Example systemd service for a node.js app

appname.service

# Create at /etc/systemd/system/ or ~/.config/systemd/user/
# Enable with systemctl enable appname.service
# Start with systemctl start appname.service

[Unit]
Description=Appname
# wait for network
After=network.target

[Service]
User=node
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /opt/node/appname/index.js
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=appname-node

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target