Linux tmux cheatsheet

tmux.txt

# Linux tmux is used as a session manager to persist processes started from a SSH connection (which are killed 
# by default on disconnect).

# Start a tmux session, then a daemon process and exit the session (which keeps the daemon running):

# ssh -i <foobar>.pem <ip-address>:22

tmux
# start a process with <cmd &> to start a daemon
Ctrl+B and then D          # to exit the session

tmux ls                    # to view running sessions
tmux kill-session -t 0     # 0 here is the first tmux session in tmux ls but it might be different

tmux attach-session -t 0   # 0 here is the first tmux session in tmux ls but it might be different

# Killing a tmux session kills all processes started within it e.g. nginx server daemon

Another alternative is nohup e.g.

nohup ./server > server.log 2>&1 &

Starts the exe/script in it's own (daemon) process and writes output to log file. STDERR is redirected to STDOUT so both end up in the log file.

Also using nohup, you can combine it with overmind and a Procfile.