upstart

accountable.conf

#!upstart
description "Accountable"
author  "mattmcmanus"

start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE=eth0)
stop on shutdown

respawn
respawn limit 5 60 # give up restart after 5 respawns in 60 seconds

script
  echo $$ > /var/run/accountable.pid
  cd /var/node/accountable/
  echo "[`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3NZ`] (sys) Starting" >> /var/node/accountable/logs/app.log
  exec sudo -u node NODE_ENV=production /usr/local/bin/node app.js >> /var/node/accountable/logs/app.log 2>&1  
end script

pre-stop script
    rm /var/run/accountable.pid
    echo "[`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3NZ`] (sys) Stopping" >> /var/node/accountable/logs/app.log
end script