louischatriot

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)