Start app as root with pm2

Question

I have a daemon that must be run as root on startup.

I use pm2 to start other apps but can not figure out if it can start an app as root. Can it be done?

If not,

Answer 1

First, install pm2 globally. Then set root permissions to pm2 using this command

sudo chown ubuntu:ubuntu /home/ubuntu/.pm2/rpc.sock /home/ubuntu/.pm2/pub.sock