Upstart job for any Node.js application, with Node.js versions managed using NVM.

gistfile1.txt

description "<Application name here>"
 
start on runlevel [23]
stop on shutdown
 
script
    cd <path/to/project/here>
    export NODE_ENV=production
    # Be sure to have a `start` script in your `package.json`
    <path/to>/.nvm/<version number>/bin/npm start
end script
 
respawn