Deployd custom start script and forever-monitor examples Install Deployd locally using npm install deployd --save. Then npm install forever-monitor --save.

forever-start.js

var forever = require('forever-monitor');

var child = new (forever.Monitor)('server.js', {
  max: 10,
  silent: true,
  options: []
});

child.on('exit', function () {
  console.log('Your server has exited after 3 restarts');
});

child.start();

server.js

// production.js
var deployd = require('deployd');

var server = deployd({
  port: process.env.PORT || 3000, // or whatever port you want.
  env: 'development',
  db: {
    host: 'server.mongohq.com',
    port: 10016,
    name: 'DBNAME',
    credentials: {
      username: '',
      password: ''
    }
  }
});

server.listen();

server.on('listening', function() {
  console.log("Server is listening");
});

server.on('error', function(err) {
  console.error(err);
  process.nextTick(function() { // Give the server a chance to return an error
    process.exit();
  });
});