README.md

Running pdf-bot in production

Run pdf-bot using pm2

It is recommended to use pm2 to run a pdf-bot process.

First install pm2

npm install -g pm2

Create a configuration file using the one in this repo as an example

pdf-bot-process.config.js

module.exports = {
  apps : [{
    name        : "pdf-bot",
    script      : "pdf-bot",
    args        : "api -c ./pdf-bot.config.js",
    // Should be from whatever folder your pdf-bot.config.js is in
    // cwd         : "/home/[user]/",
    env: {
        "DEBUG"   : "pdf:*",
        "NODE_ENV": "production",
    },
  }]
}

Run in using pm2 start pdf-bot-process.config.js

Read more about starting the app on server restarts

Use nginx to proxy requests

If you run pdf-bot on port 3000 or similar it is recommended to run it behind an nginx proxy.

Create a site that listens to port 80 and uses the config from the production/ folder