Redhat-style init script to manage a service using monit commands

monit-managed-service.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh
#
# chkconfig: - 99 12
# description: Start apps, monit wrapper.
#
# This script uses the monit process to handle starting and stopping a
# service. This can be used in server configuration management software to
# manage the service programatically, in the case where it's already being
# managed via monit.

SERVICE={{ service_name }}
PIDFILE=/var/run/${SERVICE}.pid

# Load the function library.
 . /etc/init.d/functions

RETVAL=0

rh_status() {
  status -p ${PIDFILE} ${SERVICE}
}

rh_status_quiet() {
  rh_status >/dev/null 2>&1
}

start() {
  echo "Starting ${SERVICE}..."
  /usr/bin/monit start ${SERVICE}
}

stop() {
  echo "Stopping ${SERVICE}..."
  /usr/bin/monit stop ${SERVICE}
}

restart() {
  echo "Restarting ${SERVICE}..."
  /usr/bin/monit restart ${SERVICE}
}

case "$1" in
  start)
    start
    ;;
  stop)
    stop
    ;;
  restart)
    restart
    ;;
  status)
    rh_status_quiet
    ;;
  *)
    echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
    RETVAL=1
esac

exit $RETVAL