run nodejs using upstart in ubuntu

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add nodeplay.conf file in /etc/init/ directory.
It runs on server startup.

# Manually
# to start service 
$ sudo start nodeplay

# to stop service
$ sudo stop nodeplay

# to check status
$ sudo status nodeplay

ref:
http://kvz.io/blog/2009/12/15/run-nodejs-as-a-service-on-ubuntu-karmic/
http://howtonode.org/deploying-node-upstart-monit

nodeplay.conf

description "nodejs server"
author      "sagar - http://sagarpanda.com"

# 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
    # Not sure why $HOME is needed, but we found that it is:
    export HOME="/root"

    exec /usr/bin/node /home/path/server.js
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

Above script uses upstart. Adding the link to refer upstart usage http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook