed -i "s/<SERVICE_NAME>/$NAME/g" $SERVICE_FILE
sed -i "s@<COMMAND>@$COMMAND@g" $SERVICE_FILE

sudo chown root:root "$SERVICE_FILE"
sudo mv -v "$SERVICE_FILE" "/etc/init.d/$NAME"
sudo touch "/var/log/$NAME.log" && sudo chown "$USERNAME" "/var/log/$NAME.log"
sudo update-rc.d "$NAME" defaults
sudo service "$NAME" start

xvfb.sh

#!/bin/sh
SERVICE_RUNAS=xvfb
SERVICE_NAME=xvfb

#add system user to run xvfb
sudo useradd -r $SERVICE_RUNAS
sudo mkdir /home/xvfb
sudo chown xvfb:xvfb /home/xvfb

#service params
NAME="xvfb"
DESCRIPTION="a virtual screen"
USERNAME="xvfb"
COMMAND="Xvfb ':99' -ac"

SERVICE_FILE=$(tempfile)
SERVICE_FILE_TEMPLATE_URL='https://gist.githubusercontent.com/kittolau/879f50aa14996a590ee2/raw/service_template'
wget -q -O "$SERVICE_FILE" $SERVICE_FILE_TEMPLATE_URL || { echo 'ERROR: Could not retreive SERVICE_TEMPLATE_URL from github';}
chmod +x "$SERVICE_FILE"

sed -i "s/<NAME>/$NAME/g" $SERVICE_FILE
sed -i "s/<DESCRIPTION>/$DESCRIPTION/g" $SERVICE_FILE
sed -i "s/<USERNAME>/$USERNAME/g" $SERVICE_FILE
sed -i "s/<SERVICE_NAME>/$NAME/g" $SERVICE_FILE
sed -i "s@<COMMAND>@$COMMAND@g" $SERVICE_FILE

sudo chown root:root "$SERVICE_FILE"
sudo mv -v "$SERVICE_FILE" "/etc/init.d/$NAME"
sudo touch "/var/log/$NAME.log" && sudo chown "$USERNAME" "/var/log/$NAME.log"
sudo update-rc.d "$NAME" defaults 
sudo service "$NAME" start