NPUM

Issues updating remotely a nodejs process?

npum may help you, it provides a watcher daemon looking at a repository branch for updates, when it finds an update it handles the update.

Requirements

• git
• pm2

pm2 should me attached to boot process (run pm2 startup)

Project requirements

npum uses 2 scripts that should be defined inside the package.json file.

• start script is used to start the project
• stop script is used to stop the project processes

Don't forget to add any build procedure inside the postinstall script

If project shouldn't be updated at an specific moment a file called .npum-prevent-update should be added to the root of the project

Start updates watcher

To start the watching process use the next command:

npum start <working-dir> <git-url> [git-branch]

• working-dir: directory where the project will be cloned
• git-url: url from the git repository to be watched (ensure clone permissions for the url)
• git-branch: branch from the git repository to be watched (default: master)