Hi all , i have writting my little node js file that run mysql querys for me what i need to know is how i keep this running when i am not connected as it will need to do this when i am not at the computer
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There are several ways to go about this. The dirtiest way (in my opinion) is simple but not fault tolerant, and it uses a screen session. So, for example, if this were Debian/Ubuntu:
apt-get update
apt-get install screen -y
screen -S nodeapp
node app.js
Then CTRL+A followed by CTRL+D to detach from the screen session. This persists when you log out of your SSH session.
However, I recommend something a bit more powerful if you’re up for it. You can use PM2 as a manager for this, and we have a tutorial here:
Obviously you don’t need all of that tutorial, but you should be able to extract what is relevant to you.
Jarland
