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Problem

How to use the pm2 command: Process manager for Node.js. Used for log management, monitoring, and configuring processes. More information: <https://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/quick-start/>.

Solution

pm2 — Process manager for Node.js. Used for log management, monitoring, and configuring processes. More information: <https://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/quick-start/>.

Start a process with a name that can be used for later operations:

pm2 start {{app.js}} --name {{application_name}}

List processes:

pm2 list

Monitor all processes:

pm2 monit

Stop a process:

pm2 stop {{application_name}}

Restart a process:

pm2 restart {{application_name}}

Dump all processes for resurrecting them later:

pm2 save

Resurrect previously dumped processes:

pm2 resurrect

Code Snippets

Start a process with a name that can be used for later operations

pm2 start {{app.js}} --name {{application_name}}

List processes

pm2 list

Monitor all processes

pm2 monit

Stop a process

pm2 stop {{application_name}}

Restart a process

pm2 restart {{application_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pm2

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