Run Node JS Server At Background Continuously With Forever.

You could install forever using npm like this:

# sudo npm install -g forever

And then start your application with:

# forever server.js

Or as a service:

# forever start server.js

Forever restarts your app when it crashes or stops for some reason. To restrict restarts to 5 you could use:

forever -m5 server.js

To list all running processes:

# forever list

Note the integer in the brackets and use it as following to stop a process:

# forever stop 0

Restarting a running process goes:

# forever restart 0

If you’re working on your application file, you can use the -w parameter to restart automatically whenever your server.js file changes:

# forever -w server.js