antoniocapelo · December 31, 2014 19:16 · Dec 31, 2014
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+description "task for nodeJS powered site"
+author      "António Capelo - antonio.c.capelo@gmail.com"
+
+# used to be: start on startup
+# until we found some mounts weren't ready yet while booting:
+start on started mountall
+stop on shutdown
+
+# Automatically Respawn:
+respawn
+respawn limit 99 5
+
+script
+    export HOME="/root"
+    export NODE_ENV="production" 
+
+    chdir /my/nodejs/server/prod/dir
+    exec /usr/local/bin/npm start
+end script
+
+post-start script
+   # Put a script here that will notifiy you node has (re)started
+   # /root/bin/hoptoad.sh "node.js has started!"
+end script