Scale to zero for Node.js applications

[ignoramous]

@rubys

Your app must exit with rc of 0 when idle.

Any clarity on what a restart_policy is and what they mean for Machines exiting with various exit-codes, if set?

How do I change the restart policy for Machines?

Most our services rely on health checks. Any timeline for these for Machines? If there aren’t health-checks for Machines, what does the restart-policy act on? Does it monitor the exit code to apply restart-policies? a. Does no mean, a new vm is started on next request? b. Does always mean, even if it exits with 0, the main process is restarted inside the existing vm? c. Does on-failure mean, only on non-zero exit codes, the main process is restarted in the existing vm? What does the defa…

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@daansk44

Now we have quite a powerful node.js application that now also runs on fly.io. However, since we are still in the test phase, it is called 1 to 5 times per hour per day.

We run a Node app on machines: Here’s some relevant code bits.