Upstart configuration template for a NodeJS app on Ubuntu 12.04LTS. Expected to live in ``/etc/init``

app.com.conf

# /etc/init/APP.com.conf

description "APP.com"

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [016]

# Restart when job dies
respawn

# Give up restart after 5 respawns in 60 seconds
respawn limit 5 60

script
  echo $$ > /var/run/APP.com.pid
  exec sudo -u deploy /usr/local/bin/node /home/deploy/www/APP.com/app.js 2>&1 >> /home/deploy/logs/APP.com.upstart.log
end script

pre-start script
    # Date format same as (new Date()).toISOString() for consistency
    echo "[`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3NZ`] (sys) Starting" >> /home/deploy/logs/APP.com.upstart.log
end script

pre-stop script
    rm /var/run/alexandtala.com.pid
    echo "[`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3NZ`] (sys) Stopping" >> /home/deploy/logs/APP.com.upstart.log
end script