With Node you can write very fast JavaScript programs serverside. It's pretty easy to install Node, code your program, and run it. But > how do you make it run nicely in the background like a true server?
/etc/init/$ sudo vim yourapp.conf$ sudo start yourapp$ sudo stop yourapp Thanks to [kvz.io] (http://kvz.io/blog/2009/12/15/run-nodejs-as-a-service-on-ubuntu-karmic/) for this!
| description "node.js server" | |
| author "Foo Bar" | |
| # 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" | |
| exec /usr//bin/nodejs /path/to/yourapp.js >> /var/log/node.log 2>&1 | |
| end script | |
| post-start script | |
| # optionally put a script here that will notifiy you node has (re)started | |
| # /root/bin/hoptoad.sh "node.js has started!" | |
| end script |
how to start :)
root@debian:/etc/init# start myapp
bash: start: command not found
start: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
This was the error showed to me ... Help me out
Had the same error.-
I ran below instructions on Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS and works for me.
sudo apt-get install upstart-sysv
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo reboot
here's the link
https://askubuntu.com/questions/614970/vivid-failed-to-connect-to-upstart-connection-refused
:)
Is "exec /usr//bin/nodejs" valid ? it has two //'s in sequence.
apparently this is fine (I tried cd-ing into both '/usr/bin' and also '/usr//bin' directories and both resolve)
here is a link to superuser.com
now I just have to figure out how to get this to open my script in a screen
I did it by pm2 this way(Ubuntu 16.04.01 LTS):
npm install -g pm2
pm2 start yourapp.js
pm2 startup
pm2 save
Good job Samuel!!