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pm2 is a process manager for node.js applications. It is similar to forever.

First you need to install npm, on Ubuntu/Debian, run

apt install npm

To install pm2, run

npm install pm2 -g

Start an Application

pm2 start app.js

Start an Application with name

pm2 start app.js -n "app-name-here"

Start npm

pm2 start npm --name my-app -- run start

Start the Application in Cluster mode with

pm2 start app.js -n "app-name-here" -i 5

To Scale a clustered application, run

pm2 scale app-name-here 2

Start the processes on reboot

pm2 save
pm2 startup

List running applications

pm2 ls

Controlling running application

pm2 stop    
pm2 restart 
pm2 delete

Restart all running applications

pm2 restart all

Tag: node