Running a node.js app with upstart and Procfile

Question

I have a node.js application.

I have written a Procfile with the following contents.

subscription-engine-processor: node index.js

Not sure whether i am doing it right, but i tried running it with the ruby gem foreman.

$ foreman start

nothing happens. The process doesn't run.

Please do comment on whether i am doing it right, if there's any other way of running this is my local. What i ultimately want to do is to export this using upstart when its finally deployed in production.

There was a bug with dashed-names that was fixed in Foreman 0.63.0. — Ryann Graham, Mar 20 '14 at 05:02

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 04 '12 at 09:25

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I'm not exactly sure what foreman does, but I can give you the following links so that you can read more in depth tutorials on how to setup Node with Upstart:

http://howtonode.org/deploying-node-upstart-monit
http://caolanmcmahon.com/posts/deploying_node_js_with_upstart
http://dailyjs.com/2010/03/15/hosting-nodejs-apps/
http://blog.clock.co.uk/2011/04/11/deploying-node-js-apps/

Hope these help.

answered Jan 04 '12 at 09:25

alessioalex

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I made a change in the the Procfile. Replaced the '-' to '_' in my Procfile and it worked. Now its subscription_engine_processor: node index.js . – Sunil Jan 04 '12 at 09:45

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 20 '14 at 05:02

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You might need this https://github.com/strongloop/node-foreman its a node port of foreman.

edited Mar 20 '14 at 05:02

Ryann Graham

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answered Jan 13 '13 at 00:57

Michael Dausmann

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