How to require dotenv/config file on (before) PM2 starts

Question

I run node app like this:

node -r dotenv/config dist/app

I need something similar using PM2:

pm2 start -r dotenv/config dist/app.js --name appname // doesn't work

I receive the next error: error: unknown option -r

Answer 1

Using node_args.

pm2 start --node-args="-r dotenv/config" dist/app.js --name appname