| Run app locally |
slc start |
pm2 start app.js -name foo |
forever start app.js |
| Restart on failure |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Graceful/rolling restarts |
Available |
Available |
No |
| OS startup script support |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Security |
HTTP auth and HTTP+SSH |
SSH only for deploy |
No |
| Set environment variables |
Available on install and with slc ctl env-set command |
Available as part of ecosystem configuration |
No |
| Log aggregation/rotation |
Yes; log file and syslog |
Yes; multihost, with rotation. Log file only; no syslog |
No |
| Multiple app support |
Manages multiple local or remote apps |
Manages multiple local or remote apps |
Manage multiple local apps |
| Language Support |
Node only |
Can run any script file |
Can run any script file |
| Build & Deploy |
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| Build and package repositories |
Supports Git and npm-pack based builds |
No |
No |
| Deploy apps to Docker container |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote deploy |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Multiple deploys/revert |
Deploys over SSH, HTTP. Revert any previous deployment. |
Deploys over SSH, revert to previous deployment |
No |
| Clustering & Management |
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| Clustering |
Available |
Available |
No |
| Resize clusters |
At deploy-time, start-time, and runtime |
At deploy-time and start-time only |
No |
| Manage remotely |
Deploy over SSH+HTTP Manage over REST (+SSH) |
Deploy over SSH |
No |
| Load balancer auto-configuration |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Profiling |
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| Profiling |
Heap and CPU profiles |
No |
No |
| Profile triggering |
Trigger profiling based on slow event loop |
No |
No |
| Metrics |
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| Metrics |
CPU, memory, database, NoSQL connectors, many others |
CPU, memory, stack traces reported on error output |
No |
| Integrate with external metrics |
Yes: StatsD, graphite, Splunk, etc. |
keymetrics.io only |
No |
