Upstart script.

init/README.md

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+This folder contains init scripts to start the editor. By default they assume an installation in
+`/opt/gtfs-editor` and a user gtfs-editor to run the editor; feel free to edit as needed.
+
+Note that whatever user you choose must be able to write to teh log and pid server files.

init/gtfs-editor.conf

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+# Upstart script to start GTFS Editor
+
+env user=matthewc
+# configure port and bind address in application.cong
+
+# application home directory
+chdir /home/matthewc/conveyal/gtfs-editor
+
+start on runlevel [3]
+
+pre-start script
+  # We set up an exclusive temporary directory so that Geotools will play nice with other Geotools apps on the system,
+  # which may be running as different users
+  # see http://www.indicatrix.org/2014/10/20/using-geotools-with-multiple-user-accounts/
+
+  # The environment stuff with writing to a file is a bit annoying; see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12610335
+  TMPDIR=`mktemp -d`
+  chown $user $TMPDIR
+  echo "TMPDIR=$TMPDIR" > "/tmp/$UPSTART_JOB"
+end script
+
+script
+  . "/tmp/$UPSTART_JOB"
+  su -m -c "exec play run --%production" $user
+end script
+
+post-stop script
+  # Clear out our temporary directory
+  . "/tmp/$UPSTART_JOB"
+  rm -rf "$TMPDIR"
+  rm "/tmp/$UPSTART_JOB"
+end script