pm2/lib/Common.js

/**
 * Copyright 2013-2022 the PM2 project authors. All rights reserved.
 * Use of this source code is governed by a license that
 * can be found in the LICENSE file.
 */

/**
 * Common Utilities ONLY USED IN ->CLI<-
 */

var fs        = require('fs');
var path      = require('path');
var os        = require('os');
var util      = require('util');
var chalk     = require('chalk');
var fclone    = require('fclone');
var semver    = require('semver');
var dayjs     = require('dayjs');
var execSync  = require('child_process').execSync;
var isBinary  = require('./tools/isbinaryfile.js');
var cst       = require('../constants.js');
var extItps   = require('./API/interpreter.json');
var Config    = require('./tools/Config');
var pkg       = require('../package.json');
var which     = require('./tools/which.js');
var Common = module.exports;

function homedir() {
  var env = process.env;
  var home = env.HOME;
  var user = env.LOGNAME || env.USER || env.LNAME || env.USERNAME;

  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
    return env.USERPROFILE || env.HOMEDRIVE + env.HOMEPATH || home || null;
  }

  if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
    return home || (user ? '/Users/' + user : null);
  }

  if (process.platform === 'linux') {
    return home || (process.getuid() === 0 ? '/root' : (user ? '/home/' + user : null));
  }

  return home || null;
}

function resolveHome(filepath) {
  if (filepath[0] === '~') {
    return path.join(homedir(), filepath.slice(1));
  }
  return filepath;
}

Common.determineSilentCLI = function() {
  // pm2 should ignore -s --silent -v if they are after '--'
  var variadicArgsDashesPos = process.argv.indexOf('--');
  var s1opt = process.argv.indexOf('--silent')
  var s2opt = process.argv.indexOf('-s')

  if (process.env.PM2_SILENT || (variadicArgsDashesPos > -1 &&
       (s1opt != -1 && s1opt < variadicArgsDashesPos) &&
       (s2opt != -1 != s2opt < variadicArgsDashesPos)) ||
      (variadicArgsDashesPos == -1 && (s1opt > -1 || s2opt > -1))) {
    for (var key in console){
      var code = key.charCodeAt(0);
      if (code >= 97 && code <= 122){
        console[key] = function(){};
      }
    }
    process.env.PM2_DISCRETE_MODE = true;
  }
}

Common.printVersion = function() {
  var variadicArgsDashesPos = process.argv.indexOf('--');

  if (process.argv.indexOf('-v') > -1 && process.argv.indexOf('-v') < variadicArgsDashesPos) {
    console.log(pkg.version);
    process.exit(0);
  }
}

Common.lockReload = function() {
  try {
    var t1 = fs.readFileSync(cst.PM2_RELOAD_LOCKFILE).toString();

    // Check if content and if time < 30 return locked
    // Else if content detected (lock file staled), allow and rewritte
    if (t1 && t1 != '') {
      var diff = dayjs().diff(parseInt(t1));
      if (diff < cst.RELOAD_LOCK_TIMEOUT)
        return diff;
    }
  } catch(e) {}

  try {
    // Write latest timestamp
    fs.writeFileSync(cst.PM2_RELOAD_LOCKFILE, dayjs().valueOf().toString());
    return 0;
  } catch(e) {
    console.error(e.message || e);
  }
};

Common.unlockReload = function() {
  try {
    fs.writeFileSync(cst.PM2_RELOAD_LOCKFILE, '');
  } catch(e) {
    console.error(e.message || e);
  }
};

/**
 * Resolve app paths and replace missing values with defaults.
 * @method prepareAppConf
 * @param app {Object}
 * @param {} cwd
 * @param {} outputter
 * @return app
 */
Common.prepareAppConf = function(opts, app) {
  /**
   * Minimum validation
   */
  if (!app.script)
    return new Error('No script path - aborting');

  var cwd = null;

  if (app.cwd) {
    cwd = path.resolve(app.cwd);
    process.env.PWD = app.cwd;
  }

  if (!app.node_args) {
    app.node_args = [];
  }

  if (app.port && app.env) {
    app.env.PORT = app.port;
  }

  // CWD option resolving
  cwd && (cwd[0] != '/') && (cwd = path.resolve(process.cwd(), cwd));
  cwd = cwd || opts.cwd;

