Node.js Process Manager
Simple Node Process Manager with graceful shutdown. This tool will automatically restart processes when they exit unexpectedly.
Installation
npm install node-process-manager
Usage
example-webserver.js
var http = require('http');
var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
res.end('Hello World\n');
});
...
server.listen(1337, '127.0.0.1');
// Graceful Shutdown. Close connections, etc...
process.on("SIGTERM", function() {
server.close();
...
process.exit();
});
manager.js
var Manager = require("node-process-manager");
var process1 = new Manager("/path/to/express/example-webserver.js"),
process2 = new Manager("/path/to/express/example-webserver2.js", {
name: "My Webserver",
environmentVar: "The child process can access this variable via process.env.environmentVar"
});
// Restart a process.
process2.respawn();
// Kill a Process
process1.kill();
Starting the process manager
nohup node manager.js > "/var/log/node.log" &
See test/childSpec for more detailed usage.
Test
npm install mocha -g
mocha