A script to restart a node js app and serve over localtunnel (including crontab)

crontab.sh

# m h  dom mon dow   command
* * * * * /home/deepak/workspace/status_check.sh >> /home/deepak/workspace/logs/status.log 2>&1

restart.sh

#!/bin/bash
echo "$(date) Killing the processes"
kill $(cat pids/run.pid)
kill $(cat pids/lt.pid)
sleep 3s

echo "$(date) Starting the app"
/usr/bin/node bot.js > stdout.txt 2> stderr.txt & echo $! > pids/run.pid
/usr/local/bin/lt --port 3000 --subdomain english-translated > lt_stdout.txt 2> lt_stderr.txt & echo $! > pids/lt.pid

status_check.sh

#!/bin/bash
echo "$(date) Status check - english translated:"
if [[ $(ps aux | awk '/[b]in\/lt .*english-translated/ {print $2}') ]];
then
  echo "$(date) Service is running"
else
  echo "$(date) Service is stopped. Restarting"
  cd ~/workspace/poc-translate-to-english && sh restart.sh
fi