{"id":2979,"date":"2025-09-25T09:27:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-can-i-manage-and-monitor-my-application-using-pm2-commands\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T09:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:27:15","slug":"q-how-can-i-manage-and-monitor-my-application-using-pm2-commands","status":"publish","type":"helpie_faq","link":"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/helpie_faq\/q-how-can-i-manage-and-monitor-my-application-using-pm2-commands\/","title":{"rendered":"Q. How can I manage and monitor my application using PM2 commands?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Answer:<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Basic commands:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pm2 list<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: list running processes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pm2 stop &lt;app&gt;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pm2 delete &lt;app&gt;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: stop or remove<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pm2 restart &lt;app&gt;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pm2 reload &lt;app&gt;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: restart or reload without downtime<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pm2 logs &lt;app&gt;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: view aggregated logs<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pm2 monit<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: open monitoring dashboard<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pm2 startup<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: generate startup scripts so processes start on system boot<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pm2 scale &lt;app&gt; &lt;n&gt;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: run <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> instances (cluster mode)<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/learning.workfall.com\/learning\/blog\/pm2-daemon-process-manager-for-a-node-js-application\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: Basic commands: pm2 list: list running processes pm2 stop &lt;app&gt; or pm2 delete &lt;app&gt;: stop or remove pm2 restart &lt;app&gt; or pm2 reload &lt;app&gt;: restart or reload without downtime pm2 logs &lt;app&gt;: view aggregated logs pm2 monit: open monitoring dashboard pm2 startup: generate startup scripts so processes start on system boot pm2 scale &lt;app&gt; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"helpie_faq_category":[469],"helpie_faq_group":[522],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Q. 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