  // Full path script resolution
  app.pm_exec_path = path.resolve(cwd, app.script);

  // If script does not exist after resolution
  if (!fs.existsSync(app.pm_exec_path)) {
    var ckd;
    // Try resolve command available in $PATH
    if ((ckd = which(app.script))) {
      if (typeof(ckd) !== 'string')
        ckd = ckd.toString();
      app.pm_exec_path = ckd;
    }
    else
      // Throw critical error
      return new Error(`Script not found: ${app.pm_exec_path}`);
  }

  /**
   * Auto detect .map file and enable source map support automatically
   */
  if (app.disable_source_map_support != true) {
    try {
      fs.accessSync(app.pm_exec_path + '.map', fs.R_OK);
      app.source_map_support = true;
    } catch(e) {}
    delete app.disable_source_map_support;
  }

  delete app.script;

  // Set current env by first adding the process environment and then extending/replacing it
  // with env specified on command-line or JSON file.

  var env = {};

  /**
   * Do not copy internal pm2 environment variables if acting on process
   * is made from a programmatic script started by PM2 or if a pm_id is present in env
   */
  if (cst.PM2_PROGRAMMATIC || process.env.pm_id)
    Common.safeExtend(env, process.env);
  else
    env = process.env;

  function filterEnv (envObj) {
    if (app.filter_env == true)
      return {}

    if (typeof app.filter_env === 'string') {
      delete envObj[app.filter_env]
      return envObj
    }

    var new_env = {};
    var allowedKeys = app.filter_env.reduce((acc, current) =>
                                            acc.filter( item => !item.includes(current)), Object.keys(envObj))
    allowedKeys.forEach( key => new_env[key] = envObj[key]);
    return new_env
  }

  app.env = [
    {}, (app.filter_env && app.filter_env.length > 0) ? filterEnv(process.env) : env, app.env || {}
  ].reduce(function(e1, e2){
    return Object.assign(e1, e2);
  });

  app.pm_cwd = cwd;
  // Interpreter
  try {
    Common.sink.resolveInterpreter(app);
  } catch(e) {
    return e
  }

  // Exec mode and cluster stuff
  Common.sink.determineExecMode(app);

  /**
   * Scary
   */
  var formated_app_name = app.name.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\\.\\-]/g, '-');

  ['log', 'out', 'error', 'pid'].forEach(function(f){
    var af = app[f + '_file'], ps, ext = (f == 'pid' ? 'pid':'log'), isStd = !~['log', 'pid'].indexOf(f);
    if (af) af = resolveHome(af);

    if ((f == 'log' && typeof af == 'boolean' && af) || (f != 'log' && !af)) {
      ps = [cst['DEFAULT_' + ext.toUpperCase() + '_PATH'], formated_app_name + (isStd ? '-' + f : '') + '.' + ext];
    } else if ((f != 'log' || (f == 'log' && af)) && af !== 'NULL' && af !== '/dev/null') {
      ps = [cwd, af];

      var dir = path.dirname(path.resolve(cwd, af));
      if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
        Common.printError(cst.PREFIX_MSG_WARNING + 'Folder does not exist: ' + dir);
        Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG + 'Creating folder: ' + dir);
        try {
          require('mkdirp').sync(dir);
        } catch (err) {
          Common.printError(cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR + 'Could not create folder: ' + path.dirname(af));
          throw new Error('Could not create folder');
        }
      }

    }
    // PM2 paths
    if (af !== 'NULL' && af !== '/dev/null') {
      ps && (app['pm_' + (isStd ? f.substr(0, 3) + '_' : '') + ext + '_path'] = path.resolve.apply(null, ps));
    } else if (path.sep === '\\') {
      app['pm_' + (isStd ? f.substr(0, 3) + '_' : '') + ext + '_path'] = '\\\\.\\NUL';
    } else {
      app['pm_' + (isStd ? f.substr(0, 3) + '_' : '') + ext + '_path'] = '/dev/null';
    }
    delete app[f + '_file'];
  });

  return app;
};

