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Notes on running NodeJs as a systemd service
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node.service
[Unit]
Description=service
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=ubuntu
WorkingDirectory=/opt/service
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'exec bin/node app.js 2>&1 >> logs/console.log'
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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ryanburnette commented Oct 15, 2018 •
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https://nodesource.com/blog/running-your-node-js-app-with-systemd-part-1/
https://www.linode.com/docs/quick-answers/linux/start-service-at-boot/

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You may want Restart=always because when v8 crashes it gives a success status code.

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ryanburnette commented Jan 19, 2019 •
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@coolaj86 Thanks for the insight. Done.

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ryanburnette commented Jan 29, 2019 •
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For logging...

https://gist.github.com/ryanburnette/a008fc7bcebda4e7a7335d1f304c6cfe#file-node-service-L10-L11

Read these...

https://stackoverflow.com/a/43830129/2535178
systemd/systemd#7198 (comment)

If you don't have a new enough version of systemd on Ubuntu... read this...

https://askubuntu.com/a/966559/225124

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The last comment about logging isn't working as intended. It also requires that I use Ubuntu 18.04, which I don't have the ability to do in all my environments.

I'm going to try this approach next. https://www.axllent.org/docs/view/nodejs-service-with-systemd/#comment-3322013904

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@coolaj86 just DEPRECATED this approach in favor of https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/go-serviceman

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