Deploy node js application with express framework on production mode

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How to deploy node js application with express framework with production environment variable with pm2 and generate startup script for reboot with same production environment variable.

I have used this so far

pm2 start hello.js
pm2 startup systemd 
sudo env PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin /usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 startup 
systemd -u sammy --hp /home/sammy

It starts the application on reboot but in development mode

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 09 '17 at 22:01

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To start a Node.js app in production mode, you'd need to set the NODE_ENV like so:

NODE_ENV=production # updates from 'development' to 'production'
pm2 start hello.js
pm2 startup systemd 
sudo env PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin /usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 startup 
systemd -u sammy --hp /home/sammy

answered Aug 09 '17 at 22:01

Akinjide

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but will environment reset back to development on reboot – Lakshay Jain Aug 09 '17 at 22:03
It might, if you want it to be always production, you need to add it to your server environment variables – Akinjide Aug 10 '17 at 03:45
how to do that? – Lakshay Jain Aug 10 '17 at 08:20
Are you using AWS or DigitalOcean? – Akinjide Aug 10 '17 at 10:04

Deploy node js application with express framework on production mode

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