Env setup for production and local development

[pm74]

@DMehaffy

@pm74

Thank you very much.

If I understand correctly I cannot configure strapi to automatically run with PM2 at boot time in development mode?
When I want to use CTB I must start my dev node with strapi develop from the command line?

There is a way to run it with PM2 but, and I don’t say this lightly, I strongly, like 200%, advise against this

Hey @DMehaffy I will have to do it in our private network. I really need to be able to run in development mode via PM2 and keep it on all the time in development mode within our private development network.

Do you know what is the configuration to accomplish that?
I tried the configuration below but it just didn’t work. It would show as if it was in development mode but when connected you cannot edit anything.

@pm74

module.exports = {
       apps: [{
           name: 'strapiProd',
           cwd: '/mnt/data/strapi/Prod',
           script: 'npm',
           args: 'start',
           env: {
             NODE_ENV: 'production',
             DATABASE_HOST: 'localhost', // database endpoint
             DATABASE_PORT: '3306',
             DATABASE_NAME: '', // DB name
             DATABASE_USERNAME: 'strapi', // your username for psql
             DATABASE_PASSWORD: '', // your password for psql
           },
         },{
           name: 'strapiDev',
           cwd: '/mnt/data/strapi/dev',
           script: 'npm',
           args: 'start',
           env: {
             NODE_ENV: 'development',
             DATABASE_HOST: 'localhost', // database endpoint
             DATABASE_PORT: '3306',
             DATABASE_NAME: '', // DB name
             DATABASE_USERNAME: '', // your username for psql
             DATABASE_PASSWORD: '', // your password for psql
           },
         },
       ],
     };