Exception while accessing PM2 - Error: connect EACCES /home/ubuntu/.pm2/rpc.sock


I am getting the following exception while running any PM2 command (i tried list, restart all etc)

Error: connect EACCES /home/ubuntu/.pm2/rpc.sock
    at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
    at exports._exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1045:20)
    at PipeConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1087:14)

1 Answer

7 years ago by

If you run PM2 with sudo then you need to run all subsequent commands with sudo.
Users tend to do this when they want to start the app on 80 port (though its not recommended approach)

7 years ago by Karthik Divi