hitch init script for debian

hitch

#! /bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          hitch
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: The Scalable TLS Unwrapping Daemon
# Description:       The Scalable TLS Unwrapping Daemon
### END INIT INFO

# Source function library
. /lib/lsb/init-functions

NAME=hitch
DESC="hitch"
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/sbin/hitch-openssl
PIDFILE=/var/run/hitch/$NAME.pid

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

# Include hitch defaults if available
if [ -f /etc/default/hitch ] ; then
        . /etc/default/hitch
fi

ulimit -n ${NFILES:-131072}

# Ensure we have a PATH
export PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

start_hitch() {
    log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
    output=$(/bin/tempfile -s.hitch)
    mkdir -p `dirname $PIDFILE`
    chown nobody `dirname $PIDFILE`
    if start-stop-daemon \
        --start --quiet --exec ${DAEMON} -- \
        --pidfile=${PIDFILE} --daemon ${HITCH_OPTIONS} > ${output} 2>&1; then
        log_end_msg 0
    else
        log_end_msg 1
        cat $output
        exit 1
    fi
    rm $output
}

disabled_hitch() {
    log_daemon_msg "Not starting $DESC" "$NAME"
    log_progress_msg "disabled in /etc/default/hitch"
    log_end_msg 0
}

stop_hitch() {
    log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
    if start-stop-daemon \
        --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --retry 10 \
        --exec $DAEMON; then
        log_end_msg 0
    else
        log_end_msg 1
    fi
}

status_hitch() {
    status_of_proc -p "${PIDFILE}" "${DAEMON}" "${NAME}"
    exit $?
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        case "${START:-}" in
            [Yy]es|[Yy]|1|[Tt]|[Tt]rue)
                start_hitch
                ;;
            *)
                disabled_hitch
                ;;
        esac
        ;;
    stop)
        stop_hitch
        ;;
    status)
        status_hitch
        ;;
    restart|force-reload)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
    *)
        log_success_msg "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload}"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

exit 0

I had to make some changes to get this to work. I'm on Ubuntu 14.04, so I'm not sure if that's why, but here is the diff:

https://gist.github.com/kevinquinnyo/c244623603277adb42ad/revisions

I'm just letting you know since it's referenced in the wiki for hitch. Thanks!