Where is the best location for an app made in NodeJS on a server?

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For some time I am developing an application in Nodejs. And I asked where in the Linux file system on a server was the best place to leave it running. Since PHP5 and Apache2 is in /var/www , and tomcat has its own system.

I wonder where is the best place?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 10 '12 at 23:12

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It doesn't really matter where you put your Node.js but more how you set up this place. The right permissions are most important.

Possible locations (from a logical point of view) are:

/opt/<appname>
/usr/local/share/<appname>
/var/nodejs/<appname>

edited Jul 10 '12 at 23:12

Alex

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answered Jul 10 '12 at 23:06

Christopher Perrin

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I guess it must be permissions only for root and run? – AlejoNext Jul 11 '12 at 00:24
It is more secure to run node.js not as root (if possibe) and let the directories have the owner of the server user – Christopher Perrin Jul 11 '12 at 00:32

Where is the best location for an app made ​​in NodeJS on a server?

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Where is the best location for an app made in NodeJS on a server?