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zapty / forever-service

Provision node script as a service via forever, allowing it to automatically start on boot, working across various Linux distros and OS
https://github.com/zapty/forever-service
MIT License
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Manually restart service provisioned through forever-service? #59

Closed dmarkhas closed 8 years ago

dmarkhas commented 8 years ago

Perhaps I am missing something, but how can I manually start or stop a service that was provisioned with forever-service, after it has been installed?

I am running on Ubuntu 14.04, and after installing the service (forever-service install myservice), if I don't use the --start option, I am unable to start it as it doesn't get added as a service on Ubuntu (so service myservice start fails saying myservice is unrecognized), and I also cannot manually start it with forever (also says that it is unrecognized).

Can someone point me in the right direction?

bzkdjc commented 8 years ago

On my Ubuntu 14.04, I simply use: 

sudo start <forever-service-name>   # to start the service 
sudo stop <forever-service-name>    # to stop the service

whenever I want to start or stop any forever-service service.

dmarkhas commented 8 years ago

Thanks, that helps. Looks like restart doesn't work if the service is stopped, but that's sufficient for me.