In order to configure Concordia as upstart job, copy the 3 .conf files into your /etc/init and run: sudo apt-get install upstart upstart-sysv sudo initctl reload-configuration Also, add to the file /etc/init.d/postgresql the line: initctl emit -n started JOB=postgresql at the end of postgresql start sequence, after the loop: for v in $versions; do $1 $v || EXIT=$? done