Node PM2 (Process Manager) fails

[dontsave]

pm2, a very widely used nodejs process manager fails perhaps due to socket support in WSL? See pm2's open issue discussion here: Unitech/pm2#2322

npm install -g pm2
pm2 list

throws error:

[PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/sven/.pm2
[PM2] PM2 Successfully daemonized
util.js:1008
  var errname = uv.errname(err);
                   ^
Error: err >= 0
    at Error (native)
    at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:1008:20)
    at exports._exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1035:20)
    at PipeConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1080:14)

Slow Ring Build 14986

Any way around this issue?

[sunilmut]

@dontsave - Thanks for the report and bringing this to our notice. Will try to repro and figure out what is going on here. But, just FYI, that WSL currently does not support daemons.

[sunilmut]

@dontsave - After following your repro steps, when I run pm2 list, I get the error:
/usr/bin/env: 'node': No such file or directory
Is there something missing from the repro? This is on 15007

[Tsenzuk]

@sunilmut how did you installed node?
here are my steps to reproduce:

1. install BashOnWindows
2. install node version manager
   $ wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.0/install.sh | bash
3. reload bash to be sure that ~/.bashrc reloaded
4. install LTS node version
   $ nvm i --lts
5. install pm2 globally
   $ npm i pm2 -g
6. show list of running pm2 tasks
   $ pm2 list

Probably, this issue is linked to #1354

[sunilmut]

@Tsenzuk - Thanks for the detailed steps. They are working for me on the Insider build 15014. Can you give it a try at your end?

[Tsenzuk]

@sunilmut unfortunately still reproduces in 15014.1000 with provided steps. Tried in VirtualBox image for Edge preview
screenshot

[Tsenzuk]

@sunilmut I've checked in Creator Update 15063.0 the steps and some similar actions used in our product — all is working fine.
Thanks 👍

[sunilmut]

Great, thanks for validating. I will close the issue out. Thanks for tying out WSL!