Getting the Script

Download the script here at Github.

Commands

The service.sh script supports these commands:

• help - displays help text
• start - starts the application in the background and saves its pid
• run - runs the application in the foreground and saves its pid
• stop - stops the application
• restart - if the application is running, restarts the application
• force-start - stops the application if running (or not) and then restarts it
• status - displays the application's pid if it's running

Directory Structure

    <root dir>
        \___ your-uber-jar-nnnn.jar
        \___ bin
             \_____ service.sh
        \___ config
             \_____ arguments.txt
             \_____ jvm.properties
             \_____ *.json
             \_____ *.yaml

NOTES:

• The uber jar can optionally be in the bin directory
• The config directory is optional as is each file in it
• You can have a config.json or a config.yaml, it can have any name, but only 1 will be used
• If arguments.txt is present it should contain application arguments (single line or 1 per line). The string $CONFIG_FILE in your arguments file will be replaced with the path to your config file. If arguments.txt is not present and there is a config file, the arguments to the application are: server config.nnn

Installing

Add an init.d script that executes service.sh. NOTE: make sure service.sh has execute permissions.