https://www.npmjs.com/package/forever
sudo npm install -g forever
forever start server.js
forever list
forever stop 0 # integer in the bracket
forever restart 0
npm install pm2@latest -g
pm2 startup # start pm2 when server reboot
# Fork mode
pm2 start app.js --name my-api # Name process
# Cluster mode
pm2 start app.js -i 0 # Will start maximum processes with LB depending on available CPUs
pm2 start app.js -i max # Same as above, but deprecated.
# Listing
pm2 list # Display all processes status
pm2 jlist # Print process list in raw JSON
pm2 prettylist # Print process list in beautified JSON
pm2 describe 0 # Display all informations about a specific process
pm2 monit # Monitor all processes
# Logs
pm2 logs [--raw] # Display all processes logs in streaming
pm2 flush # Empty all log files
pm2 reloadLogs # Reload all logs
# Actions
pm2 stop all # Stop all processes
pm2 restart all # Restart all processes
pm2 reload all # Will 0s downtime reload (for NETWORKED apps)
pm2 stop 0 # Stop specific process id
pm2 restart 0 # Restart specific process id
pm2 delete 0 # Will remove process from pm2 list
pm2 delete all # Will remove all processes from pm2 list
# Misc
pm2 reset <process> # Reset meta data (restarted time...)
pm2 updatePM2 # Update in memory pm2
pm2 ping # Ensure pm2 daemon has been launched
pm2 sendSignal SIGUSR2 my-app # Send system signal to script
pm2 start app.js --no-daemon
pm2 start app.js --no-vizion
pm2 start app.js --no-autorestart
# Start
pm2 start app.js # Start app.js
pm2 start app.js -- -a 23 # Pass arguments '-a 23' argument to app.js script
pm2 start app.js --name serverone # Start a process and name it as serverone
pm2 start app.js --node-args="--debug=7001" # --node-args to pass options to node V8
pm2 start app.js -i 0 # Start maximum processes depending on available CPUs (cluster mode)
pm2 start app.js --log-date-format "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm Z" # Log will be prefixed with custom time format
pm2 start app.json # Start processes with options declared in app.json
pm2 start app.js -e err.log -o out.log # Start and specify error and out log