name: Netcat Example with Explicit Check and Stop Commands location: localhost services: - type: org.apache.brooklyn.entity.software.base.VanillaSoftwareProcess name: Simple Netcat Server launch.command: | echo hello | nc -l 4321 & echo $! > $PID_FILE # The following overrides demonstrate the use of a custom shell environment as well as # check-running and stop commands. These are optional; default behavior will "do the # right thing" with the pid file automatically. env: { CHECK_MARKER: "checkRunning", STOP_MARKER: "stop" } checkRunning.command: echo $CHECK_MARKER >> DATE && test -f "$PID_FILE" && ps -p `cat $PID_FILE` >/dev/null stop.command: echo $STOP_MARKER >> DATE && test -f "$PID_FILE" && { kill -9 `cat $PID_FILE`; rm /tmp/vanilla.pid; }