How to Deploy a NextJS Application in Production with PM2?

NextJS is a JavaScript Framework. It lets you build a server-side rendering and static web application using React. In this article, I will explain how to deploy a NextJS application in Production with PM2 in just 3 steps.

Step 1.  Open the package.json file and update scripts with the below code

"scripts": {
    "dev": "node server.js",
    "build": "next build",
    "start": "NODE_ENV=production node server.js"
  }

Step 2. Create a production build using the below script

npm run build

Step 3. Once build completed successfully, execute below commands to run NextJS application with PM2

pm2 start npm --name "my_app_name" -- start