javascript - Node & forever wont start -

ive installed node using:

sudo apt-get install node 

then afterwards:

sudo npm install forever --global 

now trying run server using

forever start server.js 

nothing happens no error nothing:

root@socialserver:/var/www/socialapi# forever start server.js root@socialserver:/var/www/socialapi# node server.js  root@socialserver:/var/www/socialapi#  

so nothing happens :s

can tell me if im missing or have done wrong

im using ubuntu 14.04

server.js:

    // base setup // ============================================================================= var express = require('express'),     bodyparser = require('body-parser'); var app = express(); var router = express.router(); var es = require('express-sequelize'); var multer = require('multer'); var excel = require("exceljs"); var ex = require('xlsjs'); var stream = require('stream'); var fs = require('fs'); var xlsx = require('xlsx'); var async = require('async'); app.use(bodyparser.json()); app.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({     extended: true }));  // =============================================================================  //secure  app.all('/*', function (req, res, next) {     // cors headers     res.header("access-control-allow-origin", "*"); // restrict required domain     res.header('access-control-allow-methods', 'get,put,post,delete,options');     // set custom headers cors     res.header('access-control-allow-headers', 'content-type,accept,x-access-token,x-key');     if (req.method == 'options') {         res.status(200).end();     } else {         next();     } });   var env = app.get('local') == 'development' ? 'dev' : app.get('env'); var port = process.env.port || 8092;  var sequelize = require('sequelize');  // db config var env = "local"; var config = require('./database.json')[env]; var password = config.password ? config.password : null;  // initialize database connection var sequelize = new sequelize(     config.database,     config.user,     config.password,     {         port: config.port,         host: config.server,         logging: console.log,         define: {             timestamps: false         }     } );  var user = {};  var done = {is_complete: false};  app.use(multer({     dest: './uploads/',     rename: function (fieldname, filename) {         return filename + date.now();     },     onfileuploadstart: function (file) {         console.log(file.originalname + ' starting ...')     },     onfileuploadcomplete: function (file) {         //redirects request path     } }));  var auth = require('./auth.js')(express, sequelize, router);  app.all('/api/*', [require('./middlewares/validaterequest')]);  app.use('/', router); app.use(auth);   //init models var user_model = require('./social_models/user/user_model')(express, sequelize, router, user, async);  var family_model = require('./social_models/user/family')(express, sequelize, router, user, async);  var post_model = require('./social_models/post/post')(express, sequelize, router, user, async);  app.use(user_model); app.use(family_model); app.use(post_model);  // if no route matched now, must 404 app.use(function (req, res, next) {     var err = new error('not found');     err.status = 404;     next(err); });  // start server app.listen(port); console.log('magic happens on port ' + port); 

as others have said, whole point of forever daemonize node app , let run in background.

if check forever list or top, see instances have started. forever -h tell different commands , options can use start , stop processes.

i suggest looking using node's native cluster. haven't use forever long time, used less ideal in production environment, , although still marked unstable in official docs, cluster has proven reliable , lightweight in experience far.