Nginx service Node - atabegruslan/Notes GitHub Wiki
(old) Make background process: Use screen: https://askubuntu.com/questions/8653/how-to-keep-processes-running-after-ending-ssh-session/8657#8657
Better way:
- https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/236084/how-do-i-create-a-service-for-a-shell-script-so-i-can-start-and-stop-it-like-a-d
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4018154/how-do-i-run-a-node-js-app-as-a-background-service
Take this Strapi app for example
/etc/systemd/system/strapi-v4.service
[Unit]
Description=Strapi v4
[Service]
ExecStart=yarn develop
Restart=always
User=root
# Note Debian/Ubuntu uses 'nogroup', RHEL/Fedora uses 'nobody'
Group=sudo
Environment=PATH=/root/.nvm/versions/node/v16.0.0/bin:/usr/bin:/usr
/local/bin
WorkingDirectory=/var/www/v4
RestartSec=10
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Run
service strapi-v4 start
service strapi-v4 stop
service strapi-v4 restart
service strapi-v4 status
/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf is Nginx's default config file.
Make it call your config file /etc/nginx/conf.d/custom.conf. In it, have something like:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name yourdomainname.com;
# Proxy Config
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8280;
When you run service strapi-v4 start, it will run it on the server on port 8280. Ports can be changed inside the Node.js app.
Then according to your confirguration file, any http request to yourdomainname.com will be forwarded to http://127.0.0.1:8280