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Deploying a node app with Forever is great...until your server restarts unexpectedly. Then your app stops running and you have to re-deploy.

To get around this, we're going to run our node app as an Upstart service. Upstart services are great, because, once started, the system auto-restarts them if they fail, or if the server restarts.

###Step 1: Create a service for your node app

• ssh in as root ssh root@youripaddress
• Create a node-app.conf file in /etc/init
  IMPORTANT: whatever filename you pick is what you will use to start|stop|restart your service i.e. service node-app start

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(wherever it says url.com, use your server's domain or IP)

Login to new server as root, then add a deploy user

sudo useradd --create-home -s /bin/bash deploy
sudo adduser deploy sudo
sudo passwd deploy

And Update the new password

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##Setup your server (this would ideally be done with automated provisioning)

• add a deploy user with password-less ssh see this gist
• install forever npm install -g forever

##Install flightplan

• npm install -g flightplan
• in your project folder npm install flightplan --save-dev
• create a flightplan.js file

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The popular open-source contract for web professionals by Stuff & Nonsense

• Originally published: 23rd December 2008
• Revised date: March 15th 2016
• Original post

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###Prerequesites

• Install node.js from http://nodejs.org
• Make sure you install git from http://git-scm.com

Install flightplan globally

npm install -g flightplan

Install flightplan in your project folder