OSX launchd plist for node forever process
- by lostintranslation
I am trying to write a launchd.plist file for my node server. I am using forever to run my node server. I would like the server to start on boot. I would also like to wait for the mongodb launchd plist to run first.
I installed mongobb using homebrew and it came with a launchd.plist already. I have executed the following:
$ launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist
plist for mongodb is:
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>homebrew.mxcl.mongodb</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/opt/mongodb/mongod</string>
<string>run</string>
<string>--config</string>
<string>/usr/local/etc/mongod.conf</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<false/>
<key>WorkingDirectory</key>
<string>/usr/local</string>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/usr/local/var/log/mongodb/output.log</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/usr/local/var/log/mongodb/output.log</string>
<key>HardResourceLimits</key>
<dict>
<key>NumberOfFiles</key>
<integer>1024</integer>
</dict>
<key>SoftResourceLimits</key>
<dict>
<key>NumberOfFiles</key>
<integer>1024</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
If I shutdown the computer and restart mongodb fires up as it should.
However my node server is not starting. Any ideas?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<dict>
<key>SuccessfulExit</key>
<false/>
</dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.test.app</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/bin/forever</string>
<string>-a</string>
<string>-l</string>
<string>/var/log/app/app.log</string>
<string>-e</string>
<string>/var/log/app/app_error.log</string>
<string>/data/server/app.js</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>3600</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
EDIT:
writing to log file and I see this:
env: node: No such file or directory
I think this means that the node binary cannot be found. I can echo $PATH and /usr/local/bin is in my path. I can start node from the terminal. Ideas?
