#Meteor.js on OpenShift, with custom version o nodeJS Deploy meteor.js application bundles on OpenShift
This example uses: Meteor example application (leaderboard) with custom version of nodeJS ready for deploy to openshift.
We use any old nodeJS (node 0.6), but we need some "cartridge", finally it uses nodeJs version 10.24 (but you can change it - se below). Name of our application is "myapp".
There are 2 choices: one gear (1 Gear = NodeJs+Mongo) or scaled. I recomended you use scalable version, because Mongo with Node is to big for one gear. Not-scalable solution (MongoDb has 0.5Gb, Suma is 0.8Gb, Limit is 1Gb !!):
rhc app create myapp nodejs-0.6 mongodb-2.2 --from-code=git://github.com/vladka/openshift-meteor-leaderboard-customNode.git
#see quota:
rhc show-app myapp --gears quota
Scalable solution(Mongo has own gear, it is great!):
rhc app create myapp nodejs-0.6 --from-code=git://github.com/vladka/openshift-meteor-leaderboard-customNode.git -s
rhc cartridge add mongodb-2.2 -a myapp
#You can limit scale-number (optionally):
rhc scale-cartridge nodejs-0.6 -a myapp --min 1 --max 2
#Now push something to rebuild all.
The above command will output a local copy of your OpenShift application source in a folder matching your application name. Be sure to run this command from within a folder where you would like to keep your project source.
That's it! Check out your new Meteor.js application at:
http://myapp-$yournamespace.rhcloud.com
ENJOY ! Vladka.
Example above uses node version 0.10.24. You can change it anywhere by changing file on the path:
myapp/.openshift/markers/NODEJS_VERSION
then don't forgot to push changes to openshift
git add .
git commit -am "any message"
git push
In my case :
1) I have used 'demeteorizer' (see article http://blog.modulus.io/demeteorizer)
2) then I have copied 'demeteorized' content to myapp, except file package.json.
3) Package.json file I have manually "merged" (there are dependencies, which you must keep from your application)
4) git add, commit, push
5) see your output:
rhc tail myapp
6) if you see errors, if some dependency is missing:
add it to 'Package.json' and go to step 4)
This solution worked for me.
In this quickstart guide, we'll be using OpenShift Online to host our application.
Sign up for an account at http://openshift.redhat.com/app/account/new
If you don't already have the rhc (Red Hat Cloud) command-line tools, install them:
sudo gem install rhc
You'll need to run rhc setup to link your OpenShift Online account with your local development environment, and to select an application namespace:
rhc setup
If you need any additional assistance setting up rhc, this doc may come in handy: https://openshift.redhat.com/community/developers/rhc-client-tools-install