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pm2 Flags

Flag name Description
-V, –version output the version number
-v –version get version
-s –silent hide all messages
-m –mini-list display a compacted list without formatting
-f –force force actions
–disable-logs do not write logs
-n –name <name> set a <name> for script
-i –instances <number> launch [number] instances (for networked app)(load balanced)
–parallel <number> number of parallel actions (for restart/reload)
-l –log [path] specify entire log file (error and out are both included)
-o –output <path> specify out log file
-e –error <path> specify error log file
-p –pid <pid> specify pid file
-k –kill-timeout <delay> delay before sending final SIGKILL signal to process
–listen-timeout <delay> listen timeout on application reload
–max-memory-restart <memory> specify max memory amount used to autorestart (in octet or use syntax like 100M)
–restart-delay <delay> specify a delay between restarts (in milliseconds)
–env <environment_name> specify environment to get specific env variables (for JSON declaration)
–log-type <type> specify log output style (raw by default, json optional)
-x –execute-command execute a program using fork system
–max-restarts [count] only restart the script COUNT times
-u –user <username> define user when generating startup script
–uid <uid> run target script with <uid> rights
–gid <gid> run target script with <gid> rights
–cwd <path> run target script as <username>
–hp <home path> define home path when generating startup script
–wait-ip override systemd script to wait for full internet connectivity to launch pm2
–service-name <name> define service name when generating startup script
-c –cron <cron_pattern> restart a running process based on a cron pattern
-w –write write configuration in local folder
–interpreter <interpreter> the interpreter pm2 should use for executing app (bash, python…)
–interpreter-args <arguments> interpret options (alias of –node-args)
–log-date-format <date format> add custom prefix timestamp to logs
–no-daemon run pm2 daemon in the foreground if it doesn’t exist already
-a –update-env update environment on restart/reload (-a <=> apply)
–source-map-support force source map support
–only <application-name> with json declaration, allow to only act on one application
–disable-source-map-support force source map support
–wait-ready ask pm2 to wait for ready event from your app
–merge-logs merge logs from different instances but keep error and out separated
–watch [paths] watch application folder for changes (default: )
–ignore-watch <folders|files> folder/files to be ignored watching, should be a specific name or regex - e.g. –ignore-watch=”test node_modules “some scripts””
–node-args <node_args> space delimited arguments to pass to node in cluster mode - e.g. –node-args=”–debug=7001 –trace-deprecation”
–no-color skip colors
–no-vizion start an app without vizion feature (versioning control)
–no-autorestart start an app without automatic restart
–no-treekill Only kill the main process, not detached children
–no-pmx start an app without apm
–no-automation start an app without apm
–trace enable transaction tracing with km
–disable-trace disable transaction tracing with km
–attach attach logging after your start/restart/stop/reload
–sort <field_name:sort> sort process according to field’s name
–v8 enable v8 data collecting
–event-loop-inspector enable event-loop-inspector dump in apm
–deep-monitoring enable all monitoring tools (equivalent to –v8 –event-loop-inspector –trace)
-h, –help output usage information

pm2 Commands

Command name Description
start [options] <file|json|stdin|app_name|pm_id…> start and daemonize an app
trigger <proc_name> <action_name> [params] deploy your json
deploy <file|environment> deploy your json
startOrRestart <json> start or restart JSON file
startOrReload <json> start or gracefully reload JSON file
pid [app_name] return pid of [app_name] or all
startOrGracefulReload <json> start or gracefully reload JSON file
stop [options] <id|name|all|json|stdin…> stop a process (to start it again, do pm2 restart <app>)
restart [options] <id|name|all|json|stdin…> restart a process
scale <app_name> <number> scale up/down a process in cluster mode depending on total_number param
snapshot snapshot PM2 memory
profile <command> profile CPU
reload <name|all> reload processes (note that its for app using HTTP/HTTPS)
gracefulReload <name|all> gracefully reload a process. Send a “shutdown” message to close all connections.
id <name> get process id by name
delete <name|id|script|all|json|stdin…> stop and delete a process from pm2 process list
sendSignal <signal> <pm2_id|name> send a system signal to the target process
ping ping pm2 daemon - if not up it will launch it
updatePM2 update in-memory PM2 with local PM2
update (alias) update in-memory PM2 with local PM2
install|module:install [options] [module|git:/] install or update a module (or a set of modules) and run it forever
module:update <module|git:/> update a module and run it forever
module:generate [app_name] Generate a sample module in current folder
uninstall|module:uninstall <module> stop and uninstall a module
publish|module:publish Publish the module you are currently on
set [key] [value] sets the specified config <key> <value>
multiset <value> multiset eg “key1 val1 key2 val2
get [key] get value for <key>
conf [key] [value] get / set module config values
config <key> [value] get / set module config values
unset <key> clears the specified config <key>
report give a full pm2 report for https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/issues
link|interact [options] [secret] [public] [name] linking action to keymetrics.io - command can be stop|info|delete|restart
unlink linking action to keymetrics.io - command can be stop|info|delete|restart
unmonitor [name] unmonitor target process
monitor [name] monitor target process
open open dashboard in browser
register create an account on keymetrics
login login to keymetrics and link current PM2
web launch a health API on 0.0.0.0:9615
dump|save dump all processes for resurrecting them later
send <pm_id> <line> send stdin to <pm_id>
attach <pm_id> [comman] attach stdin/stdout to application identified by <pm_id>
resurrect resurrect previously dumped processes
unstartup [platform] disable and clear auto startup - [platform]=systemd,upstart,launchd,rcd
startup [platform] setup script for pm2 at boot - [platform]=systemd,upstart,launchd,rcd
logrotate copy default logrotate configuration
ecosystem|init [mode] generate a process conf file. (mode = null or simple)
reset <name|id|all> reset counters for process
describe <id> describe all parameters of a process id
desc <id> (alias) describe all parameters of a process id
info <id> (alias) describe all parameters of a process id
show <id> (alias) describe all parameters of a process id
list|ls list all processes
l (alias) list all processes
ps (alias) list all processes
status (alias) list all processes
jlist list all processes in JSON format
prettylist print json in a prettified JSON
monit launch termcaps monitoring
imonit launch legacy termcaps monitoring
dashboard|dash launch dashboard with monitoring and logs
flush flush logs
reloadLogs reload all logs
logs [options] [id|name] stream logs file. Default stream all logs
kill kill daemon
pull <name> [commit_id] updates repository for a given app
forward <name> updates repository to the next commit for a given app
backward <name> downgrades repository to the previous commit for a given app
gc force PM2 to trigger garbage collection
deepUpdate performs a deep update of PM2
serve|expose [path] [port] serve a directory over http via port