Quickly reboot Linux/OS X from node.js without fork()ing /sbin/shutdown or going thru initscripts
Reboot Linux/macOS kernel immediately from node without calling /sbin/shutdown or going thru initscripts.
I'm running a cluster of Linux servers which boot readonly and perform a memory-intensive computations. node-reboot is a part of a watchdog application, which in case of emergencies much reboot the server immediately without fork()ing another process or going thru upstart/initscripts.
Call sync() and then reboot:
require('reboot').reboot();
Reboot without sync()ing:
require('reboot').rebootImmediately();
The function should never return. If it does, it means node has insufficient permissions.
If you are to run node process under non-superuser, be sure to give node permissions to reboot the system:
sudo setcap CAP_SYS_BOOT=+ep /usr/local/bin/node
See man capabilities for details.
npm install reboot
or
npm install .
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Quickly reboot Linux/OS X from node.js without fork()ing /sbin/shutdown or going thru initscripts
The npm package reboot receives a total of 4 weekly downloads. As such, reboot popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that reboot demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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