Persisting Go using Upstart

Starting GO binary using UPSTART

Upstart is used by Amazon Machine Images (AMI)

Find out the version of Upstart: initctl version

Upstart configuration files are located in this folder:

• /etc/init folder is for Upstart
• /etc/init.d folder is for SysVinit

Go to folder: /etc/init cd /etc/init

create file: go.conf sudo nano go.conf

"go.conf" file contents

description "go binary"
author "Developer"

# start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up)
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn
chdir /home/user-name/go
exec /home/user-name/go/web-binary

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Reload configuration:

sudo initctl reload-configuration

To start the service:

sudo start go or sudo initctl start go

To see the status: sudo initctl list | grep go or sudo status go

Update binary

If binary is updated, or overridden by newer version, then need to restart the service: sudo restart go or sudo initctl restart go

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Build commands

generate build using specific Go file. If file not specified, all files are used. go build -o web-binary http.go

test to see if the executable is working sudo /home/user-name/go/web-binary