Instead of sleep, wait until sauceconnect tunnel is up.

files/init.d_sauce-connect

@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ DAEMON=""
 # You must configure there your API KEY too
 [ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
 
+READY_FILE=$LOG_DIR/ready_$$
 DAEMON="$SAUCE_CONNECT"
-DAEMON_ARGS="--logfile $LOG_FILE -u $API_USER -k $API_KEY"
+DAEMON_ARGS="--logfile $LOG_FILE --readyfile $READY_FILE -u $API_USER -k $API_KEY"
 
 # Exit if the package is not installed
 [ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0
@@ -52,18 +53,31 @@ do_start()
     #   0 if daemon has been started
     #   1 if daemon was already running
     #   2 if daemon could not be started
-    #start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --test > /dev/null \
-    #      || return 1
+    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --test > /dev/null \
+          || return 1
+
+    # readyfile is being created by sc when the tunnel is ready
+    [ -f "${READY_FILE}" ] && rm -f ${READY_FILE}
 
     CUSER=""
     [ -n "$USERNAME" ] && [ -n "$GROUP"] && CUSER="-c $USERNAME:$GROUP"
     start-stop-daemon -b -m --chdir $LOG_DIR $CUSER --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- \
         $DAEMON_ARGS \
         || return 2
-    sleep 10
-    # Add code here, if necessary, that waits for the process to be ready
-    # to handle requests from services started subsequently which depend
-    # on this one.  As a last resort, sleep for some time.
+
+    # Wait for the tunnel to be ready, but time out with error after MAX_WAIT seconds
+    MAX_WAIT=180
+    WAIT_INTERVAL=3
+    MAX_TRIES=$((MAX_WAIT / WAIT_INTERVAL))
+    echo -n "Waiting for tunnel"
+    TRIES=$MAX_TRIES
+    while [ ! -f "${READY_FILE}" ]; do
+       sleep $WAIT_INTERVAL
+       TRIES=$((TRIES - 1))
+       [ $TRIES -gt 0 ] || return 2
+       echo -n "."
+    done
+    echo " ready."
 }
 
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