redis-server-for-init.d-startup

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:     redis-server
# Required-Start:   $syslog
# Required-Stop:    $syslog
# Should-Start:     $local_fs
# Should-Stop:      $local_fs
# Default-Start:    2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:     0 1 6
# Short-Description:    redis-server - Persistent key-value db
# Description:      redis-server - Persistent key-value db
### END INIT INFO

REDIS_BASE=/usr/local
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=$REDIS_BASE/bin/redis-server
DAEMON_ARGS=$REDIS_BASE/etc/redis.conf
NAME=redis-server
DESC=redis-server
PIDFILE=/var/run/redis.pid
USER=root
GROUP=root

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
test -x $DAEMONBOOTSTRAP || exit 0

set -e

case "$1" in
  start)
    echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
    touch $PIDFILE
    chown $USER:$GROUP $PIDFILE
    if start-stop-daemon --start -b --quiet --umask 007 --pidfile $PIDFILE --chuid $USER:$GROUP --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS
    then
        echo "$NAME."
    else
        echo "failed"
    fi
    ;;
  stop)
    echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
    if start-stop-daemon --stop --retry 10 --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON
    then
        echo "$NAME."
    else
        echo "failed"
    fi
    rm -f $PIDFILE
    ;;

  restart|force-reload)
    ${0} stop
    ${0} start
    ;;

  status)
        COUNT=$(ps aux|grep [r]edis-server|wc -l)
        if [ $COUNT -gt 0 ]; then
            echo "$NAME is running"
        else
            echo "$NAME is not running"
        fi
        ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0

changelog:

• added $REDIS_BASE and corrected the path (redis is installed in /usr/local from source)
• made user and group running redis a parameter
• fixed "start" call: added -b (for background)
• added "status"