How to prevent a Discord bot from going offline when I close the SSH tab?

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I hosted my bot in GCP so it will be 24/7 online and when I start the bot by using the SSH browser it starts normally but when I close the SSH tab my bot goes automatically offline. what's the solution behind this? My bot has no errors at all + I tried hosting it in repl.it and it works fine.

Are you using a process manager such as [pm2](https://pm2.keymetrics.io/)? — DJ001, Jul 14 '21 at 13:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '21 at 13:35

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You should use a process manager like PM2. You can install it using NPM:

npm i -g pm2

That may require you to use sudo. After installation head to your Discord bot's directory and run these commands:

pm2 start index.js 

pm2 startup

pm2 save

Checkout PM2's documentation for detailed information.

answered Jul 14 '21 at 13:35

Dharmaraj

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TYSM! works now – Dissolved Jul 14 '21 at 13:56
btw how do I stop the "pm2 process" – Dissolved Jul 17 '21 at 05:46
@Dissolved you can use `pm2 stop ` (or go to that directory and `pm2 stop index.js` if you had specified file name). `pm2 delete` can be used to delete the process. If my answer was helpful, consider accepting it by clicking the tick icon :) – Dharmaraj Jul 17 '21 at 05:51

How to prevent a Discord bot from going offline when I close the SSH tab?

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