CLI reference

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