what is the output structure of output:standalone supposed to be? | Next.js | Page 1

dull meadow Apr 17, 2024, 12:40 PM

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i have a NextJs 14 /app app (14.1.4) in a monorepo as a subdirectory, and when i do next build with output: standalone in config, i don’t get the structure the docs say i should.

the server.js isn’t in the root of the standalone directory. it’s nested under a structure like:

/dist/standalone/apps/<my app name>/server.js

there’s also the other folders there that look like they are remnants from other build types in /dist. as if NextJS creates the build as normal, then copies things into /dist/standalone but doesn’t clean up after copying.

is that expected? if so, how much of the /dist/standalone do i actually need to copy over if i wanna deploy it? and where should i copy the public and static dirs?

the docs that i have found say nothing about it

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wide summit Apr 17, 2024, 1:14 PM

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A standalone build simply traces all files that are going to be used by your pages and copies them in a folder. This allows you to copy the folder over ftp and not have to install node_modules or anything extra.

The 3 folders you need to be looking out for are:

.next/standalone
public
.next/static

The public and .next/static folders can be deployed to a cdn OR moved to the standalone folder if you dont want to host your static files on a cdn.

Lastly you can either use next run OR run server.js

dull meadow Apr 17, 2024, 1:19 PM

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i get that.

my question is about the dir structure itself. the docs don’t mention what the shape of the standalone dir will be. the docs say there will be a server.js in the root of the standalone dir, but that isn’t the case in my env. so i can’t use the docs to figure out how/where to copy static/public files

wide summit Apr 17, 2024, 1:34 PM

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What does your .next/standalone structure currently look like?

dull meadow Apr 17, 2024, 1:36 PM

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i mentioned that above:

/.next/standalone/apps/<my app name>/…

wide summit Apr 17, 2024, 1:36 PM

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Btw i also thought the server.js should be output to the root of the standalone folder but the docs dont explicitly say that. They just say a server.js file is output.

Additionally, a minimal server.js file is also output which can be used instead of next start

dull meadow Apr 17, 2024, 1:36 PM

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server.js is in the <my app name> folder

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ya, this structure makes it so i dunno where to copy files to

wide summit Apr 17, 2024, 1:37 PM

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Also this part:

This minimal server does not copy the public or .next/static folders by default as these should ideally be handled by a CDN instead, although these folders can be copied to the standalone/public and standalone/.next/static folders manually, after which server.js file will serve these automatically.

dull meadow Apr 17, 2024, 1:37 PM

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should static/public be alongside server.js as siblings?

wide summit Apr 17, 2024, 1:37 PM

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How about you try doing this first ig :/. Just test it out on your local environment rq. If the static stuff works you know it's fine.

dull meadow Apr 17, 2024, 1:38 PM

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i did, static files weren’t served

wide summit Apr 17, 2024, 1:38 PM

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Server.js should also have code to detect these so if you want to snoop around in that you can

wide summit Apr 17, 2024, 1:38 PM

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dull meadow i did, static files weren’t served

Then maybe the docs are outdated :/

dull meadow Apr 17, 2024, 1:38 PM

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yeah

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was hoping someone had done it and knew heh

wide summit Apr 17, 2024, 1:38 PM

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Try copying to the folder that contains the server.js

dull meadow Apr 17, 2024, 1:39 PM

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tried that 🙂

wide summit Apr 17, 2024, 1:39 PM

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It still doesnt work?

dull meadow Apr 17, 2024, 1:39 PM

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nope

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i have no idea where they go haha

wide summit Apr 17, 2024, 1:39 PM

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That is quite weird. Ig last effort would be ensuring you have latest next version, deleting the .next folder and then doing the build again

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Otherwise, put up a issue on GitHub ig.

wide summit Apr 18, 2024, 1:00 PM

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dull meadow i have no idea where they go haha

Did you figure this out?

dull meadow Apr 18, 2024, 1:01 PM

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yep

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so there are two .next folders as it turns out

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a top level and a nested one.

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for me they are named dist cuz i have an outDir configured

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so the public folder gets copied as a sibling to the nested dist. and the static folder gets copied inside the nested dist

#what is the output structure of output:standalone supposed to be?