Cannot launch Strider using pm2

[mark-norgate]

Hi there

I am having trouble running Strider using pm2. I have successfully installed Strider and am able to launch it using npm start and navigating in my browser; that all works great.

However, I can't seem to be able to launch it using pm2. The process seems to launch ok, and pm2 show strider appears to indicate that all is ok, but I cannot navigate in my browser: I get a refused to connect error. What might I be doing wrong? The only configuration I am doing is for Strider itself, which works with npm so I think that might be red herring. In any case, here is my .striderrc:

{
    "NODE_ENV": "production",
    "SERVER_NAME": "http://ec2-xx-xx-xx-xx.compute-1.amazonaws.com",
    "STRIDER_CLONE_DEST": "/home/ubuntu/strider-builds/",
    "PORT": "3000"
}

I have read all of the pm2 documentation but that hasn't helped. What can I do to get this up and running?

More info: I have just run pm2 logs and am horrified to discover that the process appears to be exiting and restarting every few seconds. Aargh! What does this indicate?

PM2 App [strider] with id [0] and pid [29945], exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
PM2 Starting execution sequence in -fork mode- for app name:strider id:0
PM2 App name:strider id:0 online
PM2 App [strider] with id [0] and pid [29959], exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
PM2 Starting execution sequence in -fork mode- for app name:strider id:0
PM2 App name:strider id:0 online
PM2 App [strider] with id [0] and pid [29969], exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT]
PM2 Starting execution sequence in -fork mode- for app name:strider id:0
PM2 App name:strider id:0 online

Thanks, Mark

[knownasilya]

Strider auto restarts on crash, so make sure to setup logs with pm2 to see what the error is.

[mark-norgate]

I have checked strider-error-0.log and strider-out-0.log after starting the process but they are empty. Do I need to explicitly turn on pm2 logging?

[knownasilya]

You need to also set DEBUG=strider* env

[mark-norgate]

Apologies for being thick, but where do I do that? In the .striderrc? (not really a UNIX kinda guy)

[knownasilya]

Yes

[mark-norgate]

I have augmented my .striderrc to look like this:

{
    "NODE_ENV": "production",
    "SERVER_NAME": "http://ec2-xx-x-xx-xx.compute-1.amazonaws.com",
    "STRIDER_CLONE_DEST": "/home/ubuntu/strider-builds/",
    "PORT": "3000",
    "DEBUG": "strider* env"
}

Notice I included your DEBUG parameter. This still does not launch, and I cannot navigate to Strider. What am I missing?

M

[knownasilya]

Remove the space and 'env'

[mark-norgate]

That has fixed it, thank you very much!

[Arkotek]

What was the error message? How have you fixed this @mark-norgate ?

[mark-norgate]

Hi there, sorry for the delay in replying. I have been away from this project for a while.

Once I removed the space and 'env', I seem to remember, as suggested by @knownasilya , the application just started to work. I'm afraid I can't remember the error messages. I will try to give better feedback in future! Thank you guys for your help.