Restarting Production Build

[cvazquez]

I have a Next.js app built on my cloud VM running Ubuntu. I use the documented commands to build and run:
$ npm run build
$ npm run start

My question is, how do I restart after running a new build. Currently I have to find the pid's and issue a kill and run start again. Is there another way? I was hoping there was an npm run restart or stop, but digging into the code, I don't see that option.

[jamesmosier]

I use pm2 for this very thing. I am able to restart my server with no downtime via pm2 reload [instance_id]. I also use an ecosystem file to more easily manage my pm2 settings.

[cvazquez]

Thank you. That worked perfectly.
I did notice I had to put the command in quotes.
$ sudo pm2 start "npm run start"

I assume it was confused by the second "start".

My express app I was running like so, didn't need quotes:
$ sudo pm2 start node ./bin/www

I'm applying to my other npm scripts too.

Regards,
Carlos