Node.js Keep a node application constantly running Use PM2 as a process manager
Example
PM2 lets you run your nodejs scripts forever. In the event that your application crashes, PM2 will also restart it for you.
Install PM2 globally to manager your nodejs instances
npm install pm2 -g
Navigate to the directory in which your nodejs script resides and run the following command each time you want to start a nodejs instance to be monitored by pm2:
pm2 start server.js --name "app1"
Useful commands for monitoring the process
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List all nodejs instances managed by pm2
pm2 list
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Stop a particular nodejs instance
pm2 stop <instance named> -
Delete a particular nodejs instance
pm2 delete <instance name> -
Restart a particular nodejs instance
pm2 restart <instance name> -
Monitoring all nodejs instances
pm2 monit
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Stop pm2
pm2 kill
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As opposed to restart, which kills and restarts the process, reload achieves a 0-second-downtime reload
pm2 reload <instance name> -
View logs
pm2 logs <instance_name>
