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Using systemd for nodejs process with nvm
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docserver.service
[Unit]
Description=Document Server Daemon
[Service]
Type=forking
Environment=NODE_VERSION=12
WorkingDirectory=/home/your_user/your_node_app_dir
ExecStart=/home/your_user/.nvm/nvm-exec npm start
StandardOutput=
User=your_user
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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patoi commented Oct 22, 2019 •
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You need to install at least one Node.js version: nvm install --lts by your_user account ( https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm ).

First: sudo su

Edit:

nano /etc/systemd/system/docserver.service

Reload after editing:

systemctl daemon-reload

Start, stop, restart:

systemctl start|stop|restart docserver.service

Log:

journalctl -fu docserver.service

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