Example of using `upstart` with a NodeJS server.

server.conf

description "My NodeJS Server"
author      "Nathan Rajlich"
 
# Upstart has nothing in $PATH by default
env PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

# Keep the server running on crash or machine reboot
respawn
start on runlevel [23]

# Start the server and redirect output to log files
script
  cd /path/to/node-http-server
  exec node server.js >>/var/log/node/http.log 2>&1
end script