Have a NodeJS server up and running on VPS

Question

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?

/P

masotime · Answer

ppnsanders is correct. Just to add on, sudo npm install -g forever forever start <path to your server javascript> You can run forever stop to shut it down, and forever restartall if you just want to restart the server (and any other forever scripts).

Axel Pale · Answer

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 · Answer

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!

bikashsharmabks · Answer

Simple solution (if you are not interested in coming back to the process, just want it to keep running):

nohup node server.js &

Powerful solution (allows you to reconnect to the process if it is interactive):

screen

Nate Sanders · Answer

Use the npm module “forever”. https://www.npmjs.org/package/forever

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Have a NodeJS server up and running on VPS