Have a NodeJS server up and running on VPS

Posted on August 22, 2014

I have a NodeJS server that I want to run on a VPS on Digital Ocean. I log in as usual and I basically follow these steps:

git clone myname@mygitrepo.git
cd myfolder/server
nodejs server.js &
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Express listening on port 9099

I can now access my NodeJS on the server. But as soon as I close the SSH connection, the NodeJS server dies. How can I make the NodeJS run even when I close down my session?

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Axel Pale

September 27, 2016

This Digital Ocean tutorial covers the topic: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-node-js-application-for-production-on-centos-7

danielllach

January 2, 2015

hello guys! … i tryed with *forever * and i close the ssh and the server die … really forever is a solution? … and when you need mongoDB running too … How do I do it?

thanks!