Error in forever.js with Ubuntu 12.04

[mengy007]

I have already installed and configured working deployments in about 5 other Ubuntu 12.04 VMs. I can't figure out what I'm doing or not doing for this one.

Everything instals fine but when I go to  run the harvester, I get this...

Starting Log.io harvester...

No directory, logging in with HOME=/

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/lib/forever.js:617

    procs.forEach(function (proc) {

          ^

TypeError: Object Error: EACCES, mkdir '/.forever' has no method 'forEach'

    at Object.format (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/lib/forever.js:617:11)

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/lib/forever.js:495:28

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/lib/forever.js:127:14

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/lib/forever.js:80:20

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/node_modules/utile/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:25:29

    at Object.oncomplete (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/node_modules/utile/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:37:53)

Launching forever process...

info:    Forever processing file: /usr/local/bin/log.io-harvester

fs.js:240

  return binding.open(pathModule._makeLong(path), stringToFlags(flags), mode);

                 ^

Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory '/.forever/f-yh.log'

    at Object.openSync (fs.js:240:18)

    at Object.startDaemon (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/lib/forever.js:391:14)

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/lib/forever/cli.js:229:13

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/lib/forever/cli.js:134:5

    at Object.oncomplete (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever/lib/forever.js:343:11)

Done.

Done.

[Bruno Ratnieks]

It seems that the user does not have a valid home directory environment variable.

Which user are you using to start the service?

[Meng Yang]

I'm running it with sudo

[Bruno Ratnieks]

try using "sudo -E" to preserve the enviroment.

Bruno

[Meng Yang]

I get the same exact error. I actually get the same "No directory" message for my working installs as well. I think the problem is within the forever module. For the other installs I had to force forever back to version 0.9.0 from 0.10.0 to get them to work but for this one, neither one works. I also tried going back as far as 0.8.2, same error.

Meng

[gwlc]

I have the same problem and find the solution: 

issue is the 'home' folder is not existing, 

1. check the log.io home diretory

    cat /etc/passwd |grep logio 

              logio:x:999:999::/usr/local/lib/node_modules/log.io/home:/bin/sh

2. create a folder "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/log.io/home" or change the path in passwd file. 

3. start server