Netrunner and PM2

Using PM2 for production management

PM2 allows you to run services in the background, monitor server resource usage, write logs, and more.

To run & work with a testnet you can use these simple commands:

1. Start a testnet in a single command:

pm2 start runner2.js

2. Check the active background services

You will see the following

3. Enter monitoring dashboard

pm2 monit runner2

4. Read the logs stream

pm2 logs runner2

5. Read last N lines of logs from stdout / stderr streams (nostream mode)

pm2 logs --lines <N> --nostream runner2

6. Stop a testnet

pm2 stop runner2