I'm just getting into upstart so i wrote a very basic script just to print to log file called: vm-service.conf that i put in /etc/init

description "Virtual Images"
author      "Me"

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [016]
respawn   


script
    echo "DEBUG: `set`" >> /tmp/vm-service.log
    
end script


pre-stop script
    echo "DEBUG: `set`" >> /tmp/vm-service.log
end script

if i run: sudo start vm-service it outputs: vm-service start/running, process 29034

but when i run: sudo stop vm-service it outputs: stop: Unknown instance

I've tried running: sudo initctl reload-configuration but i still get the error on stop.

Any help would be appreciated. I've looked at the cookbook

But i'm missing something probably obvious

I'm just getting into upstart so i wrote a very basic script just to print to log file called: vm-service.conf that I put in /etc/init:

description "Virtual Images"
author      "Me"

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [016]
respawn   


script
echo "DEBUG: `set`" >> /tmp/vm-service.log
    
end script


pre-stop script
    echo "DEBUG: `set`" >> /tmp/vm-service.log
end script

if I run sudo start vm-service, it outputs:

vm-service start/running, process 29034

But, when I run sudo stop vm-service, it outputs:

stop: Unknown instance

I've tried running sudo initctl reload-configuration, but i still get the error on stop.

I've looked at the cookbook but I'm probably missing something obvious.