chkconfig is used to ensure services restart when a server is rebooted

• chkconfig –list lists the status of the services (on or off)

• chkconfig –level 3 SERVICE on will ensure service SERVICE starts when the server enters run level 3

First create your script in /etc/init.d . It should have the format:

 #!/bin/bash
 # chkconfig: 2345 20 80
 # description: Description comes here....
 # Source function library.
 . /etc/init.d/functions
 start() {
     # code to start app comes here 
     # example: daemon program_name &
 }
 stop() {
     # code to stop app comes here 
     # example: killproc program_name
 }
 case "$1" in 
     start)
        start
        ;;
     stop)
        stop
        ;;
     restart)
        stop
        start
        ;;
     status)
        # code to check status of app comes here 
        # example: status program_name
        ;;
     *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart}"
 esac
 exit $?
 
 

The numbers on the chkconfig line refer to the run levels it will start at, the start order and the stop order. Next, use chkconfig to add the script as a service

 chkconfig --add newscript
 

Define at which levels you need the script to run

 chkconfig --level 2345 newscript on
 

Then check everything is OK using the chkconfig –list command