Copy below content to a new file under /etc/init.d/_YOUR_SERVICE_NAME_
#!/bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: <_YOUR_SERVICE_NAME_> # Required-Start: $local_fs $network $named $time $syslog # Required-Stop: $local_fs $network $named $time $syslog # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Description: <DESCRIPTION> ### END INIT INFO SCRIPT=<COMMAND> RUNAS=<USERNAME> NAME=<_YOUR_SERVICE_NAME_> PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid LOGFILE=/var/log/$NAME.log start() { if [ -f $PIDFILE ] && kill -0 $(cat $PIDFILE); then echo 'Service already running' >&2 return 1 fi echo 'Starting serviceā¦' >&2 local CMD="$SCRIPT &> \"$LOGFILE\" & echo \$!" su -c "$CMD" $RUNAS > "$PIDFILE" echo 'Service started' >&2 } stop() { if [ ! -f "$PIDFILE" ] || ! kill -0 $(cat "$PIDFILE"); then echo 'Service not running' >&2 return 1 fi echo 'Stopping serviceā¦' >&2 kill -15 $(cat "$PIDFILE") && rm -f "$PIDFILE" echo 'Service stopped' >&2 } uninstall() { echo -n "Are you really sure you want to uninstall this service? That cannot be undone. [yes|No] " local SURE read SURE if [ "$SURE" = "yes" ]; then stop rm -f "$PIDFILE" echo "Notice: log file was not removed: '$LOGFILE'" >&2 update-rc.d -f <NAME> remove rm -fv "$0" fi } status() { printf "%-50s" "Checking $NAME..." if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then PID=$(cat $PIDFILE) if [ -z "$(ps axf | grep ${PID} | grep -v grep)" ]; then printf "%s\n" "The process appears to be dead but pidfile still exists" else echo "Running, the PID is $PID" fi else printf "%s\n" "Service not running" fi } case "$1" in start) start ;; stop) stop ;; status) status ;; uninstall) uninstall ;; restart) stop start ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|uninstall}" esac
then change those lines:
# Provides: <_YOUR_SERVICE_NAME_>
# Description: <DESCRIPTION>
SCRIPT=<COMMAND>
RUNAS=<USERNAME>
NAME=<_YOUR_SERVICE_NAME_>
to match your service
Next make the file executable:
chown +x /etc/init.d/_YOUR_SERVICE_NAME_
Install the service:
update-rc.d _YOUR_SERVICE_NAME_ defaults
Based on https://github.com/jasonblewis/sample-service-script