gistfile1.txt

description "start and stop the go program 'my-project'"

start on filesystem or runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

env USER='ubuntu'
env APP_DIR='/home/ubuntu/go/src/github.com/your-username/your-project-name/'
env APP_EXEC='your-project-name'

exec start-stop-daemon —start —chuid ${USER} —chdir ${APP_DIR} —exec ${APP_DIR}${APP_EXEC}

I had to change your

exec start-stop-daemon —start —chuid ${USER} —chdir ${APP_DIR} —exec ${APP_DIR}${APP_EXEC}

with (-- instead of —)

exec start-stop-daemon --start --chuid ${USER} --chdir ${APP_DIR} --exec ${APP_DIR}${APP_EXEC}