how to terminate node process

[craigcosmo]

I run node server.js in the terminal, then terminal hung, I had to quit terminal.

When I opened the terminal back. I tried to load server.js again, it says add already in use. And the app is still running.

Now I had made some change with server.js, I want to stop the current server, and reload it so the new changes will apply.

How can I terminate the current server.js ?

[murvinlai]

you have to check Linux process.
% ps -A

then, let say the node process id is 12345
then just do that:

% kill 12345 or kill -9 12345

The reason u can't start the server again because it is using the same port.

[bradwright]

An easier way to find this:

ps -ef | grep node

should show you all processes matching node. To kill without knowing the PID (will also kill any other processes matching node):

pkill -f node

[dresende]

You could listen for SIGUSR1 or SIGUSR2 signals and terminate the process correctly.

process.on("SIGUSR1", function () {
    // stop stuff
    server.end();
    // ...
    // end process
    process.exit(0);
});

You can send the signal with:

kill -USR1 process_id

[bnoordhuis]

Not a bug but seems to have been resolved anyway. :)

[nakamuraagatha]

How to start again node after pkill node?

i use this command on ssh

pkill node

and i don't know about start again that node

[eljefedelrodeodeljefe]

@fatimazbouj this is a PHP questions. Please refer to the PHP docs. Probably something like http://php.net/manual/de/function.proc-get-status.php

[bnoordhuis]

This bug tracker is not the right place for support questions, try https://github.com/nodejs/help/issues.