upstart example script

yourservice.conf

# Ubuntu upstart file at /etc/init/yourservice.conf

pre-start script
    mkdir -p /var/log/yourcompany/
end script

respawn
respawn limit 15 5

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [06]

script
su - youruser -c "NODE_ENV=test exec /var/www/yourcompany/yourproject/yourservice.js 2>&1" >>  /var/log/yourcompany/yourservice.log
end script

Does it know how to do service yourservice stop?

@gurre For service yourservice stop you need write init script instead of upstart script. See the second part of this article.

@MazzD looks like all you need is pre-stop ... end block for an upstart script, unless I'm missing something?

If you use exec instead of script, it treats it as a single executable and start/stop/loggings works automatically

description "my-prog"

start on runlevel [2345]

exec my-prog foo bar

find logs at /var/log/upstart/my-prog.log

how to include restart command?