I have a script that I would like to run as a service on my Ubuntu Server 11.04 headless box. That is, I want to have the correct files under /etc/init.d/ and to be able to control it via the service command.
Is there any guide available that will show me how to do this?
Unless you are using 15.04 or any later release (which uses systemd), you will probably be better off if you turn your script into an Upstart job, rather than follow the examples you'll find in /etc/init.d/ (which are System V-style init scripts, which Ubuntu and other distributions are moving away from).
The Upstart Cookbook has an enormous amount of information about how Upstart jobs work. Although I wouldn't describe it as a HOWTO, if you combine the information there with looking through the stock Ubuntu Upstart jobs in /etc/init/ you will start to get the picture.
I suggest starting with section 4 and 5 of the Cookbook, "Concepts and Terminology" and "Configuration"
