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Lucas.Pheliny
Lucas.Pheliny

Reputation: 125

Where do log files locate in pm2 in sudo mode

I'm new to PM2 and ubuntu-related issues.

I'm running an app using sudo with the syntax sudo pm2 start app.js --time.

However, when I tried to check the files in $HOME/.pm2/logs/app-error.log, I couldn't find any logs related to what I logged in the code. I believe sudo pm2 start is different from pm2 start, and the log files are only for the pm2 start.

My question is, how can I check the logs in sudo pm2?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2295

Answers (4)

L ' Labradon
L ' Labradon

Reputation: 61

I believe it's in /root/.pm2/logs/. Probably you haven't check them all using ls -a

Upvotes: 0

Alaindeseine
Alaindeseine

Reputation: 4413

You can change the logs location like this:

Generate an ecosystem file:

pm2 ecosystem simple

Then edit the ecosystem file and add lines for changing the default location:

module.exports = {
  apps : [{
    name   : "My Application",
    script : "./myapp.js",
    error_file : "/var/log/pm2/myapp/err.log",
    out_file : "/var/log/pm2/myapp/out.log"
  }]
}

Alternatively, you can also use the command line:

pm2 start -n "My application" -o /var/log/pm2/myapp/out.log -e /var/log/pm2/myapp/err.log /path/to/my/application

Upvotes: 0

snwflk
snwflk

Reputation: 3517

If you execute pm2 as the root user, the logs will be stored in /root/.pm2/logs/.

sudo executes commands as the root user, and that also entails that the home directory (referred to as $HOME or ~) that the command sees is the root user's home directory, which usually is /root.

So, if a program writes logs to the user's home directory, the location of the log files will depend on what user is executing that program.

Upvotes: 3

Ron Adin
Ron Adin

Reputation: 127

By default, pm2 will store log files in ~/.pm2/logs.

Upvotes: 0

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