Daemonize Node.js

nodedaemon.sh

#!/bin/bash

## Node.js App Launcher
## Usage: ./nodedaemon.sh /home/apps/projectname/app.js
## Baesed on: http://pastebin.com/wNJNkbjg

# name=`basename $1` # For when/if we want to use scriptname
name=`dirname $1 | xargs -0 basename` # When/if we want to use last folder name as project name
cd `dirname $1`

pidfile=/var/run/$name.pid

if [ -f "$pidfile" ]; then
    pid=`cat $pidfile`
    running=`ps p $pid |wc -l`
    if [ $running -eq 1 ]; then
        pid=
    fi
else
    pid=
fi

case $2 in
    start)
        if [ "$pid" = "" ]; then
            nohup /usr/local/bin/node $1.js $1.conf 2>&1 1>>/var/log/$name &
            echo $! > $pidfile
        fi
        $0 $1 status
        ;;
    stop)
        if [ "$pid" = "" ]; then
            echo Not running
        else
            echo Stopping $name
            kill $pid
        fi
        ;;
    restart)
        $0 $1 stop
        $0 $1 start
        ;;
    status)
        if [ "$pid" = "" ]; then
            echo Stopped
        else
            echo Running with PID $pid
        fi
        ;;
    *)
        echo $1 "stop|start|restart|status"
        ;;
esac