quick PuppetMaster Service Script for gem installed puppet set-up

On easy rubygem-way `gem install puppet` installation method for Puppet doesn't get you the *nix platforms service script... so here is one allowing you to perform Start||Stop||Restart||Status service task for puppetmaster.

• Save the file below as '/etc/init.d/puppetmaster'
  $ sudo curl -L -o /etc/init.d/puppetmaster https://gist.github.com/raw/2479100/15f79c68be3f6f6bf516adf385aac1f29f802a45/gistfile1.rb
• and turn on its eXecutable bit
  $ sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/puppetmaster
• Now you can use it as
  $ service puppetmaster status

PuppetMaster Service Script

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby
	module PuppetMaster
	def self.puppetmaster_cmd
	'puppet master --debug --verbose'
	end
	def self.start
	puts "Starting Puppet Master in Debug+Verbose+Daemon mode logging to /var/log/puppet/a.log"
	puts "Started." if system("#{puppetmaster_cmd} >> /var/log/puppet/a.log")
	end
	def self.stop
	puppet_master_ps = %x{ps aux | grep -e '#{puppetmaster_cmd}' | grep -v grep}
	puppet_master_pid = puppet_master_ps.split[1]
	if system("kill -9 #{puppet_master_pid}")
	puts "PuppetMaster with pid:#{puppet_master_pid} has been killed."
	else
	puts "Failure killing PuppetMaster with pid:#{puppet_master_pid}."
	end
	end
	def self.status
	puppet_master_ps = %x{ps aux | grep -e '#{puppetmaster_cmd}' | grep -v grep}
	puppet_master_pid = puppet_master_ps.split[1]
	if puppet_master_pid.nil?
	puts "No PuppetMaster found."
	else
	puts "Running @ #{puppet_master_ps}"
	end
	end
	end
	case ARGV.first
	when 'start'
	PuppetMaster.start
	when 'stop'
	PuppetMaster.stop
	when 'restart'
	PuppetMaster.stop
	PuppetMaster.start
	when 'status'
	PuppetMaster.status
	else
	puts <<-PMUSAGE
	$service puppetmaster (start|stop|restart|status)
	PMUSAGE
	end

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