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How to create a custom NodeJS startup file

Axel Cervera
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Introduction

This will show you the steps needed to create a custom startup file for ea-nodejs which overrides the default name of "app.js" which Passenger searches for.

 

Procedure

 

1)

Begin by creating an Apache include in the following location: (Be sure to replace $USER & $DOMAIN with the appropriate cPanel username and domain name)

 

/etc/apache2/conf.d/userdata/ssl/2_4/$USER/$DOMAIN.nodejs.conf

 

2)

Populate the file with the following information and modify it according to your needs:

 

DocumentRoot /user/example.com/public
# Use server.js as the startup file (entry point file) for
# your Node.js application, instead of the default app.js
PassengerStartupFile index.js
PassengerAppType node
PassengerAppRoot /nodejsapp/example.com

 

3)

Rebuild and restart the Apache configuration:

 

/scripts/rebuildhttpdconf && /scripts/restartsrv_httpd

 

For more details view our NodeJS documentation.

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