How to configure pm2

[WesleyjanLacerda]

The purpose of the post is just informative for those who want to use pm2, as I searched a little here and didn't find this configuration, follow the step by step below:

OS: Ubuntu 20.04
Version: 1.1.11
Node: v16.20.2

With the application already configured, run:
sudo npm install -g pm2
Create a file pm2.config.js in the system root, to have the directory like this:
/home/ubuntu/meshcentral/pm2.config.js

Inside the pm2.config.js file you can create other configurations, but the basics for how it works are this:

module.exports = {
    apps: [
      {
        name: 'meshcentral',
        script: 'node_modules/meshcentral',
        autorestart: true,
        watch: false,
        max_memory_restart: '1G',
        error_file: 'logs/error.log',
        out_file: 'logs/out.log',
        log_file: 'logs/combined.log',
        time: true
      }
    ]
  };
  

After creating and saving the file, run the command sudo pm2 start pm2.config.js.

With the steps above followed, the application will be running automatically by pm2, check with sudo pm2 ls, but details in the documentation https://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/pm2-doc-single-page/.

[si458]

oh wow thanks!
if you wanted to, you could do a PR and add this to the docs?
add a section to the full install guide - https://github.com/Ylianst/MeshCentral/blob/master/docs/docs/install/install2.md

[SomeGuru]

Nice job @WesleyjanLacerda ,

I use PM2 on some other applications and this makes it easier to deploy services in that realm... Thanks for the information...

SomeGuru