Node.js Upstart template for Ubuntu. Variables are as follows: PROJECT_PATH: Path to the directory of the Node.js script. PROJECT_NAME: Name to prepend to process and log files. ENGINE: "node" or "coffee". SERVER_SCRIPT_PATH: Path to the server script, i.e. `/var/www/project/server.js` or `/var/www/project/server.coffee`.

Node.js Upstart Template for Ubuntu

description "node.js server"
author "hi-res"

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

respawn

script
    export HOME="{{ PROJECT_PATH }}"
    export NODE_ENV="production"

    # Note that ENGINE below may be either 'node' or 'coffee' for JavaScript
    # or CoffeeScript, respectively
    echo $$ > /var/run/{{ PROJECT_NAME }}.pid
    exec sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/env {{ ENGINE }} {{ SERVER_SCRIPT_PATH }} >> /var/log/{{ PROJECT_NAME }}.sys.log 2>&1
end script

pre-start script
    # Date format same as (new Date()).toISOString() for consistency
    echo "[`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%T.%3NZ`] (sys) Starting" >> /var/log/{{ PROJECT_NAME }}.sys.log
end script

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

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