I am trying to make a linux executable as a service
I execute my program like this below
java -jar mytestprogram.jar
creates a process that runs continuously and serves REST requests. But I want to run it as a service where I can do
service mytestprogram start
service mytestprogram stop
service mytestprogram status
chkconfig mytestprogram on
etc. What is the most simple way of doing it?
That depends on your system manager
the most common way to do that on debian/ubuntu is to build an initscript and place it in /etc/init.d
or /etc/rc/init.d
and place a script named mytestprogram
in that.
this is an example initscript:
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: testone
# Required-Start: $local_fs
# Required-Stop: $local_fs
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# X-Interactive: false
# Short-Description: Example init script
# Description: Start/stop an example script
### END INIT INFO
DESC="test script"
NAME=testone
#DAEMON=
do_start()
{
echo "starting!";
}
do_stop()
{
echo "stopping!"
}
case "$1" in
start)
do_start
;;
stop)
do_stop
;;
esac
exit 0
I suggest you to look some scripts in that directory, It's simple if you know bash a little ;)
Here is a sample shell script (make sure you replace the MAT name with the name of the your application):
I create one GitHubGist with the latest version of my script and a brief explanation to help those who need it. GitHub Gist link
#!/bin/bash
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: MATH
# Required-Start: $java
# Required-Stop: $java
# Short-Description: Start and stop MATH service.
# Description: -
# Date-Creation: -
# Date-Last-Modification: -
# Author: -
### END INIT INFO
# Variables
PGREP=/usr/bin/pgrep
JAVA=/usr/bin/java
ZERO=0
# Start the MATH
start() {
echo "Starting MATH..."
#Verify if the service is running
$PGREP -f MATH > /dev/null
VERIFIER=$?
if [ $ZERO = $VERIFIER ]
then
echo "The service is already running"
else
#Run the jar file MATH service
$JAVA -jar /opt/MATH/MATH.jar > /dev/null 2>&1 &
#sleep time before the service verification
sleep 10
#Verify if the service is running
$PGREP -f MATH > /dev/null
VERIFIER=$?
if [ $ZERO = $VERIFIER ]
then
echo "Service was successfully started"
else
echo "Failed to start service"
fi
fi
echo
}
# Stop the MATH
stop() {
echo "Stopping MATH..."
#Verify if the service is running
$PGREP -f MATH > /dev/null
VERIFIER=$?
if [ $ZERO = $VERIFIER ]
then
#Kill the pid of java with the service name
kill -9 $($PGREP -f MATH)
#Sleep time before the service verification
sleep 10
#Verify if the service is running
$PGREP -f MATH > /dev/null
VERIFIER=$?
if [ $ZERO = $VERIFIER ]
then
echo "Failed to stop service"
else
echo "Service was successfully stopped"
fi
else
echo "The service is already stopped"
fi
echo
}
# Verify the status of MATH
status() {
echo "Checking status of MATH..."
#Verify if the service is running
$PGREP -f MATH > /dev/null
VERIFIER=$?
if [ $ZERO = $VERIFIER ]
then
echo "Service is running"
else
echo "Service is stopped"
fi
echo
}
# Main logic
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
status
;;
restart|reload)
stop
start
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|reload}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0