Using AWS OpsWorks, how do I start my node application?

I've created a simple stack in AWS OpsWorks consisting of a Node app server Layer and an Elastic Load Balancer -- I'm trying to get my application to kick off on the deploy life cycle event. In other words, at some point I need the server to run node start

I have the built-in Chef recipes, summarized by life-cycle event below:

Setup: opsworks_nodejs

Configure: opsworks_nodejs::configure

Deploy: opsworks_nodejs, deploy::nodejs

But when I SSH into my instance and check for running node processes, nothing comes up. I'm diving into the individual recipes now, but would appreciate any help or guidance on this task.