proper packaging and upstart scripts for ubuntu

nodejs/etc/default/servicedock

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# set values for servicedock process
+
+#EXEC_SERVICEDOCK="/usr/bin/nodejs /usr/share/servicedock/nodejs/servicedock"
+
+# by default logs to /var/log/servicedock.log
+SERVICEDOCK_LOG="/dev/null"
+
+#SERVICEDOCK_USER="servicedock"
+
+#SERVICEDOCK_PORT="8888"

nodejs/etc/init/servicedock.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!upstart
+description "ServiceDock"
+author      "Marc Wäckerlin"
+
+start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up)
+stop on runlevel [!2345]
+
+respawn
+
+script
+    echo $$ > /var/run/servicedock.pid
+    # there are some useful defaults
+    # do not edit this file, overwrite values in /etc/default/servicedock
+    EXEC_SERVICEDOCK="/usr/bin/nodejs /usr/share/servicedock/nodejs/servicedock"
+    SERVICEDOCK_LOG="/var/log/servicedock.log"
+    SERVICEDOCK_USER="servicedock"
+    SERVICEDOCK_PORT=""
+    [ -r /etc/default/servicedock ] && . /etc/default/servicedock
+    if test -n "${SERVICEDOCK_USER}"; then
+        exec sudo -u "${SERVICEDOCK_USER}" ${EXEC_SERVICEDOCK} ${SERVICEDOCK_PORT} >> ${SERVICEDOCK_LOG} 2>&1
+    else
+        exec ${NODEJS_BIN} >> ${SERVICEDOCK_LOG} 2>&1
+    fi
+end script
+
+pre-start script
+    SERVICEDOCK_LOG="/var/log/servicedock.log"
+    [ -r /etc/default/servicedock ] && . /etc/default/servicedock
+    # Date format same as (new Date()).toISOString() for consistency
+    echo "[`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3NZ`] (sys) Starting" >> ${SERVICEDOCK_LOG}
+end script
+
+pre-stop script
+    SERVICEDOCK_LOG="/var/log/servicedock.log"
+    [ -r /etc/default/servicedock ] && . /etc/default/servicedock
+    rm /var/run/servicedock.pid
+    echo "[`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3NZ`] (sys) Stopping" >> ${SERVICEDOCK_LOG}
+end script

nodejs/etc/servicedock.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "port": 8889
+    "port": 8888
 }

nodejs/makefile.am

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ EXTRA_DIST = servicedock.js package.json.in public routes sockets docker views
 
 nodejsdir = ${pkgdatadir}/nodejs
 
-sysconf_DATA = etc/@PACKAGE_NAME@.json
+sysconfdefaultdir = ${sysconfdir}/default
+sysconfinitdir = ${sysconfdir}/init
+dist_sysconf_DATA = etc/@PACKAGE_NAME@.json
+dist_sysconfdefault_DATA = etc/default/servicedock
+dist_sysconfinit_DATA = etc/init/servicedock.conf
 
 all: node_modules
 

nodejs/servicedock.js

@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ var config = require(package.path.config);
 var docker = require(__dirname+'/docker')(app);
 
 // Configuration
+process.argv.forEach(function(val, index) {
+    if (index<2) {return}
+    if (index!=2 || typeof val != 'number') {
+        console.log("**** ERROR: Unexpected Argument - allowed is only a port number");
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+    config.port = val;
+});
+if (typeof config.port != 'number') {
+    console.log("**** WARNING: no valid port given, defaults to 8888");
+    config.port = 8888;
+}
 
 app.configure(function(){
   app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');