NSSM to Run Node and next.js Application

[MagenicJB]

Ohhh the irony.

Non-Sucking Service Manager on Windows....none the less I am stuck with the client's environment.

So we have a next.js application that we run on windows 10 no problem with a script file.

npm start

This works fine except you manually have to kick the script off. I know you could put it in the startup group or other work arounds but what we would like best is for it to run as a service.

So node on windows doesn't register as a service thus you have to use this other utility NSSM that "turns" it into a registered service.

I can find numerous examples on how to run node on windows as a service using NSSM like this one.

However all these examples expect there to be a server.js As far as I can tell with next.js you have to implement a custom server to get any sort of a startup file.

I have tried variations like this

to pass start parameters to node but nothing seems to be working.

I'll do the custom server to achieve a startup file but just wanted to get feedback from all you super smart people before doing so. Is there a way to pass startup parameters or an equivalent for next to the server.js? I have to run on windows but any other ideas to achieve a service like experience would be welcome as well.

[RS-v620]

Can you try using the next installed in node_modules folder:
path: <initial_path>/node_modules/next/dist/bin/next

startup-directory: <initial_path>

arguments: start