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arleitiss
arleitiss

Reputation: 1304

Linux: make service run forever until I stop it? Node.js + Socket.io

I am new to linux so I am wondering how can I make service run forever? and automatically restart if it crashes or stops?

I am running Node.js + Socket.io as a chat server.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6315

Answers (4)

tuenti
tuenti

Reputation: 31

For start you server you can use: monit, forever, upstart or systemd.

For Forever:

Start a process:

forever start example.js

Stop the process

forever stop example.js

Upvotes: 0

xShirase
xShirase

Reputation: 12399

You have 2 main options for node.js :

Option 1 : node-forever

npm install forever -g

then you run your script by typing : forever start myscript.js

Option 2 : pm2

npm install pm2 -g

then you run your script by typing : pm2 start myscript.js

The main difference is that pm2 has zero downtime, a web interface, console monitor and a built-in load balancer. The web interface itself has proved an invaluable bonus for many of my projects.

I would recommend forever in development mode, and pm2 in production, the reason being that pm2 sometimes keeps the port in use when you kill it, so it's a bit annoying in dev when you restart all the time. Otherwise pm2 has a lot more features and has never disappointed me, I use it all the time.

Upvotes: 5

Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

Reputation: 2014

you can use Forever NPM this is easy to use, i was also new but tried this my work gone easy :)

Upvotes: 0

Kevin Monk
Kevin Monk

Reputation: 1454

Take a look at Monit It's a standard open source app for monitoring processes and restarting them if they fail.

Upvotes: 0

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