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

if we have a build generated by grunt,then go to its path and hit:

~/app/build/prod$ sudo pm2 start /usr/local/bin/http-server -p 8080

Now check app status at localhost:8080

Answer 2

pm2 start <location>/http-server --name http-server -- -p <port> -d false

or

PM2 modules it self has in-build static file to be served, which is similar to http-server https://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/expose/

pm2 serve <path> <port>

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

pm2 start 'http-server-spa websiteroot index.html 8080'