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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>This code snippet for Upstart (this could be saved as /etc/init/noderedis.conf, for example) starts a tiny script that merely starts a nodejs instance serving another tiny web page:<br />
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description "Start nodejs Redis service"<br />
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start on filesystem<br />
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expect fork<br />
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exec /usr/local/bin/nodejs/start_talktoredis<br />
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If the above doesn't work, this one could do it:<br />
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description "Start nodejs Redis service"<br />
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start on started network<br />
stop on stopping network<br />
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pre-start script<br />
logger "pre-start for noderedis"<br />
end script<br />
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pre-stop script<br />
logger "pre-stop for noderedis"<br />
end script<br />
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script<br />
nohup /usr/local/bin/nodejs/start_talktoredis 15 2>&1 >> /var/log/noderedis.log &<br />
end script<br />
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A better solution might be using [https://github.com/indexzero/daemon.node daemon.node] and using "expect fork" in the Upstart script.<br />
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start_talktoredis is responsible for launching the nodsjs server, /usr/bin/node:<br />
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#!/bin/sh<br />
echo "Starting talktoredis @ `date`" >> /var/log/mk.log<br />
sleep 30 # Avoid "Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED"<br />
cd /usr/local/bin/nodejs<br />
/usr/bin/node /usr/local/bin/nodejs/talktoredis.js<br />
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[[Category:Linux]]</div>
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