Deploying build to production using express server which i compiled using webpack -p

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I want to deploy my app to production. I dont know what to do after i build my bundle using webpack -p. How to serve this bundle on production using express node server. My webpack.config.js file ``` var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin') var debug = process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production"; var webpack = require("webpack"); var HTMLWebpackPluginConfig = new HtmlWebpackPlugin({ template: __dirname + '/app/index.html', filename: 'index.html', inject: 'body' }); module.exports = { devtool: debug ? "inline-sourcemap" : null, entry: [ './app/index.js' ], output: { path: __dirname + '/dist', publicPath: '/', filename: "index_bundle.js" }, module: { loaders: [ {test: /\.js$/, exclude: /node_modules/, loader: "babel-loader"} ] }, resolve: { extensions: ['', '.js', '.jsx'] }, plugins: debug ? [HTMLWebpackPluginConfig] : [ HTMLWebpackPluginConfig, new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin('common.js'), new webpack.optimize.DedupePlugin(), new webpack.optimize.OccurenceOrderPlugin(),…

Accepted Answer

You now need to serve the contents of your dist folder with express, here's a basic implementation which you can use as an example:

Create a file named app.js in your . folder (in the same folder you dist folder is in)

app.js

```
var path = require('path');
var express = require('express');

var app = express();

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '/dist')));

app.get('/*', function(req, res){
  res.sendfile("index.html", {root: path.join(__dirname, '/dist')});
});

app.listen(80, function() {
  console.log("App is running at localhost: 80")
});
```

Then, run node app.js, if you get the EACCES error, run sudo node app.js instead. This runs your production files locally at http://localhost.

If you want to deploy this to somewhere else (for example, heroku https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-nodejs#introduction) you will have to check their instructions.

Deploying build to production using express server which i compiled using webpack -p

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