# /etc/init/couchdb-lucene.conf

description "CouchDB-Lucene server"
script
  cd /PATH/TO/couchdb_lucene
  exec sudo -u couchdb ./bin/run
end script
post-start script
  # hack to create a pid file
  CDB_PID=`status couchdb-lucene |egrep -oi '([0-9]+)$' |head -n1` 
  echo $CDB_PID >/var/run/couchdb-lucene.pid
end script

# monit

check process couchdb_lucene with pidfile /var/run/couchdb-lucene.pid
group database
start program = start couchdb-lucene
stop  program = stop couchdb-lucene
if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 5985 then restart
if cpu is greater than 40% for 2 cycles then alert
if cpu > 60% for 5 cycles then restart
if 10 restarts within 10 cycles then timeout
depends on couchdb