Upstart Conf for Node Server - edited in /etc/init/upstart-node-server.conf

upstart-node-server.conf

description "RESTful Server"
author "dieface"

# When to start the service
# used to be: start on startup
# until we found some mounts weren't ready yet while booting
start on started mountall and runlevel [2345]

# When to stop the service
stop on shutdown

# Automatically restart process if crashed
respawn
respawn limit 10 5

# drop root proviliges and switch to mymetorapp user
setuid ubuntu
setgid ubuntu

chdir /home/ubuntu/apps/production-rest

# we don't use buil-in log because we use a script below
# console log
script
        exec /home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v5.2.0/bin/npm run upstart >> /home/ubuntu/production-rest.log 2>&1
end script

Remember to specify node with path in script in package.json