use forever to keep node process running

larvalabs · Feb 27, 2014 · 6b25bfb · 6b25bfb
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ logs
 results
 tmp
 
+.env
+
 npm-debug.log
 node_modules
 .idea
@@ -24,4 +26,4 @@ public/vendor
 public/css/styles.css
 
 .vagrant/
-vagrant_ansible_inventory_default
+vagrant_ansible_inventory_default
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-web: node app.js
+web: node forever.js
diff --git a/Procfile.local b/Procfile.local
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-web: node app.js
+web: node forever.js
 mongo: mongod
diff --git a/forever.js b/forever.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+  var forever = require('forever-monitor');
+
+  var child = new (forever.Monitor)('app.js', {
+    max: 3
+  });
+
+  child.on('exit', function () {
+    console.warn('app.js has exited after 3 restarts');
+  });
+
+  child.start();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "express-flash": "~0.0.2",
     "express-validator": "~1.0.1",
     "fbgraph": "~0.2.8",
+    "forever-monitor": "~1.2",
     "github-api": "~0.7.0",
     "github": "~0.1",
     "jade": "~1.1.5",