How you running NodeBB ?

[JaredBusch]

I just use ./nodebb start also. Never had a need to touch it otherwise.

[Apxukoc]

[root@admin ~]# cat /etc/systemd/system/nodebb.service
[Unit]
Description=NodeBB Forum platform
After=system.slice multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=node

StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=node
SyslogFacility=local0

WorkingDirectory=/home/node/forum/
ExecStart=/bin/node app.js
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
[root@admin ~]#

[root@admin ~]# uname -a
Linux localdomain 3.10.0-042stab112.15 #1 SMP Tue Oct 20 17:22:56 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@admin ~]#
service nodebb start
service nodebb restart
systemctl enable nodebb.service

[julian]

@Apxukoc Ah, but then you can't use the reload/restart buttons in the ACP

Have you tried changing the executable to run node loader.js --no-daemon --no-silent?

[Apxukoc]

@julian
I write through Google Translate, sorry.
I needed a script run at boot time, I got it
The only thing you surely noticed that there will be no check to verify the process. But such monitoring I solved by Zabbix

[SuperMike]

@agusputra I am trying to use pm2 as well.

But when I tried start nodebb in pm2

pm2 start loader.js --name nodebb

error will be in pm2 console

PM2: 2015-12-15 14:26:54: Starting execution sequence in -fork mode- for app name:nodebb id:2
PM2: 2015-12-15 14:26:54: App name:nodebb id:2 online
PM2: 2015-12-15 14:26:55: App name:nodebb id:2 exited with code 0

Could you please tell me how to start nodebb in pm2?

[agusputra]

@SuperMike I'm just using pm2 to start nodebb shell script.

1. Create pm2.json5

{
  apps : [
    {
      name: "MyForumApp",
      script: "nodebb",
      args: "start"
    }
  ]
}

2. Then pm2 start pm2.json5

[julian]

@Apxukoc I am using Ubuntu 15.10 now on my laptop, so I'll need to figure out a systemd script too

Might just use yours..

[giantkingsquid]

@agusputra How do you stop NodeBB using your method?

If i do pm2 stop MyForumApp the pm2 list has a big red Stopped on it but I can still access the forum. If I then do ./nodebb stop it actually stops it.

[agusputra]

@giantkingsquid Yes, I do ./nodebb stop

[Kalbaskin]

I use: ./nodebb start

[Jared14406]

Hmm intresting

[zerefel]

./nodebb start works like a charm and I've never had a problem with it.

[Jared14406]

Well it's /nodebb start or /nodebb stop to stop it

[whitts]

Stuck on windows (company VMs) so at first tried to setup NodeBB with NSSM.. Seemed to work fine until the forum crashed and then i ended up with multiple process running (repeat a few crashes and i had so many instances running that everything slowed down).. Now running with nodebb start from a batch file and everything is running great

[vladius]

My take on the systemd unit for the Debian Jessie platform. Requires a nodebb user set up and NodeBB installed to /var/nodebb:

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

[Service]
Type=simple
User=nodebb

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

Enable with sudo systemctl enable nodebb.service and start with sudo systemctl start nodebb.service.
Thanks to @Apxukoc and @julian for the original unit and tips.

[julian]

@vladius No problem -- though I fail to see how systemd is more readable than upstart ... then again that kind of stuff is beyond my area of expertise.

[vladius]

@julian no real upstart experience on my side. so far I love systemd. the syntax for config files, the status reports, the overall feel of the tech just seems right (and mainstream also).

[chrismccoy]

i use init script on ubuntu to start on boot. and use that to stop and restart, reload, etc

[tqwhite]

Upstart. NGINX. BASH Scripts to help me with various tasks.

[tqwhite]

Another fun fact is that I am running more than one NodeBB instance.