task for nodeJS powered site

node-server-service.conf

description "task for nodeJS powered site"
author      "António Capelo - antonio.c.capelo@gmail.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
    export HOME="/root"
    export NODE_ENV="production" 
    
    chdir /my/nodejs/server/prod/dir
    exec /usr/local/bin/npm start
end script

post-start script
   # Put a script here that will notifiy you node has (re)started
   # /root/bin/hoptoad.sh "node.js has started!"
end script