My script looks like this:
#!/bin/sh -e
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: glassfish
# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: glassfish initscript
# Description: A simple initscript for the glassfish app server
### END INIT INFO
#
# Author: Cay S. Horstmann (http://horstmann.com)
#
set -e
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/glassfish/bin
DESC="Glassfish Java EE5 App Server"
NAME=glassfish
ASADMIN=asadmin
DOMAIN=dev
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
# Gracefully exit if the package has been removed.
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
# Read config file if it is present.
#if [ -r /etc/default/$NAME ]
#then
# . /etc/default/$NAME
#fi
#
# Function that starts the daemon/service.
#
d_start() {
$ASADMIN start-domain $DOMAIN \
|| echo -n " already running"
}
#
# Function that stops the daemon/service.
#
d_stop() {
$ASADMIN stop-domain $DOMAIN \
|| echo -n " not running"
}
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME [$DOMAIN]"
d_start
echo "."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME [$DOMAIN]"
d_stop
echo "."
;;
reload|restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME [$DOMAIN]"
d_stop
sleep 10
d_start
echo "."
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac
exit 0
You will need to decide on a service name (e.g. myglassfishservice) and then create a file with that name in the /etc/init.d folder.
cd /etc/init.d
sudo vi myglassfishservice
Paste the above script into the file. Check that the PATH variable points to the correct glassfish home folder and that the DOMAIN variable is the correct glassfish domain name. Then save the file.
Now setup the run groups by running the following command
sudo update-rc.d myglassfishservice defaults
This adds the symbolic links to your service in the folders /etc/rc0.d, /etc/rc1.d, ...
Now reboot the server and your specified domain on glassfish shold start
