Simple Go Deployment on Ubuntu

README.md

Steps

1. Setup Go cross-compile using Dave Cheney's instructions & package.

2. Copy the myapp.conf file to /etc/init/myapp.conf. Change the name of the service to whatever you want to call it.

3. Change the name parameter in myapp.conf to your application's name.

4. Change the script / end script block to whatever you need to startup your app.

Usage

To start your service:

$ sudo service myapp start

To stop your service:

$ sudo service myapp stop

You can find STDOUT automatically logged to /var/log/upstart/myapp.log.

Deployment

When you deploy, you'll need to stop the service, copy over the binary, and then start the service again.

You can use goxc and create a deb file but I think that's overkill since it's a single binary.

Other Tips

I usually create a data directory under /var/lib/myapp and I store my configuration under /etc/myapp/.

myapp.conf

description "My App"
author "Katrina Owen"

start on filesystem
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn

script
  /usr/local/bin/myapp \
    -d /var/lib/myapp \
    -c /etc/myapp/config.toml
end script