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Created February 3, 2019 10:48
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shell script to to run the service file.
#path : /etc/init.d/service_name
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: myservice
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: My Service
# Description: Does some specific work
### END INIT INFO
# Change the next 2 lines to suit where you install your script
# and what you want to call it
DIR=/path/to/executable/python/file/
DAEMON=$DIR/example.py
DAEMON_NAME=service_name
# Add any command line options for your daemon here
DAEMON_OPTS=""
# This next line determines what user the script runs as.
# Root generally not recommended but could be required for some libraries.
DAEMON_USER=root
# The process ID of the script when it runs is stored here:
PIDFILE=/var/run/$DAEMON_NAME.pid
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
do_start () {
log_daemon_msg "Starting system $DAEMON_NAME daemon"
start-stop-daemon --start --background --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile --user $DAEMON_USER --chuid
$DAEMON_USER --startas $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
log_end_msg $?
}
do_stop () {
log_daemon_msg "Stopping system $DAEMON_NAME daemon"
start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE --retry 10
log_end_msg $?
}
case "$1" in
start|stop)
do_${1}
;;
restart|reload|force-reload)
do_stop
do_start
;;
status)
status_of_proc "$DAEMON_NAME" "$DAEMON" && exit 0 || exit $?
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$DAEMON_NAME {start|stop|restart|status}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
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