Node Server crashes after few hours

Question

I am using Nodemon with Forever Module on Ubuntu Server.

I use this command to start my Node Server:

forever start -c nodemon app.js  --exitcrash
         


        

Answer 1

This is probably not the ideal answer but using forever-service with nodemon will ensure your server restarts after it crashes.

This is the command that worked for me. I'm including it because getting forever-service and nodemon to play well can be tricky.

It does the following: everytime a json or raml file in the applications dist/assets folder is modified, wait 10 seconds and then restart the node app (server.js script):

$ forever-service install raml --script server.js -f " -c nodemon" -o " --delay 10 --watch dist/assets -e json,raml --exitcrash" -e "PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

Then I can run:

$ service raml start|stop|restart|status

I can also have the service start on server reboot with the chkconfig utility:

$ chkconfig --add raml
$ chkconfig raml on