Upstart config file for Hubot using IRC

hubot.conf

description "Hubot IRC bot"

# This will make Hubot start on system boot
start on filesystem or runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

# Path to Hubot installation
env HUBOT_DIR='/opt/hubot/'
env HUBOT='bin/hubot'
env LOGFILE='/dev/null'
env ADAPTER='irc'
env HUBOT_USER='hubot' # system account
env HUBOT_NAME='hubot' # what hubot listens to

# IRC variables
env HUBOT_IRC_SERVER='127.0.0.1'
env HUBOT_IRC_ROOMS="#room1,#room2"
env HUBOT_IRC_NICK='hubot'

# Keep the process alive, limit to 5 restarts in 60s
respawn
respawn limit 5 60

exec start-stop-daemon --start --chuid ${HUBOT_USER} --chdir ${HUBOT_DIR} \
  --exec ${HUBOT_DIR}${HUBOT} -- --adapter ${ADAPTER} --name ${HUBOT_NAME} >> ${LOGFILE} 2>&1