forever is simple CLI tool for ensuring that a given script runs continuously (i.e. forever).
Run Node.js app forever
forever start app.js
List all forever processes with process id (pid)
forever list
Stop forever process
forever stop <pid>
Pass env parameter
NODE_ENV=production forever start app.js
Pass required params (start without warnings)
forever start --minUptime 1000 --spinSleepTime 1000 server.js
Omit start
for scalingo.com deployment
forever --minUptime 1000 --spinSleepTime 1000 server.js