$ sudo update-rc.d myserver defaults
To do this, you must create this file and save it in /etc/init.d/.
#!/bin/sh
DAEMON="/path/to/myserver.py"
DAEMONUSER="myuser"
DEAMON_NAME="myserver.py"
PATH="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
d_start () {
log_daemon_msg "Starting system $DEAMON_NAME Daemon"
start-stop-daemon --background --name $DEAMON_NAME --start --user $DAEMONUSER --exec $DAEMON
log_end_msg $?
}
d_stop () {
log_daemon_msg "Stopping system $DEAMON_NAME Daemon"
start-stop-daemon --name $DEAMON_NAME --stop --retry 5 --name $DEAMON_NAME
log_end_msg $?
}
case "$1" in
start|stop)
d_${1}
;;
restart|reload|force-reload)
d_stop
d_start
;;
force-stop)
d_stop
killall -q $DEAMON_NAME || true
sleep 2
killall -q -9 $DEAMON_NAME || true
;;
status)
status_of_proc "$DEAMON_NAME" "$DAEMON" "system-wide $DEAMON_NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$DEAMON_NAME {start|stop|force-stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
$ sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/myserver
$ sudo chmod 755 /path/to/mserver.py
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13718821/run-python-script-as-daemon-at-boot-time-ubuntu