Пример сервиса Upstart

description "Run backups for external versions of sites"
author "Andrey Pokoev"

start on filesystem or runlevel [2345]
stop on shutdown

respawn

script
        exec sudo -u andrey /usr/bin/php /home/andrey/work/php/web/list-site/artisan app:backup
end script

pre-start script
	exec echo Start mass backups at `date` >> /var/log/external-backups.log
end script

post-stop script
        exec echo Finish mass backups at `date` >> /var/log/external-backups.log
end script