Adding a startup script on Ubuntu server

Marko Tomic — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:35:44 +0100

This is a useful tip for my reference. I've been creating some startup scripts on my Ubuntu server lately and her are a couple of steps required to get this working.

Write your startup script and place it in /etc/init.d/ directory. Let's say you called your startup script - myScript. You then install your script by using update-rc.d debian utility:

{xtypo_code}update-rc.d myScript defaults{/xtypo_code}Have a look at man update-rc.d for more info.

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