Can't start NodeBB automatically after system reboot

Hao Lee

Hi, My OS is CentOS 6.4 x64
I add this script to /etc/rc.d/rc.local to start NodeBB automatically after system reboot.

/etc/init.d/mongod start
cd /var/nodebb
/usr/local/node/bin/forever start /var/nodebb/app.js > /root/log
/etc/init.d/nginx start

I find that mongodb and nginx can start successfully, but nodebb isn't running. The log file is empty. I don't know what the problem is. Could you help me?

Accalia Elementia

@Hao-Lee said in Can't start NodeBB automatically after system reboot:

but nodebb isn't running.

hmm...... it's probably erroring....

try this script instead:

/etc/init.d/mongod start 
cd /var/nodebb 
/usr/local/node/bin/forever start /var/nodebb/app.js &> /root/log
/etc/init.d/nginx start

it won't fix your issue, but it should log both stderr and stdout to your log file for debugging

julian

You'll probably want NodeBB to run in the foreground, and not pipe output to the log file, if you want to use forever or upstart.

node loader.js --no-silent --no-daemon will run production mode and leave output piping to stdout. It will also run in the foreground, which forever expects.

If you use app.js, you won't need --no-daemon, but you'll only be running one process.