ghost.conf

#!upstart

# An example upstart script for running the ghost blog as a daemon with
# logging and process management via upstart

# You will need to set the environment variables noted below to conform to
# your use case, and should change the description.


description "GHOST blog"
start on startup
stop on shutdown


env APPLICATION_DIRECTORY="/var/www/blog/ghost"
env NODE_ENV=production
env USER=ghost
env GROUP=ghost
export NODE_ENV=production

# configure the logging
# logs to /var/log/upstart/ghost.log
console log

#run as
setuid $USER
setgid $GROUP

chdir $APPLICATION_DIRECTORY

# Instead of using forever upstart can manage the restarting of your node stuff
# If the process dies on startup it will try and restart it 10 times over 5 seconds.
respawn

script
    exec npm start
end script