Auto Start pm2 on boot

To auto start pm2 on boot, run

pm2 startup

This will generate auto start script for your system.

Once you started all applications, you can save it with

pm2 save

To uninstall, run

pm2 unstartup systemd

Running Application as Normal User

First login as the user, then start the application using pm2.

pm2 start app.js

Now save it.

pm2 save

Generate command for auto startup

pm2 startup

It will show a command. That you need to run as user root. If you have sudo privilage, you can run it with sudo as same user.

This will create a service with name pm2-USERNAME.

After reboot, you will be able to check status with command

systemctl status pm2-USERNAME

See pm2