Tag: node.js

• ~version “Approximately equivalent to version” See npm semver – Tilde Ranges & semver (7)
• ^version “Compatible with version” See npm semver – Caret Ranges & semver (7)
• version Must match version exactly
• >version Must be greater than version
• >=version etc
• <version
• <=version
• 1.2.x 1.2.0, 1.2.1, etc., but not 1.3.0
• http://sometarballurl (this may be the URL of a tarball which will be downloaded and installed locally
• * Matches any version
• latest Obtains latest release

References
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22343224/difference-between-tilde-and-caret-in-package-json

# Fork mode
$ pm2 start app.js --name my-api # Name process

# Cluster mode
$ pm2 start app.js -i 0        # Will start maximum processes with LB depending on available CPUs
$ pm2 start app.js -i max      # Same as above, but deprecated yet.

# Listing

$ pm2 list               # Display all processes status
$ pm2 jlist              # Print process list in raw JSON
$ pm2 prettylist         # Print process list in beautified JSON

$ pm2 describe 0         # Display all informations about a specific process

$ pm2 monit              # Monitor all processes

# Logs

$ pm2 logs [--raw]       # Display all processes logs in streaming
$ pm2 flush              # Empty all log file
$ pm2 reloadLogs         # Reload all logs

# Actions

$ pm2 stop all           # Stop all processes
$ pm2 restart all        # Restart all processes

$ pm2 reload all         # Will 0s downtime reload (for NETWORKED apps)
$ pm2 gracefulReload all # Send exit message then reload (for networked apps)

$ pm2 stop 0             # Stop specific process id
$ pm2 restart 0          # Restart specific process id

$ pm2 delete 0           # Will remove process from pm2 list
$ pm2 delete all         # Will remove all processes from pm2 list

# Misc

$ 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
$ pm2 start app.js --no-daemon
$ pm2 start app.js --no-vizion
$ pm2 start app.js --no-autorestart

$ pm2 start app.js           # Start app.js

$ pm2 start app.js -- -a 23  # Pass arguments '-a 23' argument to app.js script

$ pm2 start app.js --name serverone # Start a process and name it as serverone
                                    # you can now stop the process by doing
                                    # pm2 stop serverone

$ pm2 start app.js --node-args="--debug=7001" # --node-args to pass options to node V8

$ pm2 start app.js -i 0             # Start maximum processes depending on available CPUs (cluster mode)

$ pm2 start app.js --log-date-format "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm Z"    # Log will be prefixed with custom time format

$ pm2 start app.json                # Start processes with options declared in app.json
                                    # Go to chapter Multi process JSON declaration for more

$ pm2 start app.js -e err.log -o out.log  # Start and specify error and out log

$ pm2 start echo.pl --interpreter=perl

$ pm2 start echo.coffee
$ pm2 start echo.php
$ pm2 start echo.py
$ pm2 start echo.sh
$ pm2 start echo.rb

{
  ".sh": "bash",
  ".py": "python",
  ".rb": "ruby",
  ".coffee" : "coffee",
  ".php": "php",
  ".pl" : "perl",
  ".js" : "node"
}

References
http://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/quick-start/#cheatsheet

forever start -l forever.log -o out.log -e err.log my-daemon.js

forever stop my-daemon.js

References
https://www.npmjs.com/package/forever

npm outdated

npm install {package-name}@* {save flags?}
npm install express@* --save

npm install express@latest --save

References
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16073603/how-do-i-update-each-dependency-in-package-json-to-the-latest-version

var cluster = require('cluster');
var numCPUs = require('os').cpus().length;

if (cluster.isMaster) {
  // Fork workers.
  for (var i = 0; i < numCPUs; i++) {
    cluster.fork();
  }

   Object.keys(cluster.workers).forEach(function(id) {
    console.log("I am running with ID : "+cluster.workers[id].process.pid);
  });

  cluster.on('exit', function(worker, code, signal) {
    console.log('worker ' + worker.process.pid + ' died');
  });
} else {

      //Do further processing.
}

Express :

app.js

var express=require("express");
var app=express();

app.get('/',function(req,res){

          res.end("Hello world !");

});

app.listen(3000,function(){

          console.log("Running at PORT 3000");

});

cluster.js

var cluster = require('cluster');
var numCPUs = require('os').cpus().length;

if (cluster.isMaster) {

  for (var i = 0; i < numCPUs; i++) {
    cluster.fork();
  }

  cluster.on('exit', function(worker, code, signal) {
    console.log('worker ' + worker.process.pid + ' died');
  });
} else {

    //change this line to Your Node.js app entry point.
    require("./app.js");
}

References
https://codequs.com/p/BkCZ1VMY/setting-up-a-node-js-cluster/
https://www.sitepoint.com/how-to-create-a-node-js-cluster-for-speeding-up-your-apps/
https://nodejs.org/api/cluster.html