Servers reboot while you are sleeping, it happens ... So you already are using the great *[forever](https://github.com/nodejitsu/forever)* tool. No? take a look [here](http://blog.nodejitsu.com/keep-a-nodejs-server-up-with-forever)!.
But something is missing: **automatic startup of your application when the machine (re)boots**. ## The use case Multiple options are available to you, and quite a lot of resources on the subject too. But I really want to focus on a tricky use case (mine): - You want to use **forever** to **daemonize**, **manage** and **monitor** your application. - You want something simple to **start automatically** your application when the server (re)boots. - Your application is located in the **home directory** of a **dedicated user**. - It **does not** run on the port **80**. - You **don't want** to start it as **super user**. ## Upstart Basically you need to set up your own Linux service. I will only focus on *upstart* which is a *"replacement for the venerable System-V init"*. As a vast majority of Linux services, you can **start**, **stop** and **restart** your application. These features are already provided by *forever*. We will only provide a way to **start automatically** your application. The newly crafted service will only have that purpose. To manage your application, use *forever* as usual.
We could probably **wrap** *forever* behaviour in the service, but this really not the aim of this article. ## The upstart script Right of the bat, here is the script:
