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How to run a Phantomjs server with an upstart script?

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I have phantomjs installed and I want to run a phantom server whenever the (Ubuntu) server starts.

I am currently working locally on Ubuntu 14.04, and the server this will be deployed to is also Ubuntu 14.04.

This is what I have so far:

upstart script:

# /etc/init/phantomjs.conf



start on startup



exec '/path/to/script/to/start/server.bash'

bash script to start the phantom server:

#/path/to/script/to/start/server.bash   



#!/bin/bash



phantomjs /path/to/the/server.js -host 127.0.0.1 -port 1337

When I run the server normally from the command line, it works as expected.

When I run the upstart script, it ouputs OK, PhantomJS is ready to the log file, but when I make post requests to it, nothing else happens. I would expect it to output something to the log each time I make a request, like it does when I run it from the command line, but it seems to just start the server and then nothing else.

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answered 1 Year ago oreera · Accepted Answer

It turns out the reason this wasn't working was because the phantomjs server only works properly if I start the server in the directory the file is in.

Executing the full path of the script doesn't work.

To fix this I took Stef K's script and added

evn SERVER_DER=/path/to/server/directory

evn SERVER_FILE=phantomserver.js

...

script

    chdir $SERVER_DIR

    exec phantomjs $SERVER_FILE -host $HOST -port $PORT | logger -s -t "phantomjs: "

end script

Thank you Stef K and CameronNemo for your improved versions of my initial script.