How you running NodeBB ?

[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.

[Bri]

@vladius I just upgraded my system to 16.04 and am liking systemd Does this script work when you stop the service too or do you just have to find the pid and kill it manually?

[Giggiux]

@Bri

I have the same without Type=simple and I start, stop and restart the service with systemd start/stop/restart nodebb

[Bri]

@Giggiux I did try it out after posting and it seems that systemd can keep track of a running process' pid to know how to stop it... I don't know if it's the cleanest way but it works, since the loader pays attention to the SIGINT signal

[Bri]

If anyone comes across this topic again, I've created my own version of the systemd service file for NodeBB. It's really nice to have especially in scenarios where your VPS gets shut down for whatever reason; all you have to do is start the VM back up.

Service file for running NodeBB with systemd. Drop or symlink into the /etc/systemd/system/ folder. This version uses node versions provided by nvm.

Service file for running NodeBB with systemd. Drop or symlink into the /etc/systemd/system/ folder. This version uses node versions provided by nvm. - nodebb.service

Gist (gist.github.com)