How to add a regular application to linux services list

I want to explain how je can add an application to linux services and start/stop via services. By this example I use sonarqube as example application. There are two steps to add an application linux services list.

1.create a script which calls your applications actual start and stop script. Save the script under /etc/init.d as execuatble file. You can use the example content als start point.

#!/bin/sh

#

# rc file for SonarQube

#

# chkconfig: 345 96 10

# description: SonarQube system (www.sonarsource.org)

#

### BEGIN INIT INFO

# Provides: sonar

# Required-Start: $network

# Required-Stop: $network

# Default-Start: 3 4 5

# Default-Stop: 0 1 2 6

# Short-Description: SonarQube system (www.sonarsource.org)

# Description: SonarQube system (www.sonarsource.org)

### END INIT INFO

 

/usr/bin/sonar $*

 

 

2-a. Debian based linux distros such as ubuntu registers applications with "update-rc.d". We should create a symbolik link under "/user/bin" with name "sonar". /usr/bin is by default added to the PATH. So by reboot is it easy starting the application by typing only  command "sonar".

sudo ln -s $SONAR_HOME/bin/linux-x86-32/sonar.sh /usr/bin/sonar

sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/sonar

sudo update-rc.d sonar defaults

 

2-b Registering service on boot time for RedHat, CentOS, 64 bit based linux distro's

sudo ln -s $SONAR_HOME/bin/linux-x86-64/sonar.sh /usr/bin/sonar

sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/sonar

sudo chkconfig --add sonar