How do you use pm2 startup with a non-root user?
Solution 1
(Posted on behalf of the OP).
In fact that was the problem. Fixed via creating a symlink (as root):
ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/sbin/node
Solution 2
I don't know if it will help you but I use in this way:
- As a non-root user
pm2 startup -u <YOUR_NON_ROOT_USER>
- Copy line showed like
env PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin pm2 startup systemd -u delivery --hp /home/delivery
- As a root execute
env PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin pm2 startup systemd -u delivery --hp /home/delivery
- Back to non root user and type:
pm2 start <YOUR /PATH/TO/INDEX.JS> --name <YOU_APPLICATION_NAME>
- As a non-root type:
pm2 save
- reboot
sudo reboot
- As a non-root user type the commando bellow to check if it works
pm2 status
PS: Change as needed.
I hope it will be useful for you or someone.
Zach Smith
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Updated on June 16, 2022Comments
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Zach Smith almost 2 years
According to the documentation here: http://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/startup/#startup-systems-support
You can use the command
pm2 startup ubuntu -u nodeapps
to resurrect all saved pm2 jobs on server startup.I ran this command as the nodeapps user. Then I was given a sudo su command to run. I logged out of nodeapps, used sudo su to log into the system as root, and ran the command:
sudo su -c "env PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin pm2 startup ubuntu -u nodapps --hp /home/nodeapps"
The processes did not restart on server restart. I found this question on Stack Overflow: Ubuntu 14.04 - pm2 startup not starting after reboot.
In the script
/etc/init.d/pm2-init.sh
I found the line that question recommended addressing:export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH export PM2_HOME="/home/nodeapps/.pm2"
But it looks correct to me so I didn't change anything.
I then found this question: pm2 Startup not starting up on Ubuntu
and in my boot logs I find the following line:
Starting pm2 /usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory
I know that 'node' on Ubuntu is actually 'nodejs'. Could this be the reason?
If it is, what can I do to make the startup command look for nodejs instead of node.
Alternatively, could this be a $PATH problem? If it is, how can I add the correct path to root (at least I think it should be added to root)
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Hasan Alsawadi about 3 yearsHumm...
tipe
? Do you meantype
?! Very good hints. Thank You! -
Admin about 3 yearsHi Hasan. I just corrected it. The correct one was "type". Thanks for your comment and sorry for the mistake.
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dwaz about 3 years@RodrigoGaldino. Thank you. This answer works!