/**
 * Definition of known config file extensions with their type
 */
Common.knonwConfigFileExtensions = {
  '.json': 'json',
  '.yml': 'yaml',
  '.yaml': 'yaml',
  '.config.js': 'js',
  '.config.cjs': 'js',
  '.config.mjs': 'mjs'
}

/**
 * Check if filename is a configuration file
 * @param {string} filename
 * @return {mixed} null if not conf file, json or yaml if conf
 */
Common.isConfigFile = function (filename) {
  if (typeof (filename) !== 'string')
    return null;

  for (let extension in Common.knonwConfigFileExtensions) {
    if (filename.indexOf(extension) !== -1) {
      return Common.knonwConfigFileExtensions[extension];
    }
  }

  return null;
};

Common.getConfigFileCandidates = function (name) {
  return Object.keys(Common.knonwConfigFileExtensions).map((extension) => name + extension);
}

/**
 * Parses a config file like ecosystem.config.js. Supported formats: JS, JSON, JSON5, YAML.
 * @param {string} confString  contents of the config file
 * @param {string} filename    path to the config file
 * @return {Object} config object
 */
Common.parseConfig = function(confObj, filename) {
  var yamljs = require('yamljs');
  var vm     = require('vm');

  var isConfigFile = Common.isConfigFile(filename);

  if (!filename ||
      filename == 'pipe' ||
      filename == 'none' ||
      isConfigFile == 'json') {
    var code = '(' + confObj + ')';
    var sandbox = {};

    return vm.runInThisContext(code, sandbox, {
      filename: path.resolve(filename),
      displayErrors: false,
      timeout: 1000
    });
  }
  else if (isConfigFile == 'yaml') {
    return yamljs.parse(confObj.toString());
  }
  else if (isConfigFile == 'js' || isConfigFile == 'mjs') {
    var confPath = require.resolve(path.resolve(filename));
    delete require.cache[confPath];
    return require(confPath);
  }
};

Common.retErr = function(e) {
  if (!e)
    return new Error('Unidentified error');
  if (e instanceof Error)
    return e;
  return new Error(e);
}

Common.sink = {};

Common.sink.determineCron = function(app) {
  if (app.cron_restart == 0 || app.cron_restart == '0') {
    Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG + 'disabling cron restart');
    return
  }

  if (app.cron_restart) {
    const Croner = require('croner');

    try {
      Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG + 'cron restart at ' + app.cron_restart);
      Croner(app.cron_restart);
    } catch(ex) {
      return new Error(`Cron pattern error: ${ex.message}`);
    }
  }
};

/**
 * Handle alias (fork <=> fork_mode, cluster <=> cluster_mode)
 */
Common.sink.determineExecMode = function(app) {
  if (app.exec_mode)
    app.exec_mode = app.exec_mode.replace(/^(fork|cluster)$/, '$1_mode');

  /**
   * Here we put the default exec mode
   */
  if (!app.exec_mode &&
      (app.instances >= 1 || app.instances === 0 || app.instances === -1) &&
      app.exec_interpreter.indexOf('node') > -1) {
    app.exec_mode = 'cluster_mode';
  } else if (!app.exec_mode) {
    app.exec_mode = 'fork_mode';
  }
  if (typeof app.instances == 'undefined')
    app.instances = 1;
};

var resolveNodeInterpreter = function(app) {
  if (app.exec_mode && app.exec_mode.indexOf('cluster') > -1) {
    Common.printError(cst.PREFIX_MSG_WARNING + chalk.bold.yellow('Choosing the Node.js version in cluster mode is not supported'));
    return false;
  }

