diff --git a/contrib/README.md b/contrib/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38b0899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Contrib Notes #
+RedHat directory also contains scripts for Ubuntu, and the configuration adapts according to the OS.
+Ideally the Mac scripts would also be folded in as well.
+
+This version of scripts has so far only been tested on Ubuntu. I'll test on Mac also, but someone else will have to test on RedHat.
+
diff --git a/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.conf b/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.conf
index 103778e..e8a5e3d 100644
--- a/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.conf
+++ b/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.conf
@@ -1,17 +1,30 @@
 # Bind host
-#GITBUCKET_HOST=0.0.0.0
-
-# Server port
-#GITBUCKET_PORT=8080
-
-# Data directory (GITBUCKET_HOME/gitbucket)
-#GITBUCKET_HOME=/var/lib/gitbucket
-
-# Path to the WAR file
-#GITBUCKET_WAR_FILE=/usr/share/gitbucket/lib/gitbucket.war
-
-# URL prefix for the GitBucket page (http://<host>:<port>/<prefix>/)
-#GITBUCKET_PREFIX=
+GITBUCKET_HOST=0.0.0.0
 
 # Other Java option
-#GITBUCKET_JVM_OPTS=
+GITBUCKET_JVM_OPTS=
+
+# Data directory, holds repositories
+GITBUCKET_HOME=/var/lib/gitbucket
+
+GITBUCKET_LOG_DIR=/var/log/gitbucket
+
+# Server port
+GITBUCKET_PORT=8080
+
+# URL prefix for the GitBucket page (http://<host>:<port>/<prefix>/)
+GITBUCKET_PREFIX=
+
+# Directory where GitBucket is installed
+# Configuration is stored here:
+GITBUCKET_DIR=/usr/share/gitbucket
+GITBUCKET_WAR_DIR=$GITBUCKET_DIR/lib
+
+# Path to the WAR file
+GITBUCKET_WAR_FILE=$GITBUCKET_WAR_DIR/gitbucket.war
+
+# RedHat prefers /etc/rc.d/init.d
+GITBUCKET_SERVICE=/etc/init.d/gitbucket
+
+# GitBucket version to fetch when installing
+GITBUCKET_VERSION=2.1
diff --git a/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.init b/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.init
index 43e29e3..d811850 100644
--- a/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.init
+++ b/contrib/redhat/gitbucket.init
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# /etc/rc.d/init.d/gitbucket
+# RedHat: /etc/rc.d/init.d/gitbucket
+# Ubuntu: /etc/init.d/gitbucket
 #
 # Starts the GitBucket server
 #
@@ -8,28 +9,41 @@
 # description: Run GitBucket server
 # processname: java
 
-# Source function library
-. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+[ -f /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ] && source /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
 
 # Default values
 GITBUCKET_HOME=/var/lib/gitbucket
 GITBUCKET_WAR_FILE=/usr/share/gitbucket/lib/gitbucket.war
 
 # Pull in cq settings
-[ -f /etc/sysconfig/gitbucket ] && . /etc/sysconfig/gitbucket
+[ -f /etc/sysconfig/gitbucket ] && source /etc/sysconfig/gitbucket
+[ -f $GITBUCKET_DIR/gitbucket.conf ] && source $GITBUCKET_DIR/gitbucket.conf  # added for non-redhat systems
 
 # Location of the log and PID file
-LOG_FILE=/var/log/gitbucket/run.log
+LOG_FILE=$GITBUCKET_LOG_DIR/run.log
 PID_FILE=/var/run/gitbucket.pid
 
 # Default return value
 RETVAL=0
 
+RED='\033[1m\E[37;41m'
+GREEN='\033[1m\E[37;42m'
+OFF='\E[0m'
+
+if [ -z "$(which success)" ]; then
+	function success {
+	  printf "%b\n" "$GREEN $* $OFF"
+  }
+fi
+if [ -z "$(which failure)" ]; then
+	function failure {
+	  printf "%b\n" "$RED $* $OFF"
+  }
+fi
 
 start() {
 	echo -n $"Starting GitBucket server: "
 
-	# Compile statup parameters
 	if [ $GITBUCKET_PORT ]; then
 		START_OPTS="${START_OPTS} --port=${GITBUCKET_PORT}"
 	fi
@@ -40,17 +54,15 @@
 		START_OPTS="${START_OPTS} --host=${GITBUCKET_HOST}"
 	fi
 
-	# Run the Java process
 	GITBUCKET_HOME="${GITBUCKET_HOME}" java $GITBUCKET_JVM_OPTS -jar $GITBUCKET_WAR_FILE $START_OPTS >>$LOG_FILE 2>&1 &
 	RETVAL=$?
 
-	# Store PID of the Java process into a file
 	echo $! > $PID_FILE
 
 	if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] ; then
-		success "GitBucket startup"
+		success "Success"
 	else
-		failure "GitBucket startup"
+		failure "Exit code $RETVAL"
 	fi
 
 	echo
diff --git a/contrib/redhat/install b/contrib/redhat/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..87690a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/redhat/install
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Only tested on Ubuntu 14.04
+
+# Uses information stored in GitBucket git repo on GitHub as defaults.
+# Edit gitbucket.conf before running this script
+
+GITBUCKET_VERSION=2.1
+source gitbucket.conf
+
+function createDir {
+  if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
+    echo "Making $1 directory."
+    sudo mkdir -p "$1"
+  fi
+}
+
+if [ ! -d "/etc/init.d/" ]; then
+  echo "/etc/init.d/ does not exist. This script requires System V init script compatibility."
+  exit -1
+fi
+
+if [ "$(which iptables)" ]; then
+  echo "Opening port $GITBUCKET_PORT in firewall."
+  sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport $GITBUCKET_PORT -j ACCEPT
+fi
+
+createDir "$GITBUCKET_HOME"
+createDir "$GITBUCKET_WAR_DIR"
+createDir "$GITBUCKET_DIR"
+createDir "$GITBUCKET_LOG_DIR"
+
+echo "Fetching GitBucket v$GITBUCKET_VERSION and saving as $GITBUCKET_WAR_FILE"
+sudo wget -qO "$GITBUCKET_WAR_FILE" https://github.com/takezoe/gitbucket/releases/download/$GITBUCKET_VERSION/gitbucket.war
+
+# Install gitbucket as a service that starts when system boots
+sudo cp gitbucket.init "$GITBUCKET_SERVICE"
+echo "Copying gitbucket.conf to $GITBUCKET_DIR"
+sudo cp gitbucket.conf $GITBUCKET_DIR
+sudo chown root:root $GITBUCKET_SERVICE
+sudo chmod 755 $GITBUCKET_SERVICE
+sudo update-rc.d $GITBUCKET_SERVICE defaults
+
+echo "Starting GitBucket service"
+sudo rm -f "$GITBUCKET_LOG_DIR/run.log"
+sudo $GITBUCKET_SERVICE start
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+  less "$GITBUCKET_LOG_DIR/run.log"
+fi
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