diff --git a/webservice/spawn.sh b/webservice/spawn.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+trap cleanUp EXIT
+
+function cleanUp() {
+    kill $pids
+}
+
+    cd /home/datasid/apache-tomcat/bin/
+    sh catalina.sh run >> /home/datasid/apache-tomcat/logs/catalina.out 2>&1 & pids=$!
+
+wait $pids
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diff --git a/webservice/webservice b/webservice/webservice
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          datasid
+# Required-Start:    $local_fs $named $network
+# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $named $network
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: start datasid web portal
+# Description: Script to start datasid at boot
+### END INIT INFO
+
+set -e
+
+DATASID_USER="datasid"
+NAME="datasid"
+DATASID_PIDFILE="/var/run/$NAME.pid"
+DATASID="/home/datasid/spawn.sh"
+DATASID_OPTS=""
+
+do_start ()  {
+    printf "Starting WebService datasid\n"
+
+    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid $DATASID_USER --background \
+    --make-pidfile --pidfile $DATASID_PIDFILE --exec $DATASID -- $DATASID_OPTS
+}
+
+do_stop () {
+    printf "WebService datasid dead\n"
+    start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --pidfile $DATASID_PIDFILE
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        do_start
+    ;;
+    restart)
+        do_stop
+        do_start
+    ;;
+    stop)
+        do_stop
+    ;;
+    status)
+        printf "%-50s" "Checking $NAME..."
+        if [ -f $DATASID_PIDFILE ]; then
+            PID=`cat $DATASID_PIDFILE`
+            if [ -z "`ps axf | grep ${PID} | grep -v grep`" ]; then
+                printf "%s\n" "Process dead but pidfile exists"
+            else
+                echo "Running"
+            fi
+        else
+            printf "%s\n" "Service not running"
+        fi
+    ;;
+esac
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