  var nvm_path = cst.IS_WINDOWS ? process.env.NVM_HOME : process.env.NVM_DIR;
  if (!nvm_path) {
    Common.printError(cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR + chalk.red('NVM is not available in PATH'));
    Common.printError(cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR + chalk.red('Fallback to node in PATH'));
    var msg = cst.IS_WINDOWS
      ? 'https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/releases/'
      : '$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | bash';
    Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR + chalk.bold('Install NVM:\n' + msg));
  }
  else {
    var node_version  = app.exec_interpreter.split('@')[1];
    var path_to_node  = cst.IS_WINDOWS
      ? '/v' + node_version + '/node.exe'
      : semver.satisfies(node_version, '>= 0.12.0')
          ? '/versions/node/v' + node_version + '/bin/node'
          : '/v' + node_version + '/bin/node';
    var nvm_node_path  = path.join(nvm_path, path_to_node);
    try {
      fs.accessSync(nvm_node_path);
    } catch(e) {
      Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG + 'Installing Node v%s', node_version);
      var nvm_bin = path.join(nvm_path, 'nvm.' + (cst.IS_WINDOWS ? 'exe' : 'sh'));
      var nvm_cmd = cst.IS_WINDOWS
        ? nvm_bin + ' install ' + node_version
        : '. ' + nvm_bin + ' ; nvm install ' + node_version;

      Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG + 'Executing: %s', nvm_cmd);

      execSync(nvm_cmd, {
        cwd: path.resolve(process.cwd()),
        env: process.env,
        maxBuffer: 20 * 1024 * 1024
      });

      // in order to support both arch, nvm for Windows renames 'node.exe' to:
      // 'node32.exe' for x32 arch
      // 'node64.exe' for x64 arch
      if (cst.IS_WINDOWS)
        nvm_node_path = nvm_node_path.replace(/node/, 'node' + process.arch.slice(1))
    }

    Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG + chalk.green.bold('Setting Node to v%s (path=%s)'),
                    node_version,
                    nvm_node_path);

    app.exec_interpreter = nvm_node_path;
  }
};

/**
 * Resolve interpreter
 */
Common.sink.resolveInterpreter = function(app) {
  var noInterpreter = !app.exec_interpreter;
  var extName = path.extname(app.pm_exec_path);
  var betterInterpreter = extItps[extName];

  // No interpreter defined and correspondance in schema hashmap
  if (noInterpreter && betterInterpreter) {
    app.exec_interpreter = betterInterpreter;

    if (betterInterpreter == "python") {
      if (which('python') == null) {
        if (which('python3') == null)
          Common.printError(cst.PREFIX_MSG_WARNING + chalk.bold.yellow('python and python3 binaries not available in PATH'));
        else
          app.exec_interpreter = 'python3';
      }
    }
  }
  // Else if no Interpreter detect if process is binary
  else if (noInterpreter)
    app.exec_interpreter = isBinary(app.pm_exec_path) ? 'none' : 'node';
  else if (app.exec_interpreter.indexOf('node@') > -1)
    resolveNodeInterpreter(app);

  if (app.exec_interpreter.indexOf('python') > -1)
    app.env.PYTHONUNBUFFERED = '1'

  if (app.exec_interpreter == 'lsc') {
    app.exec_interpreter = path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/.bin/lsc');
  }

  if (app.exec_interpreter == 'coffee') {
    app.exec_interpreter = path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/.bin/coffee');
  }

  if (app.exec_interpreter != 'none' && which(app.exec_interpreter) == null) {
    // If node is not present
    if (app.exec_interpreter == 'node') {
      Common.warn(`Using builtin node.js version on version ${process.version}`)
      app.exec_interpreter = cst.BUILTIN_NODE_PATH
    }
    else
      throw new Error(`Interpreter ${app.exec_interpreter} is NOT AVAILABLE in PATH. (type 'which ${app.exec_interpreter}' to double check.)`)
  }

  return app;
};

Common.deepCopy = Common.serialize = Common.clone = function(obj) {
  if (obj === null || obj === undefined) return {};
  return fclone(obj);
};

