Upstart script to launch a nodejs application as a service
description "Upstart script to run a nodejs app as a service" | |
author "Louis Chatriot" | |
env NODE_BIN=/usr/local/bin/node | |
env APP_DIR=/path/to/app/dir | |
env SCRIPT_FILE="scriptfile.js" # Entry point for the nodejs app | |
env LOG_FILE=/path/to/logfile.log | |
env RUN_AS="anyuser" # Upstart can only be run nicely as root, need to drop privileges | |
env SERVER_ENV="anything" # Usual apps can be run in different environments (development, test, production ...) | |
# I typically use the environment variable NODE_ENV (see below) | |
# If not needed simply remove the "NODE_ENV=$SERVER_ENV" below | |
# Start service on startup, stop on shutdown | |
start on runlevel [2345] | |
stop on runlevel [016] | |
# Respawn in case of a crash, with default parameters | |
respawn | |
script | |
# Make sure logfile exists and can be written by the user we drop privileges to | |
touch $LOG_FILE | |
chown $RUN_AS:$RUN_AS $LOG_FILE | |
chdir $APP_DIR | |
NODE_ENV=$SERVER_ENV su -s /bin/sh -c 'exec "$0" "$@"' $RUN_AS -- $NODE_BIN $SCRIPT_FILE >> $LOG_FILE 2>&1 | |
end script | |
post-start script | |
echo "===== App restarted =====" >> $LOG_FILE | |
end script |
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louischatriot commentedAug 18, 2012
Pretty simple Upstart script (as with all Upstart scripts) we use to run our different nodejs applications as a service. Note that the privilege drop cannot be achieved with a
sudo -u
within an Upstart script (I don't remember the reason). Moreover, future versions of Upstart will support running a service directly as a specific user.