Svcinstall NPM

SvcInstall

SvcInstall installs services on OSX (launchd) and Linux (inet.d start-stop-dameon)

Small and lightweight
Avoid coupling with any keep alive or monitoring solution. You Pick ( SvcHost is decoupled sister project)
Can point a node project, a shell script, etc... Whatever you choose.
Package installer with your app or service

Install:

npm install svcinstall --save

Sample:

See /samples for more

var path = require('path');
var si = require('svcinstall');

var scriptPath = path.join(__dirname, 'server.js');
var options = { 
		args: ['/usr/local/bin/node', scriptPath],
		workingDirectory: path.dirname(scriptPath)
	};

var svcinstall = new si.SvcInstall();
svcinstall.install('myserver.com.sample', options, function(err, config){
	if (err) {
		console.error('Error:', err.message);
		return;
	}

	console.log('Installed Successfully');

	svcinstall.start(config.definition, function(err) {
		if (err) {
			console.error('Failed to start: ', err.message);
			return;
		}

		console.log('Started Successfully');
	});
});