NodeJS App Deployment - NPM/Gulp

Question

I'm attempting to deploy a nodeJS app on AWS CodeDeploy, and have an issue with gulp dependencies and running npm install/start from a bash file.

I have a standard app folder structure, with package.json in the project root etc.

Bash file (bin/npm_install.sh)

cd /opt/deployments/app-backend
npm install

NPM script definitions

"scripts": {
  "postinstall": "gulp minify-sdk && gulp setup-auto",
  "start": "gulp",
  "test": "gulp test"
}

Error when running bin/npm_install.sh

[stdout]
[stdout]> [email protected] start /opt/deployments/app-backend
[stdout]> gulp
[stdout]
[stderr]
[stderr]module.js:340
[stderr]    throw err;
[stderr]          ^
[stderr]Error: Cannot find module 'pretty-hrtime'
[stderr]    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
[stderr]    at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
[stderr]    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
[stderr]    at require (module.js:380:17)
[stderr]    at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/deployments/app-backend/node_modules/.bin/gulp:5:18)
[stderr]    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
[stderr]    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
[stderr]    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
[stderr]    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
[stderr]    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
[stderr]npm ERR! weird error 8
[stderr]npm WARN This failure might be due to the use of legacy binary "node"
[stderr]npm WARN For further explanations, please read
[stderr]/usr/share/doc/nodejs/README.Debian
[stderr] 
[stderr]npm ERR! not ok code 0

NOTE: Running npm install works fine from the project root folder.

Any suggestions? Is this the best way to start the app after codedeploy has finished deploying the code?

Surya Bala Surya Bala · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-26T00:06:43

You can use 'AfterInstall' lifecycle event to install your modules and use 'ApplicationStart' lifecycle event to start the app. Does manually running npm_install.sh succeed?

NodeJS App Deployment - NPM/Gulp

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