SysVinit boot script for running a bundled Meteor app under Forever as a service. Should work with CentOS, Redhat, Amazon Linux, etc.

meteor-init-script

#!/bin/bash
#
# Service script for running a bundled Meteor application under Forever.
# Meteor settings JSON file should be in /etc/meteor/[YOUR APP NAME].json,
# and the METEOR_SETTINGS var below should be updated as appropriate.
#
# chkconfig: 345 80 20
# description: My node app
#

. /etc/init.d/functions

NAME=my-app
SOURCE_DIR=/var/www/my-app
SOURCE_FILE=main.js
SOURCE_FILE_PATH=$SOURCE_DIR/$SOURCE_FILE

export PORT=80
export ROOT_URL=http://my-app.example.com
export MONGO_URL=mongodb://username:password@hostname:27017/my-db
export MONGO_OPLOG_URL=mongodb://username:password@hostname:27017/oplog
export METEOR_SETTINGS=$(cat /etc/meteor/$NAME.json)
export FOREVER_ROOT=/var/run/forever

user=nodejs
pidfile=/var/run/$NAME.pid
lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/$NAME
logfile=/var/log/nodejs/$NAME-node.log

forever=`which forever`

if [ -z "$forever" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: can't find forever"
    exit 1
fi

runuser="runuser -s /bin/bash $user -c"

export NODE_PATH=$NODE_PATH:/usr/lib/node_modules

start() {
    echo -n "Starting $NAME node instance: "

    mkdir -p /var/log/nodejs
    chown $user /var/log/nodejs

    mkdir -p $FOREVER_ROOT
    chown $user $FOREVER_ROOT

    touch $logfile
    chown $user $logfile

    touch $pidfile
    chown $user $pidfile

    $runuser "$forever start \
        -l $logfile \
        -a \
        --pidFile $pidfile \
        --minUptime 5000 \
        --spinSleepTime 2000 \
        $SOURCE_FILE_PATH > /dev/null 2>&1"

    RETVAL=$?

    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && success $"$NAME startup" || failure $"$NAME startup"

    echo
}

stop() {
    echo -n "Stopping $NAME node instance: "

    $runuser "$forever stop $SOURCE_FILE_PATH > /dev/null 2>&1"

    RETVAL=$?

    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && success $"$NAME shutdown" || failure $"$NAME shutdown"

    echo
}

rh_status() {
    status -p $pidfile $NAME
}

rh_status_q() {
    rh_status >/dev/null 2>&1
}


case "$1" in
    start)
        rh_status_q && exit 0
        start
        ;;
    stop)
        rh_status_q || exit 0
        stop
        ;;
    restart)
        stop
        start
        ;;
    status)
        rh_status
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage:  {start|stop|restart|status}"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

exit $RETVAL