ServiceJS

Helps turn a node application into a native Linux service file.

Usage

At the moment, this package can only install system-wide services. As such, it will need to be run with sudo, meaning that it's recommended that you install globally (npm i -g @connordeckers/servicejs).

Once installed, run with sudo servicejs in your projects root directory (alongside your package.json file).

Commands

• servicejs: Run the wizard
• servicejs --skip: Skip the wizard, use the defaults (best guesses)
• servicejs --start: Start the service
• servicejs --stop: Stop the service
• servicejs --restart: Restart the service
• servicejs --reload: Reload the service
• servicejs --status: Get the service status

To do

• Make the service interactions check the existance of a service first.
• Allow user-level service generation. (allows use without sudo).
  • If running as sudo, allow for generation of both styles (system-level and user-level).
  • If not running as sudo, only create user-level.
  • Provide help guidelines on how to enable user-level services (including lingering).
    • See this StackExchange post for more info
• Add and confirm support for other OS's
  • Currently only tested in Ubuntu