How to run production server

[DutchKevv]

Bit of a noob question, my apologies.

I try to run in production mode, but don't really know what command to use. Had a look at the package.json and found the _server:run scripts, but they are for private use. In app.js there is a reference to app.get('env') === production to set static path to /dist/*

But when I try to run NODE_ENV=production npm start, also doesn't seem to be it.

What is the recommended way to 'run' the production mode? The documentation only states about building prod.

[edit] this seems to do the trick though: NODE_ENV=production node dist/server/bin/www.js

but still don't know if its the preferred way :)

Incase it is, would it be an idea to add it as a script to the package.json? npm run prod Maybe also include npm forever? [/edit]

Thanks!

[vladotesanovic]

Hey there,

If you want to deploy this application to your own server, you will need PM2 or forever packages ( as you mentioned )

In both case, you will need to set two variables:

NODE_ENV and PORT

NODE_ENV should be set to production PORT should be set to your forwarded port ( 443 or 80 )

If you are using PM2, you can do that trough process.json http://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/application-declaration/

[webernir]

I ran npm run build then on my own server (windows), i've tried both PM2 and nodemon with: SET NODE_ENV=production && pm2 start bin\www but get

Error: Cannot find module 'express'

@vladotesanovic please help - what dependencies should be installed on a production server?

[vladotesanovic]

@myGuruPitka try to figure out from this, if you can't make it i ll help you more https://github.com/vladotesanovic/angular2-express-starter/issues/46

[webernir]

Thanks @vladotesanovic ! I got it to work after adding to dist/server/packages.json with the server side dependencies and running npm install.

"dependencies": {
    "body-parser": "~1.13.2",
    "compression": "^1.6.2",
    "cookie-parser": "~1.3.5",
    "core-js": "^2.4.1",
    "cors": "^2.8.1",
    "express": "^4.13.4",
    "express-jwt": "^3.3.0",
    "jsonwebtoken": "^5.7.0",
    "lodash": "^4.17.2",
    "node-uuid": "^1.4.7",
    "path": "^0.12.7",
    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.12",
    "zone.js": "^0.6.23"
  },