How to use node.js as a production web server?

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I'm currently developing a project using node, and as I'm approaching the launch, I'm struggling to find resources on how to setup node for use on a commercial, production server. Most resources I have seen have consisted of contrived, simple examples without taking into account scalability and fault tolerance. So, my question is, can anybody offer advice or point me to resources for setting up a node installation that:

Is fault tolerant. If an instance crashes, it needs to be logged and restarted
Creating a pool of node instances that can be load balanced
Provide useful insights into resource usage
Production node security practices
Anything else that would be helpful in a production web environment that I am surely missing

score 26 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '11 at 18:16

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Check out this link: http://cuppster.com/2011/05/12/diy-node-js-server-on-amazon-ec2

For load balancing and static content delivering i would use nginx.

answered May 28 '11 at 18:16

zaub3r3r

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+1 For the useful link - also check the follow up to that blogpost: http://cuppster.com/2011/05/18/using-supervisor-with-upstart – Henk May 28 '11 at 20:44
Great. Thanks for the resources. I'll check them out. – naivedeveloper May 29 '11 at 18:50

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '11 at 04:37

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Amazon EC2 was mentioned by @zaub3r3r so I think it's only fair to mention Joyent. No commercial relation, I'm just a huge fanboy of their team:

The gurus of node.js best practice are Ryan Dahl and Isaac Schlueter.
The gurus of insight into resource usage are Bryan Cantrill and Brendan Gregg.
The gurus of server and cloud ops are Ben Rockwood and Mark Mayo.

I guess my point is: even if you don't go for cloud hosting, pay attention to what these guys say.

answered May 29 '11 at 04:37

Tom Shaw

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DO you have specific articles they might've written on the subject? – Paul Aug 26 '11 at 23:16
@Paul Which subject in particular? – Tom Shaw Aug 29 '11 at 05:14
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. . . The original poster's subject? How to best setup a node.js production server? – Paul Aug 30 '11 at 04:20

How to use node.js as a production web server?

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