gistfile1.txt

start on runlevel[12345]
stop on runlevel[06]

respawn
  ulimit -n 65535
  if [ -d /usr/lib/node_modules ] ; then
    export NODE_PATH='/usr/lib/node_modules'
  else
    export NODE_PATH='/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
  fi

  NODE_BIN=''
  if [ -f /usr/bin/node ] ; then
    NODE_BIN=/usr/bin/node
  else
    NODE_BIN=/usr/local/bin/node
  fi
  exec $NODE_BIN server.js >> /var/log/your-node.log 2>&1
end script

post-start script
  NODE_PID=`status your-node |egrep -oi '([0-9]+)$' |head -n1`
  echo $NODE_PID >/var/run/your-node.pid
end script