Common.errMod = function(msg) {
  if (process.env.PM2_SILENT || process.env.PM2_PROGRAMMATIC === 'true') return false;
  if (msg instanceof Error)
    return console.error(msg.message);
  return console.error(`${cst.PREFIX_MSG_MOD_ERR}${msg}`);
}

Common.err = function(msg) {
  if (process.env.PM2_SILENT || process.env.PM2_PROGRAMMATIC === 'true') return false;
  if (msg instanceof Error)
    return console.error(`${cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR}${msg.message}`);
  return console.error(`${cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR}${msg}`);
}

Common.printError = function(msg) {
  if (process.env.PM2_SILENT || process.env.PM2_PROGRAMMATIC === 'true') return false;
  if (msg instanceof Error)
    return console.error(msg.message);
  return console.error.apply(console, arguments);
};

Common.log = function(msg) {
  if (process.env.PM2_SILENT || process.env.PM2_PROGRAMMATIC === 'true') return false;
  return console.log(`${cst.PREFIX_MSG}${msg}`);
}

Common.info = function(msg) {
  if (process.env.PM2_SILENT || process.env.PM2_PROGRAMMATIC === 'true') return false;
  return console.log(`${cst.PREFIX_MSG_INFO}${msg}`);
}

Common.warn = function(msg) {
  if (process.env.PM2_SILENT || process.env.PM2_PROGRAMMATIC === 'true') return false;
  return console.log(`${cst.PREFIX_MSG_WARNING}${msg}`);
}

Common.logMod = function(msg) {
  if (process.env.PM2_SILENT || process.env.PM2_PROGRAMMATIC === 'true') return false;
  return console.log(`${cst.PREFIX_MSG_MOD}${msg}`);
}

Common.printOut = function() {
  if (process.env.PM2_SILENT === 'true' || process.env.PM2_PROGRAMMATIC === 'true') return false;
  return console.log.apply(console, arguments);
};


/**
 * Raw extend
 */
Common.extend = function(destination, source) {
  if (typeof destination !== 'object') {
    destination = {};
  }
  if (!source || typeof source !== 'object') {
    return destination;
  }

  Object.keys(source).forEach(function(new_key) {
    if (source[new_key] != '[object Object]')
      destination[new_key] = source[new_key];
  });

  return destination;
};

/**
 * This is useful when starting script programmatically
 */
Common.safeExtend = function(origin, add){
  if (!add || typeof add != 'object') return origin;

  //Ignore PM2's set environment variables from the nested env
  var keysToIgnore = ['name', 'exec_mode', 'env', 'args', 'pm_cwd', 'exec_interpreter', 'pm_exec_path', 'node_args', 'pm_out_log_path', 'pm_err_log_path', 'pm_pid_path', 'pm_id', 'status', 'pm_uptime', 'created_at', 'windowsHide', 'username', 'merge_logs', 'kill_retry_time', 'prev_restart_delay', 'instance_var', 'unstable_restarts', 'restart_time', 'axm_actions', 'pmx_module', 'command', 'watch', 'filter_env', 'versioning', 'vizion_runing', 'MODULE_DEBUG', 'pmx', 'axm_options', 'created_at', 'watch', 'vizion', 'axm_dynamic', 'axm_monitor', 'instances', 'automation', 'autorestart', 'stop_exit_codes', 'unstable_restart', 'treekill', 'exit_code', 'vizion'];

  var keys = Object.keys(add);
  var i = keys.length;
  while (i--) {
  	//Only copy stuff into the env that we don't have already.
  	if(keysToIgnore.indexOf(keys[i]) == -1 && add[keys[i]] != '[object Object]')
      origin[keys[i]] = add[keys[i]];
  }
  return origin;
};


