nginx, mont and shell for running and monitoring a java process on a unix (FreeBSD) system

cipher.sh

#!/bin/sh

app="cipher"
version="0.9.2"

java="/usr/local/bin/java"
daemon="/usr/sbin/daemon"
app_home="/home/vagrant/apps/${app}"
jar="${app}-${version}-standalone.jar"

pid="${app_home}/${app}.pid"
logfile="${app_home}/${app}.stdout.log"

command="${java} -jar ${app_home}/${jar}"

case $1 in
  start)
    cd ${app_home}
    ${daemon} -p ${pid} ${command} 2>&1 >> ${logfile}
    echo "done."
    ;;
  stop)
    echo "Shutting down." >> ${logfile}
    /bin/kill `cat ${pid}`
    ;;
  *)
    echo "usage: ${app}.sh {start|stop}"
    ;;
esac

exit 0

monitrc

set daemon 60 with start delay 60
set pidfile /var/run/monit.pid
set idfile /var/.monit.id
set statefile /var/.monit.state
set logfile syslog

set httpd port 2812 and
    use address localhost
    allow localhost
    allow admin:monit

check process cipher with pidfile /home/vagrant/apps/cipher/cipher.pid
    start program = "/home/vagrant/apps/cipher/cipher.sh start" as uid "vagrant" and gid "vagrant"
    stop program  = "/home/vagrant/apps/cipher/cipher.sh stop" as uid "vagrant" and gid "vagrant"
    if failed port 2112 protocol HTTP
       request /ping
       with timeout 10 seconds
       then restart

nginx.conf

http {
    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name websocket.local;
        location / {
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2112;
        }
        location /ws {
            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2112/ws;
            proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
            proxy_set_header Host $host;
            proxy_read_timeout 30m; # for long running idle sockets
        }
    }
}