JBOSS does not start up on boot

[mathurpratik]

Hello all,

I'm trying to get JBoss to start up on boot.  I am running Debian 2.1

I'm using this website: http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Making_scripts_run_at_boot_time_with_Debian

This is the script I'm using:

#! /bin/sh
#  /etc/init.d/jboss: Start and stop JBoss AS
ECHO=/bin/echo
TEST=/usr/bin/test
JBOSS_START_SCRIPT=/usr/local/jboss-4.0.3SP1/bin/run.sh
JBOSS_STOP_SCRIPT=/usr/local/jboss-4.0.3SP1/bin/shutdown.sh

$TEST –x $JBOSS_START_SCRIPT || exit 0
$TEST –x $JBOSS_STOP_SCRIPT || exit 0

start() {
      $ECHO –n "Starting JBoss"
      su – jboss –c "$JBOSS_START_SCRIPT > /dev/null 2> /dev/null &"
      $ECHO "."
}

stop() {
      $ECHO –n "Stopping JBoss"
      su – jboss – c "$JBOSS_STOP_SCRIPT –S > /dev/null &"
      $ECHO "."
}

case "$1" in
      start)
            start
            ;;
      stop)
            stop
            ;;
      restart)
            stop
            sleep 30
            start
            ;;
      *)
            $ECHO "Usage: jboss {start|stop|restart}"
            exit 1
esac

exit 0

However, when I follow the instructions on the website and do:

./jboss

I get an error : /usr/bin/test: extra argument `/opt/jboss-4.2.3.GA/bin/run.sh

I get the same thing for the shutdown.sh part.

When I add arguments to both of those lines, it still complains.  Any ideas what I may be doing wrong?

I know I'm really close, probably just a minor tweak.

All / any input from you all will definitely help! I will give points to right answers.

[erasmomarciano]

I think  that you forgot to specify the JBoss instance

example

./run.sh -c all -b 0.0.0.0

[peterj]

Looking at the 'test' commands man page, it would appear that you need to place the expression within paranthesis:

$TEST (-x filename)

You might even need quotes:

$TEST "(-x filename)"

I don't have a Linux machine handy just now or I would give you a more definitive answer.

Anyway, the best way of debugging a script is to always enter each command in by hand, especially commands that fail.

[peterj]

OK, I have my Linux system. I tried a simple script based on what you had and the syntax:

$TEST -x $FILENAME || exit 0

worked just fine. I am using Ubuntu 9.04.

Perhaps try running:

test --help

Maybe 'test' is really not 'test'!

[mathurpratik]

Peter,

You answers were definitly helpful.  It appears the problem I was having was I needed to run dos2unix on this script.  I'm not sure why, but I can get the script to run on boot now.

Thanks for your help.

[peterj]

"I needed to run dos2unix on this script"

Ah yes, Linux scripts will not run if they are in the DOS text format (lines ending with CR-LF), they think that the CR is part of the command which causes confusion.