diff --git a/init.d/openvpn-status-web b/init.d/openvpn-status-web
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+#! /bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          openvpn-status-web
+# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Handle openvpn-status-web
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# your ruby interpreter
+DAEMON="/usr/bin/ruby"
+
+# some unique name identifying your VPN
+VPN_NAME="vpn.example.org"
+
+# path to the OpenVPN status log file
+STATUS_PATH="/var/log/openvpn-status.log"
+
+# host and port for this daemon to listen on
+HOST="127.0.0.1"
+PORT="3000"
+
+DAEMON_OPTS="/root/dev/openvpn-status-web/status.rb $VPN_NAME $STATUS_PATH $HOST $PORT"
+
+test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    log_daemon_msg "Starting openvpn-web-status for $VPN_NAME" "openvpn-web-status"
+    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --make-pidfile --pidfile "/var/run/$VPN_NAME.pid" --background --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    log_daemon_msg "Stopping openvpn-web-status for $VPN_NAME" "openvpn-web-status"
+    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile "/var/run/$VPN_NAME.pid"
+    ;;
+  restart|force-reload)
+    log_daemon_msg "Restarting openvpn-web-status for $VPN_NAME" "openvpn-web-status"
+    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry 30 --pidfile "/var/run/$VPN_NAME.pid"
+    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --make-pidfile --pidfile "/var/run/$VPN_NAME.pid" --background --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac