Service-template-node/Configuration

Configuration

The first thing you should configure is the service's general information (name, description, etc.). Open up package.json and change (at least) the following fields:

• name
• version
• description
• repository/url
• keywords
• author
• contributors
• licence
• bugs
• homepage

Now change the service's name in config.dev.yaml and config.prod.yaml. While you are there, you might want to look at and play with other configuration parameters, such as:

• num_workers - the number of workers to start; some special values are:
  • 0 will not do any forking, but run the service in the master process
  • ncpu will spawn as many worker processes as there are CPU cores on the host
• worker_heap_limit_mb - the maximum amount of memory (in MB) a worker's heap can have
• logging and metrics - the configuration for logging and metrics facilities
• services - the block instructing the master process which services to start; there can be more than one service, if, e.g., your service depends on another Node.js service being present; each service has further the following information:
  • name - the service's name
  • module - the module starting the service; if not given, the service's name is used instead
  • conf - the configuration object passed directly to the service; settings to consider (remember to update them in both config.dev.yaml as well as config.prod.yaml):
    • port - the port to start the service on (default: 8888)
    • interface - where to bind the service's server (default: 0.0.0.0)
    • you may add here any other configuration options needed by your service, as long as it is valid YAML; these will be accessible via the app.conf object

For more information on configuration possibilities, take a look at the service-runner documentation.