mStream/docs/booting_cli.md

The Quick And Dirty Way

Use the nohup command and & symbol to run a process in the background

nohup mstream -j /path/to/config.json &

Or you can install screen to run a terminal session forever

sudo apt install screen
screen

The Proper Way - Using PM2

Install PM2

# Install PM2
npm install -g pm2

Write your PM2 config file.

module.exports = {
  apps : [{
    name   : "mstream",
    script : "./cli-boot-wrapper.js",
    cwd    : "./mStream",
    args   : [ "-j", "/path/to/config.json"]
  }]
}

Start PM2

pm2 start pm2.config.js
pm2 startup systemd

This will return instructions on how to run PM2 on reboot.

pm2 save

Some commands for managing PM2

pm2 stop all
pm2 restart all
pm2 start all

pm2 logs