/**
 * Extend the app.env object of with the properties taken from the
 * app.env_[envName] and deploy configuration.
 * Also update current json attributes
 *
 * Used only for Configuration file processing
 *
 * @param {Object} app The app object.
 * @param {string} envName The given environment name.
 * @param {Object} deployConf Deployment configuration object (from JSON file or whatever).
 * @returns {Object} The app.env variables object.
 */
Common.mergeEnvironmentVariables = function(app_env, env_name, deploy_conf) {
  var app = fclone(app_env);

  var new_conf = {
    env : {}
  }

  // Stringify possible object
  for (var key in app.env) {
    if (typeof app.env[key] == 'object') {
      app.env[key] = JSON.stringify(app.env[key]);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Extra configuration update
   */
  Object.assign(new_conf, app);

  if (env_name) {
    // First merge variables from deploy.production.env object as least priority.
    if (deploy_conf && deploy_conf[env_name] && deploy_conf[env_name]['env']) {
      Object.assign(new_conf.env, deploy_conf[env_name]['env']);
    }

    Object.assign(new_conf.env, app.env);

    // Then, last and highest priority, merge the app.env_production object.
    if ('env_' + env_name in app) {
      Object.assign(new_conf.env, app['env_' + env_name]);
    }
    else {
      Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG_WARNING + chalk.bold('Environment [%s] is not defined in process file'), env_name);
    }
  }

  delete new_conf.exec_mode

  var res = {
    current_conf: {}
  }

  Object.assign(res, new_conf.env);
  Object.assign(res.current_conf, new_conf);

  // #2541 force resolution of node interpreter
  if (app.exec_interpreter &&
      app.exec_interpreter.indexOf('@') > -1) {
    resolveNodeInterpreter(app);
    res.current_conf.exec_interpreter = app.exec_interpreter
  }

  return res
}

/**
 * This function will resolve paths, option and environment
 * CALLED before 'prepare' God call (=> PROCESS INITIALIZATION)
 * @method resolveAppAttributes
 * @param {Object} opts
 * @param {Object} opts.cwd
 * @param {Object} opts.pm2_home
 * @param {Object} appConf application configuration
 * @return app
 */
Common.resolveAppAttributes = function(opts, conf) {
  var conf_copy = fclone(conf);

  var app = Common.prepareAppConf(opts, conf_copy);
  if (app instanceof Error) {
    throw new Error(app.message);
  }
  return app;
}

/**
 * Verify configurations
 * Called on EVERY Operation (start/restart/reload/stop...)
 * @param {Array} appConfs
 * @returns {Array}
 */
Common.verifyConfs = function(appConfs) {
  if (!appConfs || appConfs.length == 0) {
    return [];
  }

  // Make sure it is an Array.
  appConfs = [].concat(appConfs);

  var verifiedConf = [];

  for (var i = 0; i < appConfs.length; i++) {
    var app = appConfs[i];

    if (app.exec_mode)
      app.exec_mode = app.exec_mode.replace(/^(fork|cluster)$/, '$1_mode');

    // JSON conf: alias cmd to script
    if (app.cmd && !app.script) {
      app.script = app.cmd
      delete app.cmd
    }
    // JSON conf: alias command to script
    if (app.command && !app.script) {
      app.script = app.command
      delete app.command
    }

    if (!app.env) {
      app.env = {}
    }

    // Render an app name if not existing.
    Common.renderApplicationName(app);

    if (app.execute_command == true) {
      app.exec_mode = 'fork'
      delete app.execute_command
    }

    app.username = Common.getCurrentUsername();

    /**
     * If command is like pm2 start "python xx.py --ok"
     * Then automatically start the script with bash -c and set a name eq to command
     */
    if (app.script && app.script.indexOf(' ') > -1 && cst.IS_WINDOWS === false) {
      var _script = app.script;

      if (which('bash')) {
        app.script = 'bash';
        app.args = ['-c', _script];
        if (!app.name) {
          app.name = _script
        }
      }
      else if (which('sh')) {
        app.script = 'sh';
        app.args = ['-c', _script];
        if (!app.name) {
          app.name = _script
        }
      }
      else {
        warn('bash or sh not available in $PATH, keeping script as is')
      }
    }

    /**
     * Add log_date_format by default
     */
    if (app.time || process.env.ASZ_MODE) {
      app.log_date_format = 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss'
    }

