Got a shell script that you want automatically run at bootup on Ubuntu Server Edition? Here’s how: Create a script in the /etc/init.d/ directory Make the script executable $ sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/myscript.sh Make the script start at bootup $ sudo update-rc.d myscript.sh defaults Note: the option “defaults” puts a link to start your script in runlevels 2, 3, 4 and [...]