Cannot stop PM2 from creating pm2.log
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Description
I have to run a process with PM2 on a device with very limited disk space, so I need to disable all logging otherwise the device will run out of space after several days.
I'm using:
"out_file": "/dev/null",
"error_file": "/dev/null"
It stops PM2 from creating logs for the process. However, PM2 still creates another log file in .pm2/pm2.log
The size of pm2.log can grow up to 9Mb, which is large for the device. But it seems that there is no way to stop PM2 from creating pm2.log.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with out_file and error_file set to /dev/null, then trace where PM2 creates .pm2/pm2.log. Check how PM2's logging configuration handles its own process log; done means users can disable that log and the behavior is covered by an appropriate test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, node.js
- Domain
- cli, devops
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100