node-rc

A FreeBSD rc.d script for node.js applications using forever.js.

Purpose

The goal is to have a node project be a proper system service, starting at boot, restarting upon failure, and ready to drop into a jail.

npm install -g forever
git clone https://github.com/rwestlund/node-rc
cp node-rc/node /usr/local/etc/rc.d/
vim /etc/rc.conf

In addition to node_enable, the following rc variables should be defined in /etc/rc.conf:

node_msg - The name of your program, printed at start. Defaults to "node".
node_dir - The directory where your node files live. Must be defined.
node_logdir - The directory for logfiles. Defaults to ${node_dir}/logs.
node_user - Passed to noded process as process.env.USER. Defaults to "www".
node_group - Passed to noded process as process.env.GROUP. Defaults to "www".
node_app - Application main script. Defaults to "/bin/www" (relative to node_user's home)
node_forever - forever binary file path. Defaults to /usr/local/bin/forever.
node_local_forever - use local forever binary (ie. node_user's home/node_modules/.bin/forever)
node_forever_log - forever log file. Defaults to /var/log/forever.log.

node_user and node_group may be used to drop node's root privileges after binding to ports.

If you do not use mongdb, then remove the mongod dependency from the script.