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> Why anyone would want to write a billion line init script now that upstart exists is beyond me. Perhaps they don't know about upstart. It could also be that they are stuck on CentOS or RedHat. My heart goes out to you if that's the case. I know how that feels.

RHEL/CentOS 6 uses Upstart (and the next major version will use systemd).

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I use Monit to start my webapps - it is cross platform (none of that systemd vs upstart business) and I get a lot of tools (admin panels, etc.) to use with it.

The con is that I dont get a lot of advanced dependency management in case of worker threads, but unless you go to specialized tools like God or Bluepill, it is good enough.

1) Because a billion-line init script is a gross exaggeration.

2) What do you do if you have 1,000 servers and your upstart script has to change? Fabric is nice to have in situations like that.

If you have 1000 servers and you're using Fabric to modify your init scripts, then I weep for you.

Well before you get to that level you should be using configuration management software (cfengine, puppet, et al.) to handle your servers.

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