SvcInstall

SvcInstall installs services on OSX (launchd) and Linux (inet.d start-stop-dameon)

• Small and lightweight
• Avoid coupling with any keep alive or monitoring solution. You Pick ( SvcHost is decoupled sister project)
• Can point a node project, a shell script, etc... Whatever you choose.
• Package installer with your app or service

Install:

npm install svcinstall --save

Sample:

See /samples for more

var path = require('path');
var si = require('svcinstall');
 
var scriptPath = path.join(__dirname, 'server.js');
var options = { 
        args: ['/usr/local/bin/node', scriptPath],
        workingDirectory: path.dirname(scriptPath)
    };
 
var svcinstall = new si.SvcInstall();
svcinstall.install('myserver.com.sample', options, function(err, config){
    if (err) {
        console.error('Error:', err.message);
        return;
    }
 
    console.log('Installed Successfully');
 
    svcinstall.start(config.definition, function(err) {
        if (err) {
            console.error('Failed to start: ', err.message);
            return;
        }
 
        console.log('Started Successfully');
    });
});

License

Apache 2.0