Although the default out directory is build, the out directory has to be clearly specified as build in the adapter config. Otherwise, the built node web app can not be started. In the end, the node build is successfully started, but with error message of "Something went wrong" on the Home tab, however, both the Sign in and the Sign up tabs work well
I tried to follow steps mentioned on https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/adapter-node, to release it as node web app with a necessary tweak:
Although the default out directory is build, the out directory has to be clearly specified as build in the adapter config. Otherwise, the built node web app can not be started. In the end, the node build is successfully started, but with error message of "Something went wrong" on the Home tab, however, both the Sign in and the Sign up tabs work well