gistfile1.txt

God.watch do |w|
  w.name = 'starling'
  w.interval = 5.seconds
  w.start = 'starling'
  w.stop = 'killall starling'
  w.restart = 'killall starling && starling'
  w.pid_file = '/var/run/starling.pid'
 
  # determine when process has finished starting
  w.transition(:init, { true => :up, false => :start }) do |on|
    on.condition(:process_running) do |c|
      c.running = true
    end
 
    # failsafe
    on.condition(:tries) do |c|
      c.times = 5
      c.transition = :start
    end
  end
 
  # determine when process has finished starting
  w.transition(:up, :start) do |on|
    on.condition(:process_exits)
  end
 
  # lifecycle
  w.lifecycle do |on|
    on.condition(:flapping) do |c|
      c.to_state = [ :start, :restart ]
      c.times = 5
      c.within = 5.minute
      c.transition = :unmonitored
      c.retry_in = 10.minutes
      c.retry_times = 5
      c.retry_within = 2.hours
    end
  end
end