Simple redis init script for red hat 6.5.

redis

#!/bin/bash

#      Author: Santiago López Denazis
#     License: GPL v.3+
# Description: Simple Redis init.d script conceived to work on RH 6.5

source /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

[ -f /etc/sysconfig/redis ] && {
	source /etc/sysconfig/redis
}

redis_cli=${CLIEXEC-/opt/redis-2.8.1/src/redis-cli}
redisport=${REDISPORT-6379}
conf=${CONF-/etc/redis/${redisport}.conf}
pidfile=${PIDFILE-/var/run/redis/${redisport}.pid}
lockfile=${LOCKFILE-/var/lock/subsys/redis_${redisport}}
user=${USER_REDIS-redis}
redis_server=${REDIS_SERVER-/opt/redis-2.8.1/src/redis-server}
STOP_TIMEOUT=${STOP_TIMEOUT-10}

RETVAL=0

start() {
	echo -n $"Starting ${redis_server}: "
	daemon --pidfile=${pidfile} --user=${user} "${redis_server} ${conf} &> /var/log/redis.log &"
	RETVAL=$?
	echo
	[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && {
		touch ${lockfile}
		## XXX: sorry for this
		ps ax | grep ${redis_server} | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' > ${pidfile}
	}
	return $RETVAL
}

stop() {
	echo -n $"Stopping ${redis_server}: "
	killproc -p ${pidfile} -d ${STOP_TIMEOUT} ${redis_server}
	RETVAL=$?
	echo
	[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f ${lockfile} ${pidfile}
}

case "$1" in
	start)
		start
		;;
	stop)
		stop
		;;
	restart)
		stop && start
		;;
	status)
		status -p ${pidfile} ${redis_server}
		;;
	*)
		echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}" >&2
	;;
esac

This works with 'daemon yes' option in redis.conf.