Red5 Install as Daemon on Ubuntu
sudo useradd _red5 #create user that will run the red5-server daemon.
sudo nano /etc/init.d/red5-server #create the sh script. paste contents ::from::
sudo chmod a+x /ect/init.d/red5-server #make it executable
sudo update-rc.d red5-server defaults #make it start up at boot-up in default run levels 2,3,4, and 5
If you later want to stop the service: sudo update-rc.d -f apache2 remove
You can edit different options on the script to make it work on your server setup. In my case, i had to change:
JVM to use to start Red5
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/ to JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/
Also make sure that your red5 is installed in the preferred location RED5_HOME=/usr/share/red5/ If not, you need to go over the script and update the path.
Note that the script will run under a user _red5
. You need to create this user, or edit the script and update it with
a valid username.
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!/bin/sh
#
Copyright (c) 2007 Javier Fernandez-Sanguino jfs@debian.org
#
This is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2,
or (at your option) any later version.
#
This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
#
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License with
the Debian operating system, in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL; if
not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,
Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
#
BEGIN INIT INFO
Provides: red5-server
Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs $network
Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs $network
Should-Start: $named
Should-Stop: $named
Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
Default-Stop: 0 1 6
Short-Description: Red5
Description: Flash streaming server
END INIT INFO
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
Default options, these can be overriden by the information
at /etc/default/red5
Whether to start Red5 (as a daemon or not)
NO_START=0
Time to wait for the server to die, in seconds
DIETIME=30
Time to wait for the server to start, in seconds
STARTTIME=5
Users to run the daemons as. If this value
is set start-stop-daemon will chuid the server
DAEMONUSER=_red5
JVM to use to start Red5
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/
JVM options for startup
JAVA_OPTS=
Home of Red5 server
RED5_HOME=/usr/share/red5/
Options for Red5 server
RED5_OPTS=
End of variables that can be overwritten
Include defaults if available
if [ -f /etc/default/$NAME ] ; then . /etc/default/$NAME fi
Others configuration options not overrideable
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/share/red5/red5.sh DAEMON_STOP=/usr/share/red5/red5-shutdown.sh RED5_MAINCLASS=org.red5.server.Bootstrap NAME=red5-server DESC="Flash streaming server" PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
Check that the user exists (if we set a user)
Does the user exist?
if [ -n "$DAEMONUSER" ] ; then if getent passwd | grep -q "^$DAEMONUSER:"; then
# Obtain the uid and gid
DAEMONUID=`getent passwd |grep "^$DAEMONUSER:" | awk -F : '{print $3}'`
DAEMONGID=`getent passwd |grep "^$DAEMONUSER:" | awk -F : '{print $4}'`
else
log_failure_msg "The user $DAEMONUSER, required to run $NAME does not exist."
exit 1
fi
fi
Check whether startup has been disabled
if [ "$NO_START" != "0" -a "$1" != "stop" ]; then [ "$VERBOSE" != "no" ] && log_failure_msg "Not starting $NAME - edit /etc/default/$NAME and change NO_START to be 0 (or comment it out)." exit 0 fi
set -e
running_pid() {
Check if a given process pid's cmdline matches a given name
pid=$1
[ -z "$pid" ] && return 1
[ ! -d /proc/$pid ] && return 1
cmd=`cat /proc/$pid/cmdline | tr "\000" "\n"|tail -n 1 |cut -d : -f 1`
exe=`basename $cmd`
# Is this the expected server
[ "x$exe" != "x$RED5_MAINCLASS" ] && return 1
return 0
}
running() {
Check if the process is running looking at /proc
(works for all users)
# No pidfile, probably no daemon present
[ ! -f "$PIDFILE" ] && return 1
pid=`cat $PIDFILE`
running_pid $pid || return 1
return 0
}
start_server() {
Start the process using the wrapper
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile \ --chuid $DAEMONUSER --background \ --chdir $RED5_HOME \ --name java --startas $DAEMON -- $RED5_OPTS errcode=$? return $errcode }
stop_server() {
Stop the process using the wrapper
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \ --user $DAEMONUSER \ --chdir $RED5_HOME \ --name java --startas $DAEMON_STOP -- $RED5_OPTS errcode=$? return $errcode }
reload_server() { [ ! -f "$PIDFILE" ] && return 1 pid=pidofproc $PIDFILE # This is the daemon's pid
# Send a SIGHUP
kill -1 $pid
return $?
}
force_stop() {
Force the process to die killing it manually
[ ! -e "$PIDFILE" ] && return
if running ; then
kill -15 $pid
# Is it really dead?
sleep "$DIETIME"s
if running ; then
kill -9 $pid
sleep "$DIETIME"s
if running ; then
echo "Cannot kill $NAME (pid=$pid)!"
exit 1
fi
fi
fi
rm -f $PIDFILE
}
case "$1" in start) log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC " "$NAME"
# Check if it's running first
if running ; then
log_progress_msg "apparently already running"
log_end_msg 0
exit 0
fi
if start_server ; then
# NOTE: Some servers might die some time after they start,
# this code will detect this issue if STARTTIME is set
# to a reasonable value
[ -n "$STARTTIME" ] && sleep $STARTTIME # Wait some time
if running ; then
# It's ok, the server started and is running
log_end_msg 0
else
# It is not running after we did start
log_end_msg 1
fi
else
# Either we could not start it
log_end_msg 1
fi
;;
stop) log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME" if running ; then
# Only stop the server if we see it running
errcode=0
stop_server || errcode=$?
log_end_msg $errcode
else
# If it's not running don't do anything
log_progress_msg "apparently not running"
log_end_msg 0
exit 0
fi
;;
force-stop)
# First try to stop gracefully the program
$0 stop
if running; then
# If it's still running try to kill it more forcefully
log_daemon_msg "Stopping (force) $DESC" "$NAME"
errcode=0
force_stop || errcode=$?
log_end_msg $errcode
fi
;;
restart|force-reload) log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME" errcode=0 stop_server || errcode=$?
# Wait some sensible amount, some server need this
[ -n "$DIETIME" ] && sleep $DIETIME
start_server || errcode=$?
[ -n "$STARTTIME" ] && sleep $STARTTIME
running || errcode=$?
log_end_msg $errcode
;;
status)
log_daemon_msg "Checking status of $DESC" "$NAME"
if running ; then
log_progress_msg "running"
log_end_msg 0
else
log_progress_msg "apparently not running"
log_end_msg 1
exit 1
fi
;;
reload) log_warning_msg "Reloading $NAME daemon: not implemented, as the daemon" log_warning_msg "cannot re-read the config file (use restart)." ;; *) N=/etc/init.d/$NAME echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|force-stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2 exit 1 ;; esac
exit 0 /////////////////////////////////////////////