Installed n8n on the server ubuntu 18.04 npm, the server starts and works normally. But after setting up, when I want to exit the terminal without completing the n8n process, the process ends after closing itself. How to fix it ?

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I think that you are using n8n without a docker In that case, this topic is really helpful [image] Run n8n as a Service with PM2 Docs & Tutorials Introduction Web based applications are wonderful tools that have a very low barrier to entry and an ease of use because, who doesn’t know how to use a web browser? And NodeJS does a wonderful job at creating these apps. But, what if I want to run my NodeJS apps automatically as a service? Most of the time, NodeJS apps ask us to enter in start commands from the command line to get things going. What happens if I exit my terminal/SSH session? Or my server reboots? This is where PM2 comes to th… I use it on my own installation and works perfectly well

Great thing, but I am working through the tunnel, the flag - the tunnel did not work

Hi, A standard unix way of doing such things would be something like that: pm2 start n8n -- --tunnel when anything after “–” parameter is passed to the script You might want to try it Also, this explains what double dash is doing [dogbane] What does "--" (double-dash) mean? shell, command-line, utilities, syntax asked by dogbane on 12:39PM - 15 Apr 11 UTC Regards, Igor

Thanks for the plug, @mihha! :grin:

Not a problem at all. Glad I could help

The program is very useful, but I started having problems here too. Does it work fine with the argument? Without an argument, it starts the tunnel. [Снимок экрана от 2020-07-19 14-25-35] The log in pm2 looks like this, I see that the argument does not fit. PM2 | App [n8n:4] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT] PM2 | App [n8n:4] starting in -fork mode- PM2 | App [n8n:4] online 4|n8n | The command “–tunnel” is not known! 4|n8n | n8n Workflow Automation Tool 4|n8n | VERSION 4|n8n | n8n/0.73.1 linux-x64 node-v14.5.0 4|n8n | USAGE 4|n8n | $ n8n [COMMAND] 4|n8n | COMMANDS 4|n8n | execute 4|n8n | start Starts n8n. Makes Web-UI available and starts active workflows PM2 | App [n8n:4] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT] PM2 | App [n8n:4] starting in -fork mode- PM2 | App [n8n:4] online 4|n8n | The command “–tunnel” is not known! 4|n8n | n8n Workflow Automation Tool 4|n8n | VERSION 4|n8n | n8n/0.73.1 linux-x64 node-v14.5.0 4|n8n | USAGE 4|n8n | $ n8n [COMMAND] 4|n8n | COMMANDS 4|n8n | execute 4|n8n | start Starts n8n. Makes Web-UI available and starts active workflows PM2 | App [n8n:4] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT] PM2 | App [n8n:4] starting in -fork mode- PM2 | App [n8n:4] online 4|n8n | The command “–tunnel” is not known! 4|n8n | n8n Workflow Automation Tool 4|n8n | VERSION 4|n8n | n8n/0.73.1 linux-x64 node-v14.5.0 4|n8n | USAGE 4|n8n | $ n8n [COMMAND] 4|n8n | COMMANDS 4|n8n | execute 4|n8n | start Starts n8n. Makes Web-UI available and starts active workflows PM2 | App [n8n:4] exited with code [0] via signal [SIGINT] PM2 | Script /usr/bin/n8n had too many unstable restarts (16). Stopped. “errored”

To be honest, no idea Maybe you should ask question to the pm2 developers and get back with the solution Regards, Igor

Give this a try: pm2 start n8n --node-args="--tunnel" Take a look here for more info.

It doesn’t work either, here n8n cannot read the argument in pm2. It is very strange why this is so, I have been a lot of things. identical error as above.

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