set IPFS up as a service in ubuntu 14.04

gistfile1.md

create the file /etc/init/ipfs.conf, with the following contents:

description "ipfs-daemon"
author      "Joe Bloggs"

start on started mountall
stop on shutdown

# automatically respawn

respawn
respawn limit 20 5

script

	export IPFS_PATH="/root/.ipfs"
  exec  ipfs daemon >> /var/log/ipfs-daemon.log 2>&1

end script

post-start script

end script

1. NB: remember to modify the path /root/.ipfs if this is not the location of your ipfs folder
2. NB: the service logs to /var/log/ipfs-daemon.log - this is also configurable in the above file
3. now you can run "sudo start ipfs" to start the service and "sudo stop ipfs" to stop the service