General init.d script on Debian for node apps.

node_app_start.sh

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/myapp
#

# Don't forget to reload init.d:
# update-rc.d myapp defaults

APP='myapp'


case "$1" in
  start)
    NODE_ENV=production node /var/www/$APP/app.js 80 & 
    echo $! > $APP.node.pid
    ;;
  stop)
    cat $APP.node.pid | xargs kill
    ;;
  restart)
    cat $APP.node.pid | xargs kill
    NODE_ENV=production node /var/www/$APP/app.js 80 & 
    echo $! > $APP.node.pid
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/appname {start|stop|restart}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac


exit 0