Start Mongrel Cluster on Boot - ubuntu fiesty

I have been following the steps here:
http://rails.aizatto.com/2007/05/20/deploying-ruby-on-rails-on-ubuntu-feisty-fawn-via-mongrel-cluster-and-apache/

I did the "Start Mongrel Cluster on Boot" section slightly differently.

first create a script for init.d (and make it runnable ie chmod +x your_script_name)

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# app_name This is a startup script for use in /etc/init.d
#
# chkconfig: 2345 80 20
# description: Description of program / service

APP_START = '/var/www/railsapp.com/startme'

APP_STOP = '/var/www/railsapp.com/stopme'

case ARGV.first
when 'start':
exec APP_START
when 'stop':
exec APP_STOP
when 'restart':
#TODO
end

unless %w{start stop restart status}.include? ARGV.first
puts "Usage: #{APP_START} {start|stop|restart}"
exit
end

2) Then create the "startme" script in your rails app directory
(You can uncomment the cluster::configure for the first run)
(and make it runnable ie chmod +x your_script_name)

#!/bin/bash
#sudo mongrel_rails cluster::configure -e production -p 8000 -N 6 -c /var/www/railsapp.com -a 127.0.0.1 -l /var/www/railsapp.com/log/mongrel.log
mongrel_rails cluster::start -C /var/www/railsapp.com/config/mongrel_cluster.yml

3) Add start line in /etc/rc.local file
(Assuming you called your script "mongrel_processes")
/etc/init.d/mongrel_processes start

before the
exit 0

4) That should be it , start the script from init.d, if it works, well . . .

I find this version slightly easier to read and maintain.

Peter