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News App - macOS Service Management
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Service: com.je.carnews
Port: 5555
Plist: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.je.carnews.plist
BASIC COMMANDS
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Start the service:
sudo launchctl kickstart system/com.je.carnews
Stop the service:
sudo launchctl kill SIGTERM system/com.je.carnews
Restart the service:
sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/com.je.carnews
Check status:
sudo launchctl print system/com.je.carnews
Check if running:
lsof -i :5555
ADD TO STARTUP (BOOT)
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1. Copy the plist to LaunchDaemons:
sudo cp /opt/homebrew/var/www/news-app/com.je.carnews.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/
2. Load the service:
sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.je.carnews.plist
3. Start it:
sudo launchctl kickstart system/com.je.carnews
The service will now start automatically on boot.
REMOVE FROM STARTUP (BOOT)
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1. Stop and unload the service:
sudo launchctl bootout system/com.je.carnews
2. Remove the plist file:
sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.je.carnews.plist
The service will no longer start on boot.
VIEW LOGS
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Output log:
tail -f /opt/homebrew/var/www/news-app/logs/out.log
Error log:
tail -f /opt/homebrew/var/www/news-app/logs/error.log
TROUBLESHOOTING
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If the service fails to start, check:
1. Node version - the plist uses:
/Users/jared/.nvm/versions/node/v22.19.0/bin/node
2. If you update Node via nvm, rebuild native modules:
cd /opt/homebrew/var/www/news-app
npm rebuild better-sqlite3
3. Then update the node path in the plist if needed and reload:
sudo launchctl bootout system/com.je.carnews
sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.je.carnews.plist
sudo launchctl kickstart system/com.je.carnews