Versioncheck NPM

versioncheck

Server-side version-check module for apps

Getting started

Versioncheck should be installed globally, like this:

sudo npm install -g versioncheck

Once installed it can be started like this:

sudo versioncheck

It will daemonize itself and run in background, spawning a process for every CPU core available.

Configuring

Place a file named "versioncheck.json" under /etc and versioncheck will load it at startup. The file is a simple JSON object containing all of the settings. This is the default one, shipped with the default installation:

{
    "ENVIRONMENT": "development",
    "HOST": "0.0.0.0",
    "PORT": 4554,
    "PLATFORMS":
    {
        "WINXP":
        {
            "VERSIONS":
            [
                {"NUMBER": "0.4.0", "upgrade_url": "http://www.myawesomeservice.com/" }
            ]
        },

        "WIN7":
        {
            "VERSIONS":
            [
                {"NUMBER": "0.4.0", "upgrade_url": "http://www.myawesomeservice.com/" }
            ]
        },

        "WIN8":
        {
            "VERSIONS":
            [
                {"NUMBER": "0.4.0", "upgrade_url": "http://www.myawesomeservice.com/" }
            ]
        },

        "OSX":
        {
            "VERSIONS":
            [
                {"NUMBER": "0.4.0", "upgrade_url": "http://www.myawesomeservice.com/" }
            ]
        }
    }
}