running pm2 with npm script "react-scripts start"

Hi,

I am trying to use pm2 on a dev server with your npm start up script react-scripts start

Do you have any recommendations on where we could execute pm2 process on node.js running this script? normally we use pm2 start server.js --watch

[m8r1x]

@sam3k 's command failed for me but I got it to run with a slight adjustment pm2 start node_modules/react-scripts/scripts/start.js --name “myapp”

[vladinator1000]

It makes no sense to run npm start with pm2. The start script is only meant for development (because it starts a bloated development server). You need to build, then serve the app using a server meant for production, like Node with Express. Here’s what you can do:

1. .env file in your root directory:

PORT=3002
ABSOLUTE_STATIC_PATH=C:/path/to/project/build/static/

1. server.js in your root directory:

require('dotenv').config();
const express = require('express');
const compression = require('compression');
const path = require('path');

const app = express();

app.use(compression());

app.use('/static', express.static(process.env.ABSOLUTE_STATIC_PATH));

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.sendFile(path.join(process.env.ABSOLUTE_STATIC_PATH, '../index.html'));
});

const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3002;

app.listen(PORT, '0.0.0.0', (err) => {
  if (err) { console.log(err); }
  console.info(`==> 🌎 app listening on http://localhost:${PORT}.`);
});

1. Production script in package.json:

{
  "scripts": {
     "prod": "pm2 start ./server.js --name appName",
    }
}

1. Start your app in production: yarn prod