A basic init script to start and stop torquebox. Copy this script to the /etc/init.d/ folder

torquebox_init_script.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require "fileutils"
puts "Using system RVM"
#system("/bin/bash --login && rvm use system")

puts "Initializing PID and Log files"
PIDFOLDER = "/opt/pids"
PIDFILE = "/opt/pids/torquebox.pid"
LOGFILE = "/var/log/torquebox/torquebox.log"
FileUtils.mkdir_p(PIDFOLDER) unless Dir.exists?(PIDFILE)

def run_torquebox
        puts "Executing run command"
        system("/opt/torquebox-3.1.1/jboss/bin/standalone.sh >> /var/log/torquebox/torquebox.log 2>&1")
end

def start
   puts "Starting torquebox..."
   pid = Process.fork do
     run_torquebox
   end

    Process.detach(pid)
    File.open(PIDFILE, 'w') do |f|
      f.write(pid.to_s)
    end
  puts "Started torquebox."
end

def stop
   pid = File.read(PIDFILE) if File.exists?(LOGFILE)
   if pid
     puts  "stopping torquebox...."
     Process.kill('INT', pid.to_i)
     puts "torquebox stopped"
   end
end
puts "Calling start"
#start()
command = ARGV[0]

case command
  when 'start'
    start()
  when 'stop'
    stop()
  when 'restart'
    stop()
    start()
  else
    puts "Usage: sudo /etc/init.d/torquebox <start|stop|restart>"
end

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Might also be worth using for shutdown behavior.

def stop
   pid = File.read(PIDFILE) if File.exists?(LOGFILE)
 #  if pid
 #    puts  "stopping torquebox...."
 #    Process.kill('INT', pid.to_i)
 #    puts "Done."
 #  else
     system("kill -1 $(ps aux | grep standalone.sh | awk '{print $2}')")
    # system("kill -1 $(ps aux | grep torquebox | awk '{print $2}')")
     puts "torquebox stopped"
 #  end
end

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require "fileutils"
puts "Using system RVM"
#system("/bin/bash --login && rvm use system")

puts "Initializing PID and Log files"
PIDFOLDER = "/opt/pids"
PIDFILE = "/opt/pids/torquebox.pid"
LOGFILE = "/var/log/torquebox/torquebox.log"
FileUtils.mkdir_p(PIDFOLDER) unless Dir.exists?(PIDFILE)

def run_torquebox
        puts "Executing run command"
        system("/opt/torquebox-3.1.1/jboss/bin/standalone.sh >> /var/log/torquebox/torquebox.log 2>&1")
end

def start
   puts "Starting torquebox..."
   pid = Process.fork do
     run_torquebox
   end

    Process.detach(pid)
    File.open(PIDFILE, 'w') do |f|
      f.write(pid.to_s)
    end

   puts "Started torquebox."
end


def stop
  system("kill -1 $(ps aux | grep standalone.sh | awk '{print $2}')")
  puts "torquebox stopped"
end

puts "Calling start"
command = ARGV[0]

case command
  when 'start'
    start()
  when 'stop'
    stop()
  when 'restart'
    stop()
    start()
  else
    puts "Usage: sudo /etc/init.d/torquebox <start|stop|restart>"
end

system("kill -1 $(ps aux | grep standalone | awk '{print $2}')")