Running NodeJs http-server forever with PM2

Question

My question is about running HTTP-server in combination with PM2.

The problem I face is that:

1. HTTP-server requires as input a folder which is the root of the

Answer 1

You almost had it.

Check where http-server is located by executing:

$ which http-server

You should get something like this /usr/bin/http-server

Then cd to the directory you want to serve files from and execute:

$ pm2 start /usr/bin/http-server --name my-file-server -- -p 8080 -d false

--name my-file-server is optional, but -- is required to pass arguments through to the http-server command.