Linux: process into a service

Question

I am trying to make a linux executable as a service

I execute my program like this below

java -jar mytestprogram.jar

creates a proc

Answer 1

In Ubuntu you can create the file as explained above with few lines, play around and see if it works for you.

description "My prog"
 
 
start on (net-device-up
          and local-filesystems
          and runlevel [2345])

stop on runlevel [!2345]
 
respawn
respawn limit 10 5
 
setuid root
setgid shnmon
 
script
    /usr/local/bin/my_script -config.path /etc/myprog/yourconfig.xyz -children false >> /var/log/myprog.log 2>&1
end script

The "-config.path /etc/myprog/yourconfig.xyz" is optional incase you have a config file.

You can just edit the script part and test it and keep others default and edit the rest along the way