added daemon capability to ./nodebb start, npm start/stop scripts

loader.js

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-var	fork = require('child_process').fork,
+"use strict";
+
+var	nconf = require('nconf'),
+	fs = require('fs'),
+	pidFilePath = __dirname + '/pidfile',
 	start = function() {
+		var	fork = require('child_process').fork,
+			nbb_start = function() {
 				nbb = fork('./app', process.argv.slice(2), {
 						env: {
 							'NODE_ENV': process.env.NODE_ENV
@@ -9,18 +15,51 @@ var	fork = require('child_process').fork,
 				nbb.on('message', function(cmd) {
 					if (cmd === 'nodebb:restart') {
 						nbb.on('exit', function() {
-					start();
+							nbb_start();
 						});
 						nbb.kill();
 					}
 				});
 			},
-	stop = function() {
+			nbb_stop = function() {
 				nbb.kill();
+				if (fs.existsSync(pidFilePath)) {
+					var	pid = parseInt(fs.readFileSync(pidFilePath, { encoding: 'utf-8' }), 10);
+					if (process.pid === pid) {
+						fs.unlinkSync(pidFilePath);
+					}
+				}
+			};
+
+		process.on('SIGINT', nbb_stop);
+		process.on('SIGTERM', nbb_stop);
+
+		nbb_start();
 	},
 	nbb;
 
-process.on('SIGINT', stop);
-process.on('SIGTERM', stop);
+nconf.argv();
 
+if (nconf.get('d')) {
+	// Check for a still-active NodeBB process
+	if (fs.existsSync(pidFilePath)) {
+		console.log('\n  Error: Another NodeBB is already running!');
+		process.exit();
+	}
+
+	// Initialise logging streams
+	var	outputStream = fs.createWriteStream(__dirname + '/logs/output.log');
+	outputStream.on('open', function(fd) {
+		// Daemonize
+		require('daemon')({
+			stdout: fd
+		});
+
+		// Write its pid to a pidfile
+		fs.writeFile(__dirname + '/pidfile', process.pid);
+
+		start();
+	});
+} else {
 	start();
+}

logs/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.log

nodebb

@@ -6,7 +6,19 @@
 
 case "$1" in
 	start)
-		node loader "$@"
+		echo "Starting NodeBB";
+		echo "  \"./nodebb stop\" to stop the NodeBB server";
+		echo "  \"./nodebb log\" to view server output";
+		node loader -d "$@"
+		;;
+
+	stop)
+		echo "Stopping NodeBB. Goodbye!";
+		kill `cat pidfile`;
+		;;
+
+	log)
+		tail -F ./logs/output.log;
 		;;
 
 	upgrade)

package.json

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
   },
   "main": "app.js",
   "scripts": {
+    "start": "./nodebb start",
+    "stop": "./nodebb stop",
     "test": "mocha ./tests"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@
     "nodebb-theme-vanilla": "~0.0.14",
     "nodebb-theme-cerulean": "~0.0.13",
     "nodebb-theme-lavender": "~0.0.22",
-    "less": "^1.6.3"
+    "less": "^1.6.3",
+    "daemon": "~1.1.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "redis": "0.8.3",

src/webserver.js

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var	shutdown = function(code) {
 		db.close();
 		winston.info('[app] Database connection closed.');
 
-		winston.info('[app] Goodbye!');
+		winston.info('[app] Shutdown complete.');
 		process.exit();
 	},
 	restart = function() {