serverrunner

serverrunner starts node servers and then keeps them running. Allows for graceful shutdowns.

Installation

npm install serverrunner

Usage

var serverrunner = require('serverrunner');

In the simplest case, serverrunner can be called with an options parameter with the following properties:

serverrunner({
    workers: 4,
    port: 80,
    server: "../server/app.js",
    watch: "../",
    disgraceful: false,
    allowForcedExit: false,
    app: {
        // Application config
    }
});

• workers The number of worker processes to create. A reasonable value is the number of processor cores on the server.

• port The starting port number for worker processes to listen in on. Each subsequent worker will listen on the next port number. eg: if workers is set to 4 and port is set to 80, then the 4 workers will listen on 80, 81, 82, and 83 respectively.

• server The path to the file which will ultimately be require()'d by the worker processes. The path should be relative to the current working directory of the entry script. An absolute path works too. This file is expected to export a function that accepts a config parameter (the contents of app) and should return an express object.

• watch This path will be watched for file changes and will trigger a server restart.

• disgraceful Helpful during development so that the server can be restarted or shut down instantly.

• allowForcedExit Waits for open connections to finish before shutting down or restarting but gives the option not to wait.

• app Config options that will be passed to the app server.

Another way to use serverrunner is to pass a path to a .cjson file which contains a config as given above.

serverrunner('config/development.cjson');