Help getting application running

[near pulsar]

I'm a software engineer and new to Railway but not much of an infra guy.. I'm trying to get an application running but having trouble. First off, the package.json does not have a start script. I'm not sure what that should be.. Can someone here help?

[subtle kindle]

Project ID: N/A

[near pulsar]

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[sacred sapphire]

Hey, what kind of code are you trying to deploy? NodeJS?

[near pulsar]

Hi, yes node

[sacred sapphire]

then basically in your package.json under scripts simply specify a command to start your application, for example:

"scripts": {
  "start": "node dist/server.js"
}

you're also able to specify a start command directly on Railway without touching code, in case you want that let me know

[near pulsar]

This is an existing application that I forked.. not sure those solutions will work

[sacred sapphire]

if you do not know the start command then I really can't help much without it.
Do you have the application repository?

[near pulsar]

yep - https://github.com/mercurjs/vendor-panel

[sacred sapphire]

Go to your service settings, scroll down until you find "start command", and provide the following value: node dist/app.mjs

If that doesn't work, we can try another command

[near pulsar]

I did try node dist/app.js and that didn't work, but I'll try yours

[sacred sapphire]

Oh then try to specify it via environment variable, set the following on your service:

RAILPACK_START_CMD=node dist/app.js

[near pulsar]

with node dist/app.mjs the deployment finishes, but then it crashes

and I see a bunch of these:Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find module '/app/node_modules/lodash/debounce' imported from /app/dist/app.mjs

[sacred sapphire]

give me a minute, I'm looking at the code.

[sacred sapphire]

hey, I struggled a little bit on trying to run it and I got it running by following the instructions but I feel like it's wrong...
the project is saying to run it on development mode which is a bit weird.

anyway, i'll see i can find other ways around it

[near pulsar]

Thanks, I appreciate that. Can you share what you did to get it working?

[sacred sapphire]

hey, i've used a Dockerfile to get it working, it runs on development mode, I would not use it in any way.

FROM node:22.16.0-alpine

WORKDIR /app

COPY yarn.lock package.json .

RUN npm install

COPY . .

RUN npm run build

CMD npm run dev

[fallow carbon]

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How do I use the Docker file within Railway?
I think you need to have a Dockerfile at the root of the project OR point the service settings to Dockerfile path

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