pencils

#!/bin/sh
#
# An init.d script for running the Node.js pencilcode service.
#
# Typically installed by:
# sudo cp pencils /etc/init.d
# sudo chmod a+x /etc/init.d/pencils
# sudo update-rc.d pencils defaults

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:             pencils
# Required-Start:       $syslog $remote_fs
# Required-Stop:        $syslog $remote_fs
# Should-Start:         $local_fs
# Should-Stop:          $local_fs
# Default-Start:        2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:         0 1 6
# Short-Description:    Pencil Service
# Description:          Pencil Service
### END INIT INFO

### BEGIN CHKCONFIG INFO
# chkconfig: 2345 55 25
# description: Pencil Service
### END CHKCONFIG INFO

# Based on:
# https://gist.github.com/3748766
# https://github.com/hectorcorrea/hectorcorrea.com/blob/master/etc/forever-initd-hectorcorrea.sh
# https://www.exratione.com/2011/07/running-a-nodejs-server-as-a-service-using-forever/

NAME="Pencil Service"
FOREVER_DIR="/usr/local/bin"
NODE_BIN_DIR="/usr/local/node/bin"
NODE_PATH="/usr/local/lib/node_modules"
APPLICATION_PATH="/srv/site/root/server/server.js"
PIDFILE="/var/run/pencils.pid"
LOGFILE="/var/log/pencils/event.log"

# Forever settings to prevent the application spinning if it fails on launch.
MIN_UPTIME="5000"
SPIN_SLEEP_TIME="2000"

# Put server in production mode
NODE_ENV="production"
PORT=8816

# Add node to the path for situations in which the environment is passed.
PATH=$NODE_BIN_DIR:$FOREVER_DIR:$PATH
# Export all environment variables that must be visible for the Node.js
# application process forked by Forever. It will not see any of the other
# variables defined in this script.
export NODE_PATH=$NODE_PATH
export NODE_ENV=$NODE_ENV
export PORT=$PORT

start() {
    if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
        pp=$(cat $PIDFILE)
        if [ -d /proc/$pp ]; then
            echo "$NAME is already running."
            exit 1
        fi
    fi
    echo "Starting $NAME"
    # We're calling forever directly without using start-stop-daemon for the
    # sake of simplicity when it comes to environment, and because this way
    # the script will work whether it is executed directly or via the service
    # utility.
    #
    # The minUptime and spinSleepTime settings stop Forever from thrashing if
    # the application fails immediately on launch. This is generally necessary
    # to avoid loading development servers to the point of failure every time
    # someone makes an error in application initialization code, or bringing
    # down production servers the same way if a database or other critica
    # service suddenly becomes inaccessible.
    #
    # The pidfile contains the child process pid, not the forever process pid.
    # We're only using it as a marker for whether or not the process is
    # running.
    #
    # Note that redirecting the output to /dev/null (or anywhere) is necessary
    # to make this script work if provisioning the service via Chef.
    forever \
      --pidFile $PIDFILE \
      -a \
      -l $LOGFILE \
      --minUptime $MIN_UPTIME \
      --spinSleepTime $SPIN_SLEEP_TIME \
      start $APPLICATION_PATH 2>&1 > /dev/null &
    RETVAL=$?

    # Give 10 seconds for the port to start listening
    REMAINING=100
    nc -w30 -z localhost $PORT
    while [ $? -ne 0 ] && [ $REMAINING -gt 0 ]; do
      sleep 0.1
      REMAINING=$((REMAINING - 1))
      nc -w30 -z localhost $PORT
    done
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
      echo 'Did not start.'
    fi
}

stop() {
    if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
        echo "Shutting down $NAME"
        # Tell Forever to stop the process.
        forever stop $APPLICATION_PATH 2>&1 > /dev/null
        # Get rid of the pidfile, since Forever won't do that.
        rm -f $PIDFILE
        RETVAL=$?
    else
        echo "$NAME is not running."
        RETVAL=0
    fi
}

restart() {
    stop
    start
}

status() {
    # On Ubuntu this isn't even necessary. To find out whether the service is
    # running, use "service pencils status" which bypasses this script
    # entirely provided you used the service utility to start the process.
    #
    # The commented line below is the obvious way of checking whether or not a
    # process is currently running via Forever, but in recent Forever versions
    # when the service is started during Chef provisioning a dead pipe is left
    # behind somewhere and that causes an EPIPE exception to be thrown.
    # forever list | grep -q "$APPLICATION_PATH"
    #
    # So instead we add an extra layer of indirection with this to bypass that
    # issue.
    echo `forever list` | grep -q "$APPLICATION_PATH"
    if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then
        echo "$NAME is running."
        RETVAL=0
    else
        echo "$NAME is not running."
        RETVAL=3
    fi
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        start
        ;;
    stop)
        stop
        ;;
    status)
        status
        ;;
    restart)
        restart
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: {start|stop|status|restart}"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac
exit $RETVAL