0

I can start and run my Angular app fine from my local computer. But I have never run it on a server before.

I have tried uploading it to the server. On the server I type the following to start it:

http-server

Then I visit http://serverip:8080/. Instead of seeing my app I see:

Index of /

(-rw-rw-r--)    847B    app.js
(-rw-rw-r--)    748B    index.htm

Node.js v0.10.25/ ecstatic server running @ 195.189.182.160:8080

What is missing in my configuration?

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
1

ecstatic is a static file server. It's not set up to be a web server by default, even though it can work that way. When you do run it as a web server, certain standard options in most web servers - like treating a request for /path/ as a request for /path/index.htm - are disabled by default.

You need to enable opts.autoIndex. The package readme tells you how to do that. In your case, it means editing http-server or the .js file that it fires off; it's hard to say from what you have posted.

Improve this answer
Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

3 Comments

That sounds complicated. Is any other web server simpler to run Angular from for a beginner? I'm at the stage where I need a step by step tutorial to follow to succeed.
@user1283776 You can use whatever you want - Apache, nginx, a simple node.js listener, or whatever. You will have to run it on top of something, however. Software recommendations and recommendations for tutorials are off-topic for SO, but you should have no problem finding them in a search engine. You might also look at this question and its answers.
Only node.js, only single language for both -ends

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our privacy policy.

Start asking to get answers

Find the answer to your question by asking.

Ask question

Explore related questions

See similar questions with these tags.