Red Hat / Fedora Core style startup/shutdown scripts are located in /etc/rc.d/init.d and are started via symbolic links in the /etc/rc[0-9].d run-level resource directories. You may use /sbin/chkconfig to create and remove these links. To install a startup script, use the commands: sudo cp plone-cluster /etc/rc.d/init.d/plone sudo chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/plone sudo /sbin/chkconfig --add plone Substitute "plone-standalone" for "plone-cluster" if you're using a standalone instance. To remove, use the command: sudo /sbin/chkconfig --del plone Thanks to Barry Page, Larry Pitcher, and Christian W. for their work on this script.