CLI Commands

# Main CLI - Full feature set
pm2 <command> [options]

# Development CLI - Enhanced debugging
pm2-dev <script> [options]

# Container runtime - Optimized for Docker
pm2-docker <script|config> [options]
pm2-runtime <script|config> [options]

# Start application with automatic name detection
pm2 start <script>

# Start with custom name
pm2 start <script> --name <app_name>

# Start in cluster mode with all CPU cores
pm2 start <script> -i max

# Start with specific number of instances
pm2 start <script> -i <number>

# Start from ecosystem file
pm2 start ecosystem.config.js

# Start with environment
pm2 start <script> --env production

# Start with custom options
pm2 start <script> --watch --ignore-watch="node_modules"

# Start simple application
pm2 start app.js

# Start cluster application
pm2 start server.js --name "web-server" -i max

# Start with environment variables
pm2 start api.js --name "api" --env NODE_ENV=production --env PORT=3000

# Start from ecosystem configuration
pm2 start ecosystem.config.js --env production

# Start with file watching
pm2 start dev-server.js --watch --ignore-watch="logs"

# Stop specific application
pm2 stop <name|id>

# Stop all applications
pm2 stop all

# Stop multiple applications
pm2 stop app1 app2 app3

pm2 stop my-app
pm2 stop 0
pm2 stop all

# Restart specific application
pm2 restart <name|id>

# Restart all applications
pm2 restart all

# Restart with environment update
pm2 restart <name|id> --update-env

pm2 restart my-app
pm2 restart all --update-env

# Zero-downtime reload (cluster mode only)
pm2 reload <name|id>

# Reload all cluster applications
pm2 reload all

# Reload with environment update
pm2 reload <name|id> --update-env

pm2 reload web-server
pm2 reload all --update-env

# Delete specific application
pm2 delete <name|id>

# Delete all applications
pm2 delete all

# Delete multiple applications
pm2 delete app1 app2

pm2 delete old-app
pm2 delete 0 1 2
pm2 delete all

# Scale application to specific number of instances
pm2 scale <name> <number>

# Scale to maximum CPU cores
pm2 scale <name> max

pm2 scale web-app 4
pm2 scale api max

# List all processes (table format)
pm2 list
pm2 ls
pm2 ps
pm2 status

# Simple list format
pm2 slist

# JSON format
pm2 jlist

# Pretty formatted list
pm2 prettylist

# Describe specific process
pm2 describe <name|id>
pm2 desc <name|id>
pm2 info <name|id>
pm2 show <name|id>

# Get process ID
pm2 id <name>

# Get process PID
pm2 pid [app_name]

pm2 describe my-app
pm2 pid web-server
pm2 id api-service

# Launch monitoring interface
pm2 monit
pm2 imonit

# Launch dashboard
pm2 dashboard

# System monitoring
pm2 sysmonit

# Stream logs from all processes
pm2 logs

# Stream logs from specific process
pm2 logs <name|id>

# Stream logs with timestamp
pm2 logs --timestamp

# Stream specific number of lines
pm2 logs --lines <number>

# Flush all logs
pm2 flush

# Reload/rotate logs
pm2 reloadLogs

# Setup log rotation
pm2 logrotate

pm2 logs my-app --lines 100
pm2 logs --timestamp
pm2 flush all

# Get all configuration
pm2 conf

# Get specific configuration value
pm2 get <key>

# Set configuration value
pm2 set <key> <value>

# Set multiple values
pm2 multiset <values>

# Remove configuration value
pm2 unset <key>

pm2 get pm2_home
pm2 set log-date-format "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss"
pm2 multiset "instances=max exec-mode=cluster"
pm2 unset log-date-format

