Running CTP as a Linux Service

This is most easily done using Ubuntu or any other Linux distro that has upstart

Part 1

This script does the following things

1. Check which chipset you're running
2. Enable the ubuntu partner repo (to get Oracle Java)
3. Answers the Java installation questions in advance
4. Installs SunJava and a few other necessary applications
5. Downloads the appropriate JAI ImageIO and fixes the inherent problem in the Linux release
6. Installs JAI ImageIO
7. Downloads the latest version of MIRC-Zn
8. Writes an upstart script (so that CTP/MIRC will be run as a service automatically)

#!/bin/bash

#check which chipset we're using
case $(arch) in
        i686)
                CHIP=i586
        ;;
        x86_64)
                CHIP=amd64
        ;;
        *)
        ;;
esac

# partner repo
echo deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner >>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/partner.list
apt-get update

# preset the java answers:
debconf-set-selections << END
sun-java6-jdk shared/accepted-sun-dlj-v1-1 boolean true
sun-java6-jre shared/accepted-sun-dlj-v1-1 boolean true
sun-java6-bin shared/accepted-sun-dlj-v1-1 boolean true
END

# packages installed:
apt-get install -y acpid htop unzip xauth libxtst6 sun-java6-jdk  

# get jai binary
wget http://download.java.net/media/jai-imageio/builds/release/1.1/jai_imageio-1_1-lib-linux-$CHIP-jdk.bin 

# make it executable
chmod 777 ./jai_imageio-1_1-lib-linux-$CHIP-jdk.bin

# fix an inherent flaw in the file (thanks to JGrass for this)
sed -i 's/+215/-n+215/' ./jai_imageio-1_1-lib-linux-$CHIP-jdk.bin

# put it in the jdk folder
mv ./jai_imageio-1_1-lib-linux-$CHIP-jdk.bin /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/

# execute the installer
cd /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/
./jai_imageio-1_1-lib-linux-$CHIP-jdk.bin

# go back to the home folder
cd -

# get MIRC installer
wget http://mirc.rsna.org/MIRC2/MIRC-installer.jar 

# have to re-login with X forwarding
echo 'type exit to logout and then log back in with ssh -Y root@host (from a mac) '

# make an upstart script
cat > /etc/init/MIRC-Zn.conf <<DELIM
description "MIRC Zn (CTP plugin not Tomcat)"
author "Tim Phillips <timothy.john.phillips@gmail.com>"

start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo)
stop on stopping network-services

respawn

expect fork

script
	cd /usr/share/CTP/
	java -jar ./CTP-runner.jar
end script
DELIM