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NodeJS basic server and startup script to run application as service
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| // npm init | |
| // install --save compression connect http serve-static | |
| // vim server.js | |
| var connect = require('connect'); | |
| var http = require('http'); | |
| var app = connect(); | |
| var compression = require('compression') | |
| app.use(compression()) | |
| var static = require('serve-static'); | |
| app.use(static(__dirname + "/httpdocs")); | |
| http.createServer(app).listen(process.env.PORT || 80); | |
| /** create a file called node.server.conf in /etc/init/ **/ | |
| description "node.js server" | |
| author "Your name" | |
| # 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/local/bin/node /var/www/server.js >> /var/log/node.log 2>&1 | |
| end script | |
| post-start script | |
| // start node-server |
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