Automatically starting boblightd on Linux

Edit init.d configuration file for boblight:

sudo nano /etc/init.d/boblight 

Paste the following content:

#!/bin/sh

# INIT INFO
# Provides:          boblightd
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: boblightd daemon
# Description:       Boblight daemon
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
NAME=boblightd
DAEMON=/usr/bin/$NAME
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
DESC="boblight daemon"
USER=boblightd

[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "$1" in
  start)
    # master switch
      log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
      /sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --exec $DAEMON --background --make-pidfile --pidfile $PIDFILE
      log_end_msg $?
    ;;
  stop)
 # master switch
      log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
      /sbin/start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE --chuid $USER --exec $DAEMON
      /bin/rm -f $PIDFILE
      log_end_msg $?
    ;;
  reload|restart)
    $0 stop && $0 start
    ;;
  status)
 status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON $NAME && exit 0 || exit $?
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart|status}" >&2
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0

Change it to executable mode:

$sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/boblight

Add it to autostart:

sudo update-rc.d boblight defaults

Now you can start, stop and restart boblight by issuing the following commands:

service boblight start
service boblight stop
service boblight restart