blendb.service.example

[Unit]
Description=BlenDB
After=network.target

[Service]
# Here you must set the ABSOLUTE path to the DIRECTORY where node is (and npm)
# If you are using nvm should be some similar to:
# /home/$user/.nvm/versions/node/$version/bin
Environment=NODE_PATH=/usr/bin/
# Here you must set the port where you would like that this service runs
Environment=BLENDB_PORT=3001
# Here you must set the user that should run the service
# We DO NOT recomend run as root but should work properly as root too
# We recomend create a separeted user named blendb, but any user should work
User=blendb
# Here you must set the path to the BLENDB project DIRECTORY
# We recomend use the ABSOLUTE path
# Runing pwd on the git repository should give the right path
WorkingDirectory=/opt/blendb/
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH:${NODE_PATH}; PORT=${BLENDB_PORT} npm start"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target