Simple Ubuntu Upstart config

simple-upstart.conf

# goes inside /etc/init/foo.conf
# Upstart: /etc/init/service_name.conf
description "start passenger stand-alone"
author "Me <me@myself.am>"

# Stanzas
#
# Stanzas control when and how a process is started and stopped
# See a list of stanzas here: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/wiki/Stanzas#respawn

# When to start the service
start on started mysql

# When to stop the service
stop on runlevel [016]

# Automatically restart process if crashed
respawn

# Essentially lets upstart know the process will detach itself to the background
expect fork

# Run before process
pre-start script
end script

# Start the process
script
        cd /var/path/to/app/staging/current
        sh HOME=/home/deploy /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p136@appname/gems/passenger-3.0.7/bin/passenger start --user 'deploy' -p '5000' -a '127.0.0.1' -e 'production'
end script