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]

@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.