--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/logstash.rc	Fri Mar 01 14:58:09 2013 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#	/etc/rc.d/init.d/logstash
+#
+#	Starts Logstash as a daemon
+#
+# chkconfig: 2345 20 80
+# description: Starts Logstash as a daemon
+# pidfile: /var/run/logstash.pid
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: logstash
+# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop: S 0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Logstash
+# Description: Starts Logstash as a daemon.
+# Modified originally from https://gist.github.com/2228905#file_logstash.sh
+
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# Amount of memory for Java
+#JAVAMEM=256M
+
+export HOME=/var/lib/logstash
+DESC="Logstash Daemon"
+JAVA=$(which java)
+CONFIGFILE=/etc/logstash/logstash.conf
+LOGFILE=/var/log/logstash/logstash.log
+JARNAME=/usr/local/bin/logstash.jar
+ARGS="-jar ${JARNAME} agent -vvv --config ${CONFIGFILE} --log ${LOGFILE} -- web --backend elasticsearch://127.0.0.1/?local"
+SCRIPTNAME=/etc/rc.d/init.d/logstash
+PIDFILE=/var/run/logstash.pid
+base=logstash
+
+# Exit if java is not installed
+if [ ! -x "$JAVA" ]; then
+    echo "Couldn't find $JAVA"
+    exit 99
+fi
+
+. /etc/init.d/functions
+
+#
+# Function that starts the daemon/service
+#
+do_start() {
+    cd $HOME
+    pid=$(su logstash -c 'echo -e "'"$JAVA $ARGS"' </dev/null >'"$LOGFILE"' 2>&1 & \n echo \$!" | bash')
+    echo $pid >$PIDFILE
+    [ -n "$pid" ] && success $"$base startup" || failure $"$base startup"
+}
+
+
+#
+# Function that stops the daemon/service
+#
+do_stop() {
+    killproc -p $PIDFILE logstash
+}
+
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
+    do_start
+    touch /var/lock/subsys/$base
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
+    do_stop
+    rm /var/lock/subsys/$base 2>/dev/null
+    rm $PIDFILE               2>/dev/null
+    ;;
+  restart)
+    echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
+    do_stop
+    do_start
+    ;;
+  reload)
+    echo -n "Reloading $DESC: "
+    pid=$(cat $PIDFILE)
+    [ -n "$pid" ] && pkill -HUP -u logstash -P $pid
+    ;;
+  status)
+    status -p $PIDFILE
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart}" >&2
+    exit 3
+    ;;
+esac
+
+echo
+exit 0