A set of files to act as a template for running a PM2 job in a jail

blog

#!/bin/sh

# PROVIDE: blog

# Save this into /usr/local/etc/rc.d/blog
# Make sure it's executable and validate with
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/blog rcvar
# This will allow you to stop and start the service with:
# service blog restart

. /etc/rc.subr

name="blog"
rcvar=blog_enable
start_cmd="${name}_start"
stop_cmd="${name}_stop"

load_rc_config $name

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
export PM2_HOME=/root/.pm2

blog_start()
{
        if checkyesno ${rcvar}; then
                /usr/local/bin/pm2 start path/to/index.js --name "blog"
        fi
}

blog_stop()
{
        pm2 stop blog
}

run_rc_command "$1"

rc.conf

# Save this as /usr/local/etc/rc.conf
blog_enable="YES"

rc.local

#!/bin/sh
# make sure this file executable
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/blog start