# Save current process list
pm2 dump

# Restore saved processes
pm2 resurrect

# Clear saved process list
pm2 cleardump

# Reset process counters
pm2 reset <name|id|all>

pm2 dump
pm2 resurrect
pm2 reset my-app

# Kill PM2 daemon and all processes
pm2 kill

# Test daemon connection
pm2 ping

# Update PM2 daemon
pm2 update
pm2 updatePM2

# Generate startup script
pm2 startup [platform]

# Remove startup script
pm2 unstartup [platform]

# Auto-detect platform and generate startup
pm2 startup

pm2 startup systemd
pm2 startup ubuntu
pm2 unstartup

# Install module
pm2 install <module_name>

# Install from Git URL
pm2 install <git_url>

# Uninstall module
pm2 uninstall <module_name>

# Update module
pm2 module:update <module_name>

# Generate module template
pm2 module:generate [app_name]

# Package module
pm2 package [target]

# Publish module
pm2 publish [folder]

pm2 install pm2-logrotate
pm2 install git+https://github.com/username/pm2-module.git
pm2 uninstall pm2-server-monit
pm2 module:update pm2-logrotate

# Start in development mode with auto-restart
pm2-dev <script>

# Development mode with options
pm2-dev <script> --watch --ignore-watch="node_modules"

# Inspect process for debugging
pm2 inspect <name>

# CPU profiling
pm2 profile:cpu [time]

# Memory profiling
pm2 profile:mem [time]

# Attach to process
pm2 attach <pm_id> [separator]

# Send line to process stdin
pm2 send <pm_id> <line>

# Trigger custom action
pm2 trigger <id|name|namespace|all> <action> [params]

# Send signal to process
pm2 sendSignal <signal> <pm2_id|name>

pm2 inspect my-app
pm2 profile:cpu 30
pm2 profile:mem
pm2 trigger my-app graceful-shutdown
pm2 sendSignal SIGUSR1 my-app

# Show process environment
pm2 env <id>

# Get process environment variables
pm2 env <name|id>

# Link to PM2+
pm2 link [secret] [public] [name]

# Unlink from PM2+
pm2 unlink

# Login to PM2+
pm2 login

# Logout from PM2+
pm2 logout

# PM2+ operations
pm2 plus [command] [option]

# Open PM2+ dashboard
pm2 open

# Monitor process
pm2 monitor [name]

# Unmonitor process
pm2 unmonitor [name]

pm2 link abc123 def456 my-server
pm2 unlink
pm2 open

# Serve current directory
pm2 serve

# Serve specific directory and port
pm2 serve <path> [port]

# Serve with options
pm2 serve <path> <port> --spa

pm2 serve ./public 8080
pm2 serve ./dist 3000 --spa

# Deploy application
pm2 deploy <file|environment>

# Pull repository changes
pm2 pull <name> [commit_id]

# Navigate version control
pm2 forward <name>
pm2 backward <name>

# Deep update process
pm2 deepUpdate

# Generate ecosystem file
pm2 ecosystem [mode]

# Create ecosystem template
pm2 create

# Start from ecosystem with specific environment
pm2 start ecosystem.config.js --env production

pm2 ecosystem simple
pm2 ecosystem
pm2 create

# Show usage examples
pm2 examples

# Generate diagnostic report
pm2 report

# Auto-install dependencies
pm2 autoinstall

--name <name>              # Process name
--namespace <namespace>    # Process namespace  
-i, --instances <number>   # Number of instances
--exec-mode <mode>         # Execution mode (fork|cluster)
--watch                    # Enable file watching
--ignore-watch <pattern>   # Ignore watch patterns
--max-memory-restart <mem> # Memory restart threshold
--env <environment>        # Environment to use
--cwd <path>              # Working directory
--log <path>              # Log file path
--output <path>           # Stdout log file
--error <path>            # Stderr log file
--pid <path>              # PID file path
--merge-logs              # Merge cluster logs
--log-date-format <fmt>   # Log timestamp format
--restart-delay <delay>   # Restart delay in ms
--time                    # Prefix logs with time
--no-autorestart          # Disable auto restart
--cron <pattern>          # Cron restart pattern
--no-daemon               # Do not run in daemon mode

pm2 start app.js \
  --name "my-app" \
  --instances max \
  --exec-mode cluster \
  --watch \
  --ignore-watch "node_modules" \
  --max-memory-restart 1G \
  --env production \
  --log-date-format "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss Z" \
  --merge-logs