Init script for Websphere Portal/DB2 on linux

Copy the following script to /etc/init.d/webpshere_portal or some name.

#!/bin/bash
# Websphere_portal  # Startup script for IBM WebSphere Portal Server
#
# chkconfig: - 99 15
# description: Websphere Portal server startup
# processname: websphere_portal
# pidfile: /var/run/websphere_portal.pid
# author: Nabeel Moidu nabeelmoidu.at.gmail dot com
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

portal=/opt/IBM/PE/AppServer/profiles/wp_profile/bin
args=WebSphere_Portal
prog="WebSphere Portal Server"
proc=/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/java/bin/java
RETVAL=0
username=portaluser
password=password


# verify installation
if [ ! -x $portal ]; then
echo "$prog is not installed"
exit 0
fi

# source function library
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions


case "$1" in
start)

 # Websphere should come up only if DB2 is up.
 for (( ; ; ))
 do

 # Check status of DB2
 su - wpdb2ins -c 'db2gcf -s' | grep Available;
 PRC_EXT_STAT=$?;

 # If DB2 is available, then startup the portal

 if [ $PRC_EXT_STAT = "0" ]; then
  echo -n "Starting $prog: "
  
  # Set ulimit
  ulimit -n 1000000
  
  # setup environment variables
  . /home/wpdb2ins/sqllib/db2profile
  
  # Bring up the portal
  $portal/startServer.sh $args 
  RETVAL=$?
  if [ $RETVAL = 0 ]; then
   touch /var/lock/subsys/websphere_portal
   echo_success
  else
   echo_failure
  fi
  break;
 # If DB2 is not up, then start DB2
 else
  su - wpdb2ins -c 'db2start'
 fi
 done

 ;;
stop)
 echo -n "Shutting down $prog: "
 $portal/stopServer.sh $args  -username $username -password $password 
 RETVAL=$?
 if [ $RETVAL = 0 ]; then
  rm -f /var/lock/subsys/websphere_portal
  # Shut down DB2
  su - wpdb2ins -c 'db2stop';
  echo_success
 else
  echo_failure
 fi
 echo
 ;;
restart)
 $0 stop
 $0 start
 ;;
status)
 status $proc
 ;;
*)
 echo "Usage: websphered {start|stop|restart|status}"
 exit 1

esac

exit 0

Then execute the following commands



chmod +x /etc/init.d/websphere_portal
chkconfig --add /etc/init.d/websphere_portal
chkconfig --level 345 websphere_portal on