app.js

var Hapi = require("hapi");

// Create a server with a host, port, and options
var server = new Hapi.Server("0.0.0.0", 3000);

// Add a route
server.addRoute({
    "method": "GET",
    "path": "/hello",
    "config": {
        "handler": function (request) {
            console.log("Received call!");
            request.reply({ "greeting": "hello world" });
        }
    }
});

// Start the server
server.start(function() {
    console.log("Listening on: " + server.info.uri);
});

error.txt

=============== Phusion Passenger Standalone web server started ===============
PID file: /var/local/sites/nodejs-capistrano-phusion-sample/tmp/pids/passenger.3000.pid
Log file: /var/local/sites/nodejs-capistrano-phusion-sample/log/passenger.3000.log
Environment: development
Accessible via: http://0.0.0.0:3000/

You can stop Phusion Passenger Standalone by pressing Ctrl-C.
Problems? Check http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Standalone.html#troubleshooting
===============================================================================
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.3344 20319/7f59fe6f1700 Pool2/Spawner.h:796 ]: [App 20354 stdout] 
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9642 20319/7f59fe6f1700 Pool2/Spawner.h:796 ]: [App 20354 stdout] 0.6361726166214794
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9683 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr] 
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9692 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr] /var/local/sites/nodejs-capistrano-phusion-sample/node_modules/hapi/lib/server.js:319
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9694 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr]             self.info.port = address.port;
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9696 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr]                                     ^
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9718 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr] TypeError: Cannot read property 'port' of null
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9720 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr]     at Server.<anonymous> (/var/local/sites/nodejs-capistrano-phusion-sample/node_modules/hapi/lib/server.js:319:37)
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9721 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr]     at Server.g (events.js:175:14)
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9722 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr]     at Server.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:92:17)
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9724 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr]     at Server.installServer [as listen] (/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/node-loader.js:151:10)
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9725 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr]     at internals.Server._start (/var/local/sites/nodejs-capistrano-phusion-sample/node_modules/hapi/lib/server.js:343:23)
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9726 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr]     at /var/local/sites/nodejs-capistrano-phusion-sample/node_modules/hapi/lib/pack.js:670:14
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9727 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr]     at iterate (/var/local/sites/nodejs-capistrano-phusion-sample/node_modules/hapi/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:131:13)
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9728 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr]     at Object.async.eachSeries (/var/local/sites/nodejs-capistrano-phusion-sample/node_modules/hapi/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:147:9)
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9729 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr]     at internals.Pack._apply (/var/local/sites/nodejs-capistrano-phusion-sample/node_modules/hapi/lib/pack.js:668:11)
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:51.9730 20319/7f59fe732700 Pool2/Implementation.cpp:1291 ]: [App 20354 stderr]     at /var/local/sites/nodejs-capistrano-phusion-sample/node_modules/hapi/lib/pack.js:627:14
2013/12/10 15:21:51 [error] 20335#0: *4 upstream prematurely closed connection while reading response header from upstream, client: 127.0.0.1, server: _, request: "HEAD / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "passenger:/tmp/passenger.1.0.20315/generation-0/request:", host: "0.0.0.0"
[ 2013-12-10 15:21:52.2976 20319/7f59fe7d5700 Pool2/Pool.h:717 ]: Process (pid=20354, group=/var/local/sites/nodejs-capistrano-phusion-sample#default) no longer exists! Detaching it from the pool.

package.json

{
  "name": "nodejs-capistrano-phusion-sample",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "app.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "bvdberg",
  "license": "MIT",
  "private": true,
  "engine": {
    "node": ">=0.10.0"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "hapi": "~1.20.0"
  }
}