NestJS · Junior · Question 64 of 75

What must you call so that shutdown hooks run on `SIGTERM`?

1process.exit() in each service
✓Correct answer: app.enableShutdownHooks()
3app.listen() handles it automatically

Explanation

Then onModuleDestroy and onApplicationShutdown can close database connections and finish work gracefully.

Further reading

NestJS: Lifecycle events ↗

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