start.js

var cluster = require('cluster'),
    stopSignals = [
        'SIGHUP', 'SIGINT', 'SIGQUIT', 'SIGILL', 'SIGTRAP', 'SIGABRT',
        'SIGBUS', 'SIGFPE', 'SIGUSR1', 'SIGSEGV', 'SIGUSR2', 'SIGTERM'
    ],
    production = process.env.NODE_ENV == 'production';

var stopping = false;

cluster.on('disconnect', function(worker) {
    if (production) {
        if (!stopping) {
            cluster.fork();
        }
    } else {
        process.exit(1);
    }
});

if (cluster.isMaster) {
    var workerCount = process.env.NODE_CLUSTER_WORKERS || 1;
    console.log(`Starting ${workerCount} workers...`);
    for (var i = 0; i < workerCount; i++) {
        cluster.fork();
    }
    if (production) {
        stopSignals.forEach(function(signal) {
            process.on(signal, function() {
                console.log(`Got ${signal}, stopping workers...`);
                stopping = true;
                cluster.disconnect(function() {
                    console.log('All workers stopped, exiting.');
                    process.exit(0);
                });
            });
        });
    }
} else {
    require('./server.js');
}