CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.jssails.js
user986408
user986408

Reputation:

Accessing NODE_ENV at runtime in the server.js configuration of Sails.js

I find myself not able to access the NODE_ENV variable when trying to make config changes in the config/server.js file of Sails.js. I want to configure the serverOptions flag of the express property and bind ssl certificates - but only for production.

Assuming I started the server with node app.js --prod

This doesn't work:

module.exports = { ... };
console.log(process.env.NODE_ENV); // undefined

But this does work:

module.exports = { ... };
setTimeout(function () {
  console.log(process.env.NODE_ENV); // production
}, 1000);

Basically all I want to do is:

module.exports = (function () {
  var env = process.env.NODE_ENV,
    ret = { express: {} };

  if (env == 'production') {
    ret.express.serverOptions = { key: ..., cert: ... };
  }

  return ret;
}());

I've seen similar answers like https://stackoverflow.com/a/21152780/986408 but I can't understand how they should work when mine doesn't.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3984

Answers (1)

Chad
Chad

Reputation: 2289

run your application like this instead:

NODE_ENV=production node app.js

or

sails lift --prod

in the application root directory. the command line switch you're trying to use is meant to be passed to the sails executable, not directly to your application javascript.

Upvotes: 7

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