#  initctl version
init (upstart 0.6.5)		

# ls -la   /etc/init/

# ls -la   /etc/event.d/		

# initctl reload-configuration		

# initctl list  

# initctl list  | egrep dnsdist 
dnsdist stop/waiting		

# initctl start dnsdist
dnsdist start/running, process 2774		

#  tail -f /var/log/messages

# initctl log-priority
# initctl emit info

Jul 16 21:50:42 kvm init: Handling info event		

# initctl log-priority debug