EC2 Github actions not updating server

Question

I have simple ec2 server in which I have added GitHub actions for CI/CD all the things are working fine but issue is when I change something in existing end points or do anything in existing code on server my code is not reflecting I can see there is green tick on my commit and code is pushed to my server but its not reflecting. And If I do pm2 restart index.js manually on server then every things is working fine. Also If I create new route or something then it's reflecting I think there is some issue in my workflow file ? But I am not getting it why it's happening.

name:  Ci/Cd Pipeline 

on:
  push:
    branches: [ "staging" ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ "staging" ] 

jobs:
  build:

    runs-on: self-hosted
    
    strategy:
      matrix: 
        node-version: [18.x]
        
    steps:
    - name: cleanup #https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/21
      run: |
        sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
    - run: sudo npm i 
    - run: sudo pm2 kill -a
    - run: sudo pm2 start index.js

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 17 '23 at 10:07

If I do pm2 restart index.js

That is not the same as sudo pm2 ...: it will use your ~/.bashrc and ~/.profile environment settings, as opposed to /root.

This answer, for instance, suggests a - run: pm2 restart my_project_name in the GitHub Action (or a pm2_runner.sh to install pm2 if not installed first).
But the best practice is to stop/start without using sudo, in order to not have to deal with files created as root.
The PM2 Quick Start page does not show any usage of sudo.

EC2 Github actions not updating server

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