    /**
     * Checks + Resolve UID/GID
     * comes from pm2 --uid <> --gid <> or --user
     */
    if (app.uid || app.gid || app.user) {
      // 1/ Check if windows
      if (cst.IS_WINDOWS === true) {
        Common.printError(cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR + '--uid and --git does not works on windows');
        return new Error('--uid and --git does not works on windows');
      }

      // 2/ Verify that user is root (todo: verify if other has right)
      if (process.env.NODE_ENV != 'test' && process.getuid && process.getuid() !== 0) {
        Common.printError(cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR + 'To use --uid and --gid please run pm2 as root');
        return new Error('To use UID and GID please run PM2 as root');
      }

      // 3/ Resolve user info via /etc/password
      var passwd = require('./tools/passwd.js')
      var users
      try {
        users = passwd.getUsers()
      } catch(e) {
        Common.printError(e);
        return new Error(e);
      }

      var user_info = users[app.uid || app.user]
      if (!user_info) {
        Common.printError(`${cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR} User ${app.uid || app.user} cannot be found`);
        return new Error(`${cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR} User ${app.uid || app.user} cannot be found`);
      }

      app.env.HOME = user_info.homedir
      app.uid = parseInt(user_info.userId)

      // 4/ Resolve group id if gid is specified
      if (app.gid) {
        var groups
        try {
          groups = passwd.getGroups()
        } catch(e) {
          Common.printError(e);
          return new Error(e);
        }
        var group_info = groups[app.gid]
        if (!group_info) {
          Common.printError(`${cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR} Group ${app.gid} cannot be found`);
          return new Error(`${cst.PREFIX_MSG_ERR} Group ${app.gid} cannot be found`);
        }
        app.gid = parseInt(group_info.id)
      } else {
        app.gid = parseInt(user_info.groupId)
      }
    }

    /**
     * Specific options of PM2.io
     */
    if (process.env.PM2_DEEP_MONITORING) {
      app.deep_monitoring = true;
    }

    if (app.automation == false) {
      app.pmx = false;
    }

    if (app.disable_trace) {
      app.trace = false
      delete app.disable_trace;
    }

    /**
     * Instances params
     */
    if (app.instances == 'max') {
      app.instances = 0;
    }

    if (typeof(app.instances) === 'string') {
      app.instances = parseInt(app.instances) || 0;
    }

    if (app.exec_mode != 'cluster_mode' &&
        !app.instances &&
        typeof(app.merge_logs) == 'undefined') {
      app.merge_logs = true;
    }

    var ret;

    if (app.cron_restart) {
      if ((ret = Common.sink.determineCron(app)) instanceof Error)
        return ret;
    }

    /**
     * Now validation configuration
     */
    var ret = Config.validateJSON(app);
    if (ret.errors && ret.errors.length > 0){
      ret.errors.forEach(function(err) { warn(err) });
      return new Error(ret.errors);
    }

    verifiedConf.push(ret.config);
  }

  return verifiedConf;
}

/**
 * Get current username
 * Called on EVERY starting app
 *
 * @returns {String}
 */
Common.getCurrentUsername = function(){
  var current_user = '';

  if (os.userInfo) {
    try {
      current_user = os.userInfo().username;
    } catch (err) {
      // For the case of unhandled error for uv_os_get_passwd
      // https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/issues/3184
    }
  }

  if(current_user === '') {
    current_user = process.env.USER || process.env.LNAME || process.env.USERNAME || process.env.SUDO_USER || process.env.C9_USER || process.env.LOGNAME;
  }

  return current_user;
}

/**
 * Render an app name if not existing.
 * @param {Object} conf
 */
Common.renderApplicationName = function(conf){
  if (!conf.name && conf.script){
    conf.name = conf.script !== undefined ? path.basename(conf.script) : 'undefined';
    var lastDot = conf.name.lastIndexOf('.');
    if (lastDot > 0){
      conf.name = conf.name.slice(0, lastDot);
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Show warnings
 * @param {String} warning
 */
function warn(warning){
  Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG_WARNING + warning);
}