1. Use `npm start`. https://npmjs.org/doc/scripts.html 2. Sounds messy and fraught with issues. Not touching that. ;-)
Daniel Shaw @dshaw On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Mark Hahn <m...@hahnca.com> wrote: > I have a node server app that I want to publish on npm. I would like it to > be easy for anyone to do an npm install and then run the server. I have > only published modules in npm, not apps. Some questions ... > > 1) After installing, how can they start the server? Of course they could go > to the app folder and run "node my-server" but that is a pain. I'd like for > them to be able to do a global install and then just start it with a simple > bash command from any working directory. > > 2) My server only accepts https connections. I don't want them to have to go > to the trouble to install a self-signed certificate. Once again I'd like > for them to be able to do the npm install and then use it immediately from > their browser. Is there any way that npm could install a self-signed > certificate? The only person accessing this server will be the person who > installed it so it would be easy for them to provide an exception for the > certificate in their browser. Or is there a way I can run an https server > with no certificate? Encryption is all I need. > > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.