OK, after pulling my hair out for a couple of days I seem to have it working. I'll make it clear though this is all about cut & paste and stubbornness rather than any real understanding, YMMV.
This is Tiddlywiki 5, Node.js install on a VPS running Ubuntu 12.04LTS, launching at boot. The same principal should apply to any distribution using Upstart<http://upstart.ubuntu.com/> though. I installed node.js following this guide<https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-an-upstream-version-of-node-js-on-ubuntu-12-04>. You can ignore the penultimate step as mentioned in the comments as the Node Package Manager seems to be bundled now. Install Tiddlywiki on Node.js<http://tiddlywiki.com/static/Installing%2520TiddlyWiki%2520on%2520Node.js.html> as outlined in the docs. Add an Upstart script to /etc/init $sudo nano /etc/init/tiddywiki-forever.conf # /etc/init/tiddlywiki-forever.conf description "Tiddlywiki 5 Launcher" author "J Donaldson" # If network interface is wireless # start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE=wlan0) # If network interface is Ethernet start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE=eth0) stop on shutdown # Automatically Respawn: respawn respawn limit 99 5 # We run as this user instead of as root (the default user). # Depending on your environment you may want to add a user for node. setuid user script # Not sure why $HOME is needed, but it seems to be: export HOME="/home/user/mywiki" cd $HOME exec /home/user/local/bin/node /home/user/local/lib/node_modules/ tiddlywiki/tiddlywiki.js --server end script You will need to tweak this to match your details and adding logging may be a good idea. $sudo start tiddlwiki-forever will launch it $sudo stop tiddlwiki-forever will stop it and it should run as soon as your network comes up after a reboot. You ought to be able to add any of the server commands<http://tiddlywiki.com/static/ServerCommand.html> too. I'm not wise enough to know if this is the best way to achieve this or whether it is secure, robust or whatever else so use it at your own risk. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
