CSS not working in production

[fierce kraken]

I've tried running npm run prod or whatever its called from my server and it said its built my items, but the css isnt linking. this is how i link my css

its got absolutely no css

[nocturne mica]

So, what is happening? Is your CSS file loading? Is it empty? Is it a 404?

[fierce kraken]

how can i check where it is?

[nocturne mica]

Look at your browser's devtools

[fierce kraken]

idk if this is where u want me to look but

i guess this is the issue?

i think its because there isnt an .env file

wait there is

i just couldnt see it on the dashboard

is the app_url correct?

[nocturne mica]

Laravel detects the Vite dev server is running, which is either because it's running or you did something like copying your local files to a server while the Vite server is running. So, check if the /public/hot file exists

[fierce kraken]

how can i check this?

its meant to be in production

idk if im meant to use the dev server, i've built the css files to a file

[nocturne mica]

No, you shouldn't use the Vite dev server on a production environment

[fierce kraken]

yeah, i understand that

but im meant to be in prod mode

so shouldnt it be accessing the built css?

[nocturne mica]

I just explained..

[fierce kraken]

how can i stop the dev server, then?

im using plesk

[nocturne mica]

Idk, I don't use Plesk. Why did you start the dev server on your production server in the first place?

[fierce kraken]

i dont know 😭 i didnt mean to idk if its still running now

also, public/hot doesnt exisst

[nocturne mica]

Guess it is then? Then I guess use htop or something to figure out which processes are running, or even check if something is running internally on port 5175, if it is kill the process

[fierce kraken]

how can i check this? via ssh or something?

[nocturne mica]

Idk, I'm giving you lots of things to search for. No clue what Plesk is, just the what you're showing is indicative of the dev server running. Laravel would only try to load from the dev server it's running, and it detects this through the hot file, not through env or config.

[fierce kraken]

the hot file doesnt exist though

[nocturne mica]

Ok guess you're out of luck then 🤷‍♂️

[fierce kraken]

great thanks

[nocturne mica]

https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/10.x/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Vite.php#L284
That's quite literally the code though. If the hot file exists, load @vite/client, otherwise it doesn't. And your error shows it's loading the Vite client 🤷‍♂️

[fierce kraken]

yo so turns out i was looking for a hot directory and not file and the hot file was right underneath it so