how to restart node application automatically on aws elastic-beanstalk

Add forever to your package.json so it gets installed automatically. Then in EB console, under configuration, custom node command:

node_modules/.bin/forever app.js

I've confirmed (as of Mar 11, 2015) that EB does indeed restart node for you.

To confirm, I added a hidden query param to my app:

if (req.query.testcrash == 'true') {
    setTimeout(function(){
        undefined.crashMe();
    }, 100);
}

Then verified in the log that the exception happened, and that my app was restarted.

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