how to keep nodebb start when I reboot ubuntu16.04

dxxt

when I reboot ubuntu,the nodebb need used ./nodebb start to start
How to keep nodebb auto-start

etc

Upstart
pm2
Forever

Which is better?

I'm used

npm install -g forever
cd /var/www/nodebb
forever start app.js

But it doesn't work when reboot

Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused

Giggiux

@dxxt systemctl,

For NodeBB < 1.5 I use this configuration (read below), but I don't know if the ExecStart script should be updated in the future:

Just create a file called nodebb.service in /etc/systemd/system (or /etc/systemd/user, or any subfolder of systemd), stop nodebb as you run it now and do:

 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 sudo systemctl start nodebb

The configuration file is:

[Unit]
Description=NodeBB Service
After=system.slice multi-user.target

[Service]
User=YOUR_USER
Group=YOUR_USERGROUP

StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=nodebb

Environment=NODE_ENV=production
WorkingDirectory=/var/nodebb
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node loader.js --no-daemon --no-silent
Restart=always

[Install]
Alias=forum
WantedBy=multi-user.target

You can read mode about systemctl, that is the integrated Ubuntu service manager, read here

Adam Poniatowski

@Giggiux beat me to it

you might need:

After= mongod.service/redis.service (depends which one you use)

This will at least wait for your DB to startup before starting. It helps after restarts

julian

Updated this in our docs @Giggiux and @Adam-Poniatowski

Running NodeBB - NodeBB Documentation

Documentation portal for NodeBB Forum Software

(docs.nodebb.org)

However, it may need changes if we really do need it to start up after mongo...

Giggiux

@julian I think that if it cannot connect to mongo/redis, it will just give startup error and try to restart again until it finds it

teh_g

@julian I tried following the instructions in the documentation, and it still is a no go

evoixmr

@dxxt @teh_g Try this.

Step 1 - This will start your nodebb after login in

[Unit]
Description=NodeBB forum for Node.js.
Documentation=http://nodebb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
After=system.slice multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=your-linux-username
          
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=nodebb

Environment=NODE_ENV=production
WorkingDirectory=/your/nodebb/folder
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /your/nodebb/folder/loader.js --no-daemon --no-silent
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Step 2 - On terminal - This will start your nodebb on boot-up

loginctl enable-linger your-linux-username

Adam Poniatowski

@Giggiux That is correct. It will keep restarting until mongo/redis has started. I added mongod.service in the After parameter and does startup normally. I know mongod takes a minute or 2 to start, as I have tested this and nodebb is in the failed state until mongod has fully started. Sometimes mongod will show that it has started but nodebb fails to start. I just waited a couple of minutes and checked nodebb again (systemctl status nodebb) and it was up/active, without my intervention