How to restart a node script in forever after reboot

Restart A Node Script In Forever After Reboot.txt

First create a shell script like this one (I called mine start-APPNAME.sh):

#!/bin/sh
 
if [ $(ps aux | grep $USER | grep APPNAME.js | grep -v grep | wc -l | tr -s "\n") -eq 0 ]
then
        export NODE_ENV=production
        export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
        forever start ~/example/APPNAME.js > /dev/null
fi

Then make the script executable:

chmod 700 start-APPNAME.sh

Now make cron run the script when the system is rebooted. Add this to your crontab (via crontab –e):

@reboot ~/start-APPNAME.sh >> cron.log 2>&1