Crontab node.js/socket.io

Question

Sometimes my socket.io server crashes. Until I find a solution I want to automatically restart it. Is it possible to create a crontab or something (linux) which checks every 10 seconds if the server is still running and if not starts it?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I'd say it will be easier to just use forever

$ [sudo] npm install forever -g

you may have to daemonize it though... google according to your OS.