To compliment the Red Hat init script that is available on the net, here’s the init script we use to launch god on our Ubuntu systems.

To use, save as /etc/init.d/god, make the file executable, then run update-rc.d god defaults. You’re done.

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:             god
# Required-Start:       $all
# Required-Stop:        $all
# Default-Start:        2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:         0 1 6
# Short-Description:    God
### END INIT INFO

NAME=god
DESC=god

set -e

# Make sure the binary and the config file are present before proceeding
test -x /usr/bin/god || exit 0

# Create this file and put in a variable called GOD_CONFIG, pointing to
# your God configuration file
test -f /etc/default/god && . /etc/default/god
[ $GOD_CONFIG ] || exit 0

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

RETVAL=0

case "$1" in
  start)
    echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
    /usr/bin/god -c $GOD_CONFIG -P /var/run/god.pid -l /var/log/god.log
    RETVAL=$?
    echo "$NAME."
    ;;
  stop)
    echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
    kill `cat /var/run/god.pid`
    RETVAL=$?
    echo "$NAME."
    ;;
  restart)
    echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
    kill `cat /var/run/god.pid`
    /usr/bin/god -c $GOD_CONFIG -P /var/run/god.pid -l /var/log/god.log
    RETVAL=$?
    echo "$NAME."
    ;;
  status)
    /usr/bin/god status
    RETVAL=$?
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: god {start|stop|restart|status}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit $RETVAL