Use pm2 to start the app in production mode

README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ It comes with many built-in features, such as authentication using JWT, request
 - [Express](http://expressjs.com)
 - [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com) object data modeling using [Mongoose](https://mongoosejs.com)
 - Dependency management with [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com)
+- Advanced production process management using [PM2](https://pm2.keymetrics.io)
 - Logging using [winston](https://github.com/winstonjs/winston)
 - Environment variables using [dotenv](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv) and [cross-env](https://github.com/kentcdodds/cross-env#readme)
 - Git hooks with [husky](https://github.com/typicode/husky) and [lint-staged](https://github.com/okonet/lint-staged)

ecosystem.config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "apps": [
+    {
+      "name": "app",
+      "script": "src/index.js",
+      "instances": 1,
+      "autorestart": true,
+      "watch": false,
+      "time": true,
+      "env": {
+        "NODE_ENV": "production"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}

package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "node": ">=12.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node src/index.js",
+    "start": "pm2 start ecosystem.config.json --no-daemon",
     "dev": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development nodemon src/index.js",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "mongoose": "^5.7.7",
+    "pm2": "^4.1.2",
     "winston": "^3.2.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

src/config/logger.js

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const logger = winston.createLogger({
   level: config.env === 'development' ? 'debug' : 'info',
   transports: [
     new winston.transports.Console({
-      level: 'debug',
       stderrLevels: ['error'],
       format: winston.format.combine(
         config.env === 'development' ? winston.format.colorize() : winston.format.uncolorize(),