Issue passing Node arguments to PM2

Question

I want to start a process using PM2, but it doesn't seem to pick up node arguments relative to the current working directory.

Running this from /path/to/dir/ works:

pm2 start dist/main.js --node-args="-r ./tsconfig-paths-bootstrap.js" -- -c config.json

whereas using this ecosystem file:

{
    "apps": [
        {
            "name": "server",
            "script": "dist/main.js",
            "instances": 2,
            "exec_mode": "cluster",
            "cwd": "/path/to/dir/",
            "args": [
                "-c",
                "config.json"
            ],
            "node_args": [
                "-r",
                "./tsconfig-paths-bootstrap.js"
            ],
            "watch": false
        }
    ]
}

and running: pm2 start server

gives me the following error: Error: Cannot find module './tsconfig-paths-bootstrap.js'

How can this be fixed?

Answer 1

Try this:

"node_args": ["-r ./tsconfig-paths-bootstrap.js"]

Check this

And make sure your file is in same directory else you need to give full p ath to file.