Pm2 Cheat Sheet

Misc

Command	Description
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
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pm2 start app.js --no-daemon	Run pm2 daemon in the foreground if it doesn't exist already
pm2 start app.js --no-vizion	Skip vizion features (versioning control)
pm2 start app.js --no-autorestart	Do not automatically restart app

Actions

Command	Description
pm2 stop all	Stop all processes
pm2 restart all	Restart all processes
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pm2 reload all	Will 0s downtime reload (for NETWORKED apps)
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pm2 stop 0	Stop specific process id
pm2 restart 0	Restart specific process id
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pm2 delete 0	Will remove process from pm2 list
pm2 delete all	Will remove all processes from pm2 list
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pm2 save	Save processes list to respawn at reboot

Logs

Command	Description
pm2 logs [--raw]	Display all processes logs in streaming
pm2 flush	Empty all log files
pm2 reloadLogs	Reload all logs

Listing

Command	Description
pm2 list	Display all processes status
pm2 jlist	Print process list in raw JSON
pm2 prettylist	Print process list in beautified JSON
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pm2 describe 0	Display all information about a specific process
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pm2 monit	Monitor all processes

Cluster mode

Command	Description
pm2 start app.js -i 0	Will start maximum processes with LB depending on available CPUs

Fork mode

Command	Description
pm2 start app.js --name my-api	Start and name a process

Reference

• Pm2 Cheat Sheet - Cheat Sheet Maker