redis-server-init.d for red hat

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: redis-server
# Required-Start: $syslog
# Required-Stop: $syslog
# Should-Start: $local_fs
# Should-Stop: $local_fs
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: redis-server - Persistent key-value db
# Description: redis-server - Persistent key-value db
### END INIT INFO

source /etc/init.d/functions  
 
DAEMON=/usr/bin/redis-server
DAEMON_ARGS=/etc/redis.conf
PROG="redis-server"
DESC="redis-server"
 
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
test -x $DAEMONBOOTSTRAP || exit 0
 
RETVAL=0
start() {
	# Check if redis is already running
	if [ ! -f /var/lock/subsys/$PROG ]; then
	    echo -n $"Starting $PROG: "
	    daemon $DAEMON $DAEMON_ARGS
	    RETVAL=$?
	    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$PROG
	    echo
	fi
	return $RETVAL
}

stop() {
	echo -n $"Stopping $PROG: "
	killproc $DAEMON
	RETVAL=$?
	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$PROG
	echo
        return $RETVAL
}


restart() {
	stop
	start
}	

reload() {
	restart
}	

status_at() {
 	status $DAEMON
}

case "$1" in
start)
	start
	;;
stop)
	stop
	;;
reload|restart)
	restart
	;;
condrestart)
	if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/$PROG ]; then
	    restart
	fi
	;;
status)
	status_at
	;;
*)
	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status}"
	exit 1
esac

exit $?
exit $RETVAL

Thanks for this. I did have to append an ampersand onto daemon $DAEMON $DAEMON_ARGS but with that it worked perfectly for me.