I'm using the Amazon flavor of Linux
uname -a
Linux mydomain.org 3.19.25-82.99.amzn1.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Dec 3 21:29:43 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
and I want to run the following script upon system reboot ...
ls -al /home/davea/install/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/startup.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 davea mycompany 2023 Nov 28 2011 /home/davea/install/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/startup.sh
So I created this file,
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 73 Dec 10 19:29 /etc/init.d/start_tomcat
with the lines
#!/bin/sh
sh /home/davea/install/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/startup.sh
However, when I reboot my system, this script isn't getting invoked. What steps have I left out? I can run the script fine at a command line when I'm logged in.
Edit: Also, I created this symlink in /etc/rc.d ...
ls -al /etc/rc.d/start_tomcat
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Dec 10 19:29 /etc/rc.d/start_tomcat -> /etc/init.d/start_tomcat
Still no luck.
You have to add the start-up script under init.d to your default runlevel.
sudo update-rc.d /etc/init.d/start_tomcat defaults
Which should create symlinks to your script under the appropriate /etc/rc?.d folder(s).