Init Script to Start, Stop, Restart RED5 Media Server

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Just Copy the Code in

vi /etc/init.d/red5

COPY the Below Code

    #!/bin/sh
    # Author : Ashwin 
    # Description: Red5 Media Flash streaming server

    PROG=red5
    RED5_HOME=/usr/local/red5
    DAEMON=$RED5_HOME/$PROG.sh
    PIDFILE=/var/run/$PROG.pid

    # Source function library
    . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

    [ -r /etc/sysconfig/red5 ] && . /etc/sysconfig/red5

    RETVAL=0

    case “$1″ in
    start)
    echo -n $”Starting $PROG: ”
    cd $RED5_HOME
    $DAEMON >/dev/null 2>/dev/null &
    RETVAL=$?
    if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
    echo $! > $PIDFILE
    touch /var/lock/subsys/$PROG

    fi
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && success $”$PROG startup” || failure $”$PROG startup”
    echo
    ;;
    stop)
    echo -n $”Shutting down $PROG: ”
    killproc -p $PIDFILE
    RETVAL=$?
    echo
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$PROG
    ;;
    restart)
    $0 stop
    $0 start
    ;;
    status)
    status $PROG -p $PIDFILE
    RETVAL=$?
    ;;
    *)
    echo $”Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}”
    RETVAL=1
    esac

    exit $RETVAL

chmod 755 /etc/init.d/red5

Test It

/etc/init.d/red5 start
/etc/init.d/red5 stop
/etc/init.d/red5 restart