How can I keep my server running when I power down the computer where I have set up the ssh session
I have never set up a server before but since Parse announced that they are closing down I thought I might give it a shot. I have followed along with this tutorial and have managed to migrate my Parse database across to digital ocean.
When I call npm run start everything works fine. I can query for data and create new objects all from my iOS app. But there is just one problem. How do I keep the server up and running even when the computer where the ssh session started has been powered down?
When I call npm run start this is what gets logged in terminal:
> parse-server-example@1.0.0 start /var/www/parse
> node index.js
[TypeError: Cannot read property 'Kerberos' of undefined]
DATABASE_URI not specified, falling back to localhost.
parse-server-example running on port 1337.
I know that this is probably a noob question and yes my knowledge is quite limited, so if you could help me then that would be great!
Thanks for your time!
Hi, I have no experience with parse, but if it cant run as a service you might have to run it with screen. So ir you screen something you do:
screen start /var/www/parse
Then when you are ready to turn off your PC, do: CTRL+AD ( http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html#Detach )
Then the next time you ssh into your server and do: screen -r
(r for resume)
PS! Some times you will be “Locked out” of screen, maybe you got disconnected.
screen -list
shows the screens with PID, then you can do (if you have only one):
screen -d -r
Or if you have multiple screen, where the number is your PID:
screen -d -r 96847
If you want to connect two monitors to one screen I think you can do it with:
screen -x 96847