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.
>
>
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