How to automatically reload Node.js project when using pm2

Question

I am currently programming Node.js with Express.js, and every time I change a line of code in the file router or app, I need to type the command:

pm2 reload id_         


        

Answer 1

pm2 is a Node process manager that has lots of bells and whistles. you can run the below command to automatically restarting the node application when file changes in the directory are detected.

pm2 start index.js --watch

Note that because pm2 runs things in the background, you can’t just ctrl+c your way out of a running pm2 process. You have to stop it by passing the ID or the name.

pm2 stop 0
pm2 stop index

other two options are below

npx supervisor index.js
nodemon index.js