PM2 CheatSheet

Start

Fork mode

$ pm2 start app.js --name my-api

Cluster mode

Will start maximum processes with LB depending on available CPUs

$ pm2 start app.js -i 0

Same as above, but deprecated.

$ pm2 start app.js -i max

Listing

Display all processes status

$ pm2 list

Print process list in raw JSON

$ pm2 jlist

Print process list in beautified JSON

$ pm2 prettylist

Display all informations about a specific process

$ pm2 describe 0

Monitor all processes

$ pm2 monit

Logs

Display all processes logs in streaming

$ pm2 logs [--raw]

Empty all log file

$ pm2 flush

Reload all logs

$ pm2 reloadLogs

Actions

Stop all processes

$ pm2 stop all

Restart all processes

$ pm2 restart all

Will 0s downtime reload (for NETWORKED apps)

$ pm2 reload all

Stop specific process id

$ pm2 stop 0

Restart specific process id

$ pm2 restart 0

Will remove process from pm2 list

$ pm2 delete 0

Will remove all processes from pm2 list

$ pm2 delete all

Misc

Reset meta data (restarted time...)

$ pm2 reset <process>

Update in memory pm2

$ pm2 updatePM2

Ensure pm2 daemon has been launched

$ pm2 ping

Send system signal to script

$ pm2 sendSignal SIGUSR2 my-app

$ pm2 start app.js --no-daemon
$ pm2 start app.js --no-vizion
$ pm2 start app.js --no-autorestart

Docker

Useful commands