= Ubuntu Init Script = Based upon the script created [http://apocryph.org/2008/11/30/setting_deluge_headless_ubuntu_seedbox_windows_client/ here]. Put this in /etc/default/deluge-daemon and set DELUGED_USER to the user you which to run deluge as {{{ #!sh # Configuration for /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon # The init.d script will only run if this variable non-empty. DELUGED_USER="" # !!!CHANGE THIS!!!! # Should we run at startup? RUN_AT_STARTUP="YES" }}} This should be placed in /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon {{{ #!sh #!/bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: deluge-daemon # Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs # Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs # Should-Start: $network # Should-Stop: $network # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: Daemonized version of deluge and webui. # Description: Starts the deluge daemon with the user specified in # /etc/default/deluge-daemon. ### END INIT INFO # Author: Adolfo R. Brandes PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin DESC="Deluge Daemon" NAME1="deluged" NAME2="deluge" DAEMON1=/usr/bin/deluged DAEMON1_ARGS="-d" # Consult `man deluged` for more options DAEMON2=/usr/bin/deluge-web DAEMON2_ARGS="" # Consult `man deluge-web` for more options PIDFILE1=/var/run/$NAME1.pid PIDFILE2=/var/run/$NAME2.pid UMASK=022 # Change this to 0 if running deluged as its own user PKGNAME=deluge-daemon SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$PKGNAME # Exit if the package is not installed [ -x "$DAEMON1" -a -x "$DAEMON2" ] || exit 0 # Read configuration variable file if it is present [ -r /etc/default/$PKGNAME ] && . /etc/default/$PKGNAME # Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables [ -f /etc/default/rcS ] && . /etc/default/rcS # Define LSB log_* functions. # Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present. . /lib/lsb/init-functions if [ -z "$RUN_AT_STARTUP" -o "$RUN_AT_STARTUP" != "YES" ] then log_warning_msg "Not starting $PKGNAME, edit /etc/default/$PKGNAME to start it." exit 0 fi if [ -z "$DELUGED_USER" ] then log_warning_msg "Not starting $PKGNAME, DELUGED_USER not set in /etc/default/$PKGNAME." exit 0 fi # # Function that starts the daemon/service # do_start() { # Return # 0 if daemon has been started # 1 if daemon was already running # 2 if daemon could not be started start-stop-daemon --start --background --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE1 --exec $DAEMON1 \ --chuid $DELUGED_USER --user $DELUGED_USER --umask $UMASK --test > /dev/null RETVAL1="$?" start-stop-daemon --start --background --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE2 --exec $DAEMON2 \ --chuid $DELUGED_USER --user $DELUGED_USER --umask $UMASK --test > /dev/null RETVAL2="$?" [ "$RETVAL1" = "0" -a "$RETVAL2" = "0" ] || return 1 start-stop-daemon --start --background --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE1 --make-pidfile --exec $DAEMON1 \ --chuid $DELUGED_USER --user $DELUGED_USER --umask $UMASK -- $DAEMON1_ARGS RETVAL1="$?" sleep 2 start-stop-daemon --start --background --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE2 --make-pidfile --exec $DAEMON2 \ --chuid $DELUGED_USER --user $DELUGED_USER --umask $UMASK -- $DAEMON2_ARGS RETVAL2="$?" [ "$RETVAL1" = "0" -a "$RETVAL2" = "0" ] || return 2 } # # Function that stops the daemon/service # do_stop() { # Return # 0 if daemon has been stopped # 1 if daemon was already stopped # 2 if daemon could not be stopped # other if a failure occurred start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --user $DELUGED_USER --pidfile $PIDFILE2 RETVAL2="$?" start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --user $DELUGED_USER --pidfile $PIDFILE1 RETVAL1="$?" [ "$RETVAL1" = "2" -o "$RETVAL2" = "2" ] && return 2 rm -f $PIDFILE1 $PIDFILE2 [ "$RETVAL1" = "0" -a "$RETVAL2" = "0" ] && return 0 || return 1 } case "$1" in start) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME1" do_start case "$?" in 0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;; 2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;; esac ;; stop) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME1" do_stop case "$?" in 0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;; 2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;; esac ;; restart|force-reload) log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME1" do_stop case "$?" in 0|1) do_start case "$?" in 0) log_end_msg 0 ;; 1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start esac ;; *) # Failed to stop log_end_msg 1 ;; esac ;; *) echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2 exit 3 ;; esac : }}} Make the script executable by root {{{ #!sh sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon }}} Run this script on start up {{{ #!sh sudo update-rc.d deluge-daemon defaults }}} Start the daemon {{{ #!sh sudo invoke-rc.d deluge-daemon start }}} == Make deluge log something == * create a structure for deluge to log to: {{{ sudo mkdir -p /var/log/deluge/daemon sudo mkdir /var/log/deluge/web }}} * give the user that deluge is running as (in this case deluge) write-access to the logs {{{ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/log/deluge sudo chown -R deluge /var/log/deluge }}} * edit the init-script like so: {{{ #!sh DAEMON1=/usr/bin/deluged DAEMON1_ARGS="-d -L warning -l /var/log/deluge/daemon/warning.log" # Consult `man deluged` for more options DAEMON2=/usr/bin/deluge-web DAEMON2_ARGS="-L warning -l /var/log/deluge/web/warning.log" }}} See [wiki:Faq#EnableDelugeLogging Logging] for possible loglevels. * restart the daemon: {{{sudo invoke-rc.d deluge-daemon restart}}} * tell logrotate to rotate the logs {{{ sudo cat > /etc/logrotate.d/deluge << EOF /var/log/deluge/*/*.log { weekly missingok rotate 7 compress notifempty copytruncate create 600 } EOF