Launch Scrapoxy at startup¶

Prerequise¶

Scrapoxy is installed with a valid configuration (see Quick Start).

Step 1: Install PM2¶

sudo npm install -g pm2

Step 2: Launch PM2 at instance startup¶

sudo pm2 startup ubuntu -u <YOUR USERNAME>

Replace ubuntu by your distribution name (see PM2 documentation).
Replace YOUR USERNAME by your Linux username

Step 3: Create a PM2 configuration¶

Create a PM2 configuration file scrapoxy.json5 for Scrapoxy:

{
  apps : [
    {
      name         : "scrapoxy",
      script       : "/usr/bin/scrapoxy",
      args         : ["start", "<ABSOLUTE PATH TO CONFIG>/conf.json", "-d"],
      kill_timeout : 30000,
    },
  ],
}

Step 4: Start configuration¶

pm2 start scrapoxy.json5

Step 5: Save configuration¶

pm2 save

Step 6: Stop PM2 (optional)¶

If you need to stop Scrapoxy in PM2:

pm2 stop scrapoxy.json5