How to run my node.js application on when my raspberry pi boots through rc.local?

Question

I am trying to run my node.js application when my raspberry pi boots.

I would like the pi to run the following command on boot:

node bot.js

I first tried adding the following line to rc.local :

node /PPBot/bot.js < /dev/null &

Since that didn't work I tried adding the full path:

node /home/pi/PPBot/bot.js < /dev/null &

This still doesn't work and I currently don't know how to proceed.

Answer 1

Does your bot.js access any files from the current directory? If yes, you should cd to the directory first.

This is what should be in your /etc/rc.local file:

cd /home/pi/PPBot
node bot.js > /dev/null &