# these cannot be started at boot time by the system without
# arcane trickery. Also a root user will not see these tasks/jobs
# by default. set*id is a reasonable and secure compromise.
+# These options are not supported on early upstart versions.
#setuid nobody
#setgid nobody
# shell commands via `sh -e`.
env DAEMON=/usr/sbin/collectd
-# Tell upstart to watch for forking when tracking the pid for us.
+# Tell upstart to wait for collectd to SIGSTOP itself, signaling it is ready
+# to run. Warning: this only works with collectd 5.5 and newer. You'll have to
+# use "expect fork" instead, if using collectd 5.4 and older.
expect stop
# prevent thrashing - 10 restarts in 5 seconds
respawn
respawn limit 10 5
-# Make a log available in /var/log/upstart/collectd.log
-console log
+# Uncomment to make a log available in /var/log/upstart/collectd.log
+# (not supported on early upstart versions).
+#console log
# The daemon will not start if the configuration is invalid.
pre-start exec $DAEMON -t
-# Let's Fork!
+# Let's start!
exec $DAEMON