floedesigntechnologies/ansible-forever

Ansible role to install Forever and and configure Upstart to ensure that the given scripts runs continuously.

Forever

Ansible role to install Forever and and configure Upstart to ensure that the given Node.js scripts runs continuously.

Requirements

• Node.js and npm
• Upstart

Role Variables

• forever_root: The full path to Forever working directory. Defaults to "/var/run/forever".
• forever_user: The username of the user to run Forever managed process as. Defaults to "root".
• forever_env: Environment variables for the Upstart jobs, as a hash. Defaults to {}.
• forever_node_bin_dir: The full path to the directory containing the node and forever binaries. Defaults to "/usr/local/bin".
• forever_node_path: Set the full path to the Node.js main node_modules directory. Defaults to "/usr/local/lib/node_modules".
• forever_applications: A list of Node.JS application configurations, each configuration is a hash with the following properties:
  • name: The application name (must be a valid filename).
  • file: The application startup Javascript file path.
  • pid_file: Process ID file path. Defaults to /var/run/{{name}}.pid.
  • log_file: Log file path. Defaults to /var/log/{{name}}.log.
  • min_uptime: Minimum uptime, in milliseconds. Defaults to 5000.
  • spin_sleep_time: Spin sleep time, in milliseconds. Defaults to 2000.
  • enabled: Whether or not the application should be enabled. Defaults to true.
  • env: Environment variables for the Upstart Job, as a hash. Defaults to {}.
  • command: The command to use to run the application file. Defaults to node.
• forever_start_on: The upstart event to start Forever managed processes at. Defaults to "startup".
• forever_stop_on: The upstart event to stop Forever managed processes at. Defaults to "startup".

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - name: forever
       # Start forever process once Vagrant sync. folders are mounted.
       forever_start_on: vagrant-mounted
       # Set NOD_ENV environment for all Upstart managed processes.
       forever_env:
         NODE_ENV: production
       forever_applications:
       # A simple Node server, running on a fixed port.
       - name: foo-server
         file: "/home/node/foo/server.js"
       # A server requiring ES6 features (aka. Harmony), running on a configurable port.           
       - name koa-server
         file "/home/node/koaapp/server.js"
         command: node --harmony
         env:
           BIND_PORT: 8081

License

Apache v2

Author Information

• vevmesteren https://github.com/vevmesteren
• Pierre Paul Lefebvre https://github.com/PierrePaul
• Pierre Buyle [email protected]