Daemonized Node.js fails every 60 seconds with Monit

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I am running Node.js as a daemon using monit & it turns out that it fails every 60 seconds on the dot. Here's my monit.log

root@mybox:/etc/monit# tail -f /var/log/monit.log
[UTC Sep  4 12:07:50] info     : 'nodejs' start: /sbin/start
[UTC Sep  4 12:08:50] error    : 'nodejs' failed, cannot open a connection to INET[127.0.0.1:8000] via TCP
[UTC Sep  4 12:08:50] info     : 'nodejs' trying to restart
[UTC Sep  4 12:08:50] info     : 'nodejs' stop: /sbin/stop
[UTC Sep  4 12:08:50] info     : 'nodejs' start: /sbin/start
[UTC Sep  4 12:09:50] error    : 'nodejs' failed, cannot open a connection to INET[127.0.0.1:8000] via TCP
[UTC Sep  4 12:09:50] info     : 'nodejs' trying to restart
[UTC Sep  4 12:09:50] info     : 'nodejs' stop: /sbin/stop
[UTC Sep  4 12:09:50] info     : 'nodejs' start: /sbin/start
[UTC Sep  4 12:10:50] info     : 'nodejs' connection succeeded to INET[127.0.0.1:8000] via TCP

Here's my monit config from monitrc

set logfile /var/log/monit.log

check host nodejs with address 127.0.0.1
    start program = "/sbin/start nodeapp"
    stop program  = "/sbin/stop nodeapp"
    if failed port 8000 protocol HTTP
        request /
        with timeout 10 seconds
    then restart

Am I doing something wrong in this configuration or is there some other reason Node seems to fail so regularly? Where else should I look to pinpoint this problem?

Thank you.

same thing here. you must be following the tutorial from How to Node. Have you found a solution? — Xi 张熹, Nov 17 '11 at 16:56
Yes I followed that tutorial. Nope, no solution yet! I am hoping to spend a full day on this sometime this month and solve it. — iUsable, Dec 05 '11 at 12:54
Does monit actually start the node process? (if you check with ps) — Anders Bornholm, Feb 27 '14 at 14:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 13 '11 at 03:50

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First make sure that the application doesn't crash after multiple requests. A good way to do is this with ab (apache benchmark). If you're sure that your code is stable then it likely an issue with Monit.

ab -c 10 -n 1000 http://127.0.0.1:8000/

answered Sep 13 '11 at 03:50

Ryan Olds

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Thanks Ryan, any clue as to what might be likely suspects (with Monit)? – iUsable Sep 13 '11 at 15:53

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 09 '11 at 05:11

Seems you want to run NodeJS as service using Monitrc. If you use Ubuntu, then you should consider using Runit. I have use it on Amazon EC2 nearly 3 month without any restart and it's stable.

Here are guide for running NodeJS as service :

http://www.yodi.me/blog/2011/09/05/run-nodejs-in-ubuntu-11-dot-04-ec2-with-user-permission-and-run-as-service/

Daemonized Node.js fails every 60 seconds with Monit

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