What is the command/configuration to run NodeJS/Express app as a daemon?

Question

In SSH if I run:

$ node server

My web app works fine until I close the SSH session. What is the command or configuration needed so that it runs all the time without an active SSH session?

Answer 1

you can run it like:

nohup node server

Or you can install forever.

npm -g install forever
forever start server

Answer 2

If you have multiple nodejs, you can use pm2 to manage them.

Or, use screen or tmux to keep the nodejs running while detach the session.