Monit does not start Node script - node.js

Question

I've installed and (hopefully) configured Monit creating a new task in /etc/monit.d (on CentOS 6.5)
my task file is called test:
check host test with address 127.0.0.1
start program = "/usr/local/bin/node /var/node/test/index.js" as uid node and gid node
stop program = "/usr/bin/pkill -f 'node /var/node/test/index.js'"
if failed port 7000 protocol HTTP
request /
with timeout 10 seconds
then restart
When I run:
service monit restart
In my monit logs appears:
[CEST Jul 4 09:50:43] info : monit daemon with pid [21946] killed
[CEST Jul 4 09:50:43] info : 'nsxxxxxx.ip-xxx-xxx-xxx.eu' Monit stopped
[CEST Jul 4 09:50:47] info : 'nsxxxxxx.ip-xxx-xxx-xxx.eu' Monit started
[CEST Jul 4 09:50:47] error : 'test' failed, cannot open a connection to INET[127.0.0.1:7000] via TCP
[CEST Jul 4 09:50:47] info : 'test' trying to restart
[CEST Jul 4 09:50:47] info : 'test' stop: /usr/bin/pkill
[CEST Jul 4 09:50:47] info : 'test' start: /usr/local/bin/node
I don't understand why the script does not work, if I run it from command line with:
su node # user created for node scripts
node /var/node/test/index.js
everything works correctly...
I've followed this tutorial.
How can I fix this problem? Thanks

Answer 1

The same was also not working for me, what i did is made a start/stop script and pass that script in start program & stop program parameter in monit.
You can found sample of start/stop script from here
Below is my monit setting for node.js app
check host my-node-app with address 127.0.0.1
start program = "/etc/init.d/my-node-app start"
stop program = "/etc/init.d/my-node-app stop"
if failed port 3002 protocol HTTP
request /
with timeout 5 seconds
then restart
if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout