Can not start passenger stand alone with nodeJS sample app

[Ahmed El-Sokkary]

I followed the guide: "

Launching a server on Digital Ocean

"

From:

https://www.phusionpassenger.com/library/walkthroughs/deploy/nodejs/digital_ocean/nginx/oss/launch_server.html

but when it comes to finally start up the sample node js application I got the following error:

Error: Cannot find module '/var/www/test/passenger-nodejs-connect-demo//var/www/test/passenger-nodejs-connect-demo/app.js'

    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)

    at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)

    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)

    at require (module.js:380:17)

    at loadApplication (/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/node-loader.js:120:2)

    at setupEnvironment (/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/node-loader.js:91:2)

    at /usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/node-loader.js:63:5

    at LineReader.readLine (/usr/share/passenger/node/phusion_passenger/line_reader.js:123:3)

    at readNextOption (/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/node-loader.js:61:15)

    at /usr/sh

Command used to start up the application from the same application folder:

passenger start --app-type node --startup-file app.js

I don't know why it tries to start the module with duplicate application path?!!!

[Hongli Lai]

You have unfortunately run into a regression in Passenger 5.0.15.
We've already fixed this, and plan on releasing the fix on Monday. In
the mean time, try passing an absolute path to app.js, like this:

passenger start --app-type node --startup-file

/var/www/test/passenger-nodejs-connect-demo/app.js

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[Ahmed El-Sokkary]

I tried this solution but still getting the same error:

passenger start --app-type node --startup-file /var/www/test/passenger-nodej                                                                                    s-connect-demo/app.js

=============== Phusion Passenger Standalone web server started ===============

PID file: /var/www/test/passenger-nodejs-connect-demo/passenger.3000.pid

Log file: /var/www/test/passenger-nodejs-connect-demo/passenger.3000.log

Environment: development

Accessible via: http://0.0.0.0:3000/

You can stop Phusion Passenger Standalone by pressing Ctrl-C.

Problems? Check https://www.phusionpassenger.com/library/admin/standalone/troubleshooting/

===============================================================================

App 6800 stdout:

App 6800 stderr:

App 6800 stderr: module.js:340

App 6800 stderr:     throw err;

App 6800 stderr:

App 6800 stderr:

App 6800 stderr:

App 6800 stderr:

App 6800 stderr:

App 6800 stderr:

App 6800 stderr:

App 6800 stderr:

App 6800 stderr:

App 6800 stderr:

App 6800 stderr: ^

App 6800 stderr:

App 6800 stderr: Error: Cannot find module '/var/www/test/passenger-nodejs-connect-demo//var/www/test/passenger-nodejs-co                                                                                    nnect-demo/app.js'

App 6800 stderr:     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)

App 6800 stderr:     at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)

App 6800 stderr:     at Module.require (module.js:364:17)

App 6800 stderr:     at require (module.js:380:17)

App 6800 stderr:     at loadApplication (/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/node-loader.js:120:2)

App 6800 stderr:     at setupEnvironment (/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/node-loader.js:91:2)

App 6800 stderr:     at /usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/node-loader.js:63:5

App 6800 stderr:     at LineReader.readLine (/usr/share/passenger/node/phusion_passenger/line_reader.js:123:3)

App 6800 stderr:     at readNextOption (/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/node-loader.js:61:15)

App 6800 stderr:     at /usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/node-loader.js:70:5

[ 2015-08-23 07:53:59.4454 6764/7fb4cc5b2700 App/Implementation.cpp:303 ]: Could not spawn process for application /var/w                                                                                    ww/test/passenger-nodejs-connect-demo: An error occurred while starting the web application. It exited before signalling                                                                                     successful startup back to Phusion Passenger.

  Error ID: 5794cfa8

  Error details saved to: /tmp/passenger-error-j54tWV.html

  Message from application: An error occurred while starting the web application. It exited before signalling successful                                                                                     startup back to Phusion Passenger. Please read <a href="https://github.com/phusion/passenger/wiki/Debugging-application-s                                                                                    tartup-problems">this article</a> for more information about this problem.<br>

<h2>Raw process output:</h2>

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[Hongli Lai]

Try this then. Edit
/usr/share/passenger/helper-scripts/node-loader.js. Look for this
line:

require(appRoot + '/' + startupFile);

Replace it with:

require(startupFile);

This should fix it until we've published the next version.

On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Ahmed El-Sokkary

[Ahmed El-Sokkary]

Thank you very much for your great support! appreciated :-)