as part of my learning i wanted to deploy my app to nodejitsu. Its running fine on my local server, but on nodejitsu all i get is
Cannot GET /
I thought it may have something to do with the NODE_ENV set to production on the server, but i never touched this on my local server. I changed it on nodejitsu to development but still i cant get it to work.
After commenting all the code i think the problem is in my index.js which i show below:
var express = require('express');//the framework
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
//var session = require('express-session');
var methodOverride = require('method-override');
var passport = require("passport");//for authentication
var LocalStrategy = require('passport-local').Strategy;//local users for passport
var http = require('http');
var path = require('path');
var db = require('./dataBase');//to connect to the db
var userRoles = require('./routingConfig').userRoles;
var accessLevels = require('./routingConfig').accessLevels;
var debug = false;
var db = new db('inmobiliaria', 'localhost', 3306, debug);
require('./passport')(passport, db, debug)
var app = express();
app.set('port', 1337);
app.use(methodOverride());
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }))
//app.use(session({ secret: 'SECRET' }));
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());
app.use(function (req, res, next) {
var role = userRoles.public;//default role
var username = '';
if (req.user) {
role = req.user.role;
username = req.user.username;
}
res.cookie('user', JSON.stringify({
'username': username,
'role': role
}));
next();
});
app.use('/', express.static(path.join(__dirname + '/../Client/')));
app.use("/lib", express.static(path.join(__dirname + '/../Client/lib/')));
app.use("/ctr", express.static(path.join(__dirname + '/../Client/Controllers/')));
app.use("/media", express.static(path.join(__dirname + '/../Client/media/')));
app.use("/views", express.static(path.join(__dirname + '/../Client/Views/')));
app.use("/srv", express.static(path.join(__dirname + '/../Client/Services/')));
app.use("/dct", express.static(path.join(__dirname + '/../Client/Directives/')));
require('./routes')(app, passport, db);
//require('./emailConfiguration');
http.createServer(app).listen(process.env.PORT || app.get('port'), function (err) {
console.log("Express server listening on port " + app.get('port'));
if (err) {
throw err; // For completeness's sake.
}
});
I investigated about this variable, but im not sure it has something to do with it. This is the url http://horaciotest.jit.su/, in case you want to see it. Is this configuration? Am i doing something that should not be done?
Thanks for taking your time.
EDIT:
i managed to reduce the error case to a few lines i think. As the guys at nodejitsu suggested, im now trying to use the module node-static to serve static files, but i cant get it to work along express:
this code works on nodejitsu and my local server (or at least doesnt show any errors)
var statik = require('node-static');
var http = require('http');
var path = require('path');
var file = new (statik.Server)(path.join(__dirname + '/../Client/'));//index.html here
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
console.log(path.join(__dirname + '/../Client/'));
file.serve(req, res);
}).listen(8080);
but as soon as i add express, i get the error i mentioned above:
var express = require('express');
var statik = require('node-static');
var http = require('http');
var path = require('path');
var app = express();
var file = new (statik.Server)(path.join(__dirname + '/../Client/'));//index.html here
http.createServer(app, function (req, res) {
console.log(path.join(__dirname + '/../Client/'));
file.serve(req, res);
}).listen(8080);
Can someone tell me why when i add the express app i get the error? it may be what i need to get this to work on nodejitsu, thanks!