How to create a self-updating Node.js application?

Question

I\'d like to create an application with Node.js that periodically checks for updates and installs them if there are any.

The basic components are clear to me:

Answer 1

If you are using PM2 which is very popular method scaling and running apps nowadays with node.js. Then you might want to look into the tools they are offering. Such as: https://github.com/keymetrics/pm2-auto-pull