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NodeJS, Forever, and Upstart (Ubuntu)
#!upstart
start on filesystem and started networking
stop on shutdown
expect fork
setuid ubuntu
env HOME="/home/ubuntu"
env NODE_ENV="production"
env MIN_UPTIME="5000"
env SPIN_SLEEP_TIME="2000"
chdir /home/ubuntu/myapp
env APP_EXEC="bin/www"
env UID="myapp"
script
exec forever --uid="$UID" -a --minUptime=$MIN_UPTIME --spinSleepTime=$SPIN_SLEEP_TIME start $APP_EXEC
end script
pre-stop script
exec forever stop "$UID"
end script
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Does this script automatically respawn forever ?

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fouad-j commented Nov 28, 2016

thanks for this interesting code but using UID is deprecated referring to documentation https://github.com/foreverjs/forever
for other solution check this thread http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13385029/automatically-start-forever-node-on-system-restart

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