Auto start node js server on boot

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Can any node js experts tell me how I might configure node JS to autostart a server when my machine boots   I m on Windows

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If you are using Linux  macOS or Windows pm2 is your friend  It s a process manager that handle clusters very well   You install it   npm install -g pm2   Start a cluster of  for example  3 processes    pm2 start app js -i 3   And make pm2 starts them at boot    pm2 startup   It has an API  an even a monitor interface     Go to github and read the instructions  It s easy to use and very handy  Best thing ever since forever

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This isn t something to configure in node js at all  this is purely OS responsibility  Windows in your case   The most reliable way to achieve this is through a Windows Service   There s this super easy module that installs a node script as a windows service  it s called node-windows  npm  github  documentation   I ve used before and worked like a charm   var Service   require  node-windows   Service      Create a new service object var svc   new Service     name  Hello World     description   The nodejs org example web server      script   C   path  to  helloworld js          Listen for the  install  event  which indicates the    process is available as a service  svc on  install  function      svc start         svc install        p s   I found the thing so useful that I built an even easier to use wrapper around it  npm  github    Installing it   npm install -g qckwinsvc   Installing your service    gt  qckwinsvc prompt  Service name   name for your service  prompt  Service description   description for it  prompt  Node script path   path of your node script  Service installed   Uninstalling your service    gt  qckwinsvc --uninstall prompt  Service name   name of your service  prompt  Node script path   path of your node script  Service stopped Service uninstalled

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Use pm2 to start and run your nodejs processes on windows   Be sure to read this github discussion of how to set up task scheduler to start pm2   https   github com Unitech pm2 issues 1079

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Here is another solution I wrote in C  to auto startup native node server or pm2 server on Windows

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Simply use this  install  run and save current process list https   www npmjs com package pm2-windows-startup By my exp   after restart server  need to logon  in order to trigger the auto startup

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I would recommend installing your node js app as a Windows service  and then set the service to run at startup   That should make it a bit easier to control the startup action by using the Windows Services snapin rather than having to add or remove batch files in the Startup folder   Another service-related question in Stackoverflow provided a couple of  apprently  really good options   Check out How to install node js as a Windows Service   node-windows looks really promising to me   As an aside  I used similar tools for Java apps that needed to run as services   It made my life a whole lot easier  Hope this helps

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If I m not wrong  you can start your application using command line and thus also using a batch file  In that case it is not a very hard task to start it with Windows login   You just create a batch file with the following content   node C  myapp js   and save it with  bat extention  Here myapp js is your app  which in this example is located in C  drive  spcify the path    Now you can just throw the batch file in your startup folder which is located at C  Users  username  AppData Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Startup  Just open it using  appdata  in run dailog box and locate to  Roaming Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Startup  The batch file will be executed at login time and start your node application from cmd

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I know there are multiple ways to achieve this as per solutions shared above  I haven t tried all of them but some third party services lack clarity around what are all tasks being run in the background  I have achieved this through a powershell script similar to the one mentioned as windows batch file  I have scheduled it using Windows Tasks Scheduler to run every minute  This has been quite efficient and transparent so far  The advantage I have here is that I am checking the process explicitly before starting it again  This wouldn t cause much overhead to the CPU on the server  Also you don t have to explicitly place the file into the startup folders    function CheckNodeService        node   Get-Process node -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue  if  node        echo  Node Running    else       echo  Node not Running      Start-Process  C  Program Files nodejs node exe  -ArgumentList  app js  -WorkingDirectory  E  MyApplication      echo  Node started        CheckNodeService

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you should try this  npm forever  https   www npmjs com package forever

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This can easily be done manually with the Windows Task Scheduler    First  install forever  Then  create a batch file that contains the following   cd C  path to project root call C  Users Username AppData Roaming npm forever cmd start server js exit 0  Lastly  create a scheduled task that runs when you log on  This task should call the batch file

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Copied directly from this answer   You could write a script in any language you want to automate this  even using nodejs  and then just install a shortcut to that script in the user s  appdata  Microsoft Windows Start Menu Programs Startup folder

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