headlight

#Headlight
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Start, Stop, & Status For NodeJS Apps.

#FEATURES
- Pid based application runner
- start / stop node js apps
- app running status
- command line tty
- works as a module

#INSTALLING
Using Git:
``bash
git clone https://github.com/active9/headlight
cd headlight
npm install
`

Using NPM:
`bash
npm install headlight -g
`

Once installed headlight has a few command line switches to help get your app running.

App Start
`bash
headlight start
`

App Stop
`bash
headlight stop
`

App Status
`bash
headlight status
`

The easiest way to start an appliction would be to change to the directory where your nodejs application
resides and type the following:

`bash
headlight start
`

Then to stop your script while within the same directory type in:

`bash
headlight stop
`

You can also run scripts from other directories like this:

`bash
headlight start /path/to/my/app
`

Or like this:

`bash
headlight start /path/to/my/app myscript.js
``

Note: If you do not specify a third argument headlight will attempt to read the package.json file within the directory and load the main script.


#MODULE

Headlight can be included as a nodejs module. The examples folder on the github repo will show you how to programmatically use headlight in your own modules or scripts.

#CONTRIB

Headlight is not designed to replace existing application runners instead you can use it with existing ones or stand-alone. We encourage forking.

#LICENSE
MIT