node.js run with root privileges on MacOS on start

2014-01-16 (Last Modified: 2014-01-16)

How long it’s quite easy to setup init.d services on linux boxes, same task on Max OS machines is pretty hard. Especially if you need to run it with root privileges.

Create file

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.spidersoft.cms.plist

Content of this file should be like that:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<dict>
<key>SuccessfulExit</key>
<false/>
</dict>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<false/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.imagination.cms</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/bin/node</string>
<string>/usr/local/bin/forever</string>
<string>-a</string>
<string>-l</string>
<string>/Users/admin/Documents/cms/app.log</string>
<string>-e</string>
<string>/Users/admin/Documents/cms/app_error.log</string>
<string>/Users/admin/Documents/cms/app.js</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>UserName</key>
<string>root</string>
</dict>
</plist>