Node process at VPSs terminates without error.

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Node.js Version

v22.2.0

NPM Version

v10.7.0

Operating System

Linux vps-ba79510b 6.5.0-35-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Apr 26 11:23:57 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Subsystem

http, https

Description

The Node process terminates without any error.

I have had this ongoing issue since 2020. I first gave the VPS hoster the blame, but it took years to clear myself completely of the blame. I recently spun up a simple 24 lines 301-redirect Node server, and it sometimes exits without error too. One hoster told me, that the VPS environment can cause Node.js crashes.

I can tell you which hosters I tried, there were 2. But please tell me, if this is the right place to talk about hoster names.

Minimal Reproduction

1. I know this is odd, but book a VPS.
2. Get a domain.
3. Find an IP-address or domain you can 301 to.
4. I use an uptime monitoring service to get messaged when the server is down. On my current VPS this can take around 2 weeks.
5. The code

var HTTP = require('http');
var HTTPS = require('https');
var fs = require('fs');
var constants = require('constants');

var options = {
  key: fs.readFileSync( '/path/to/key' )
  , cert: fs.readFileSync( '/path/to/cert' )
  , ca: fs.readFileSync( '/path/to/ca' )
  , honorCipherOrder: true
  , secureOptions: constants.SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 | constants.SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3
  , ciphers: 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:AES:CAMELLIA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!aECDH:!EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA:!EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:!KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA'
};

var sServer = HTTPS.createServer(options, function ( req, res ) {
    res.writeHead ( 301, {'Location' : 'https://example.com'});
    res.end();
    return;
}).listen(443);

var server = HTTP.createServer(function ( req, res ) {
  res.writeHead ( 301, {'Location': 'https://example.com'});
  res.end();
}).listen(80);

Output

There is none.

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[preveen-stack]

Is it possible for you to run it with https://www.npmjs.com/package/debug and see if we can get some insight

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I run it with DEBUG now in a screen😊.

[avivkeller]

Hey there,

If the issue is specific to a VPS, try contacting your provider to see if they are aware of such issues.

If your issue is also occurring locally, please leave a comment. If not, I consider this non-actionable, and therefore closeable.

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Hej there☺️,

long time no crashing of the VPS. But today it happened again.

As I said I run it in DEBUG mode at a screen.

But all I can add now is this:
screen -R resulted in a new screen.

So somehow the server must have been rebooted.

The status of this thread is monitored by my hoster, so I ask you to keep it open.

The command uptime yield "up 40 min".

Somehow the VPS seems to reboot.

Any idea what to log or where to look?

Is it possible to reboot a server through Node.js from the outside?☺️

Edit: Should I use the linked technique here https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/10351 ?

[avivkeller]

Is this only reproducible on the VPS? If so, please reach out to them.

If you can also reproduce locally, could you provide debug logs?

Thank you

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It is reprodubible on VPSs of 2 hosters. My current hoster told me to open this issue here, and he will monitor it.

I just started to try to reproduce it locally.

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