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Run node module in guest executable

I've got a global npm package installed, TileServer, that I run as service through command line. I'd like to convert this to a guest executable in service fabric, but I'm having trouble implementing.

Pre-Guest executable, I would invoke the following command in cmd:

tileserver-gl-light --port=8788 map.mbtiles

My configuration for my guest executable is:

<ExeHost>
  <Program>tileserver-gl-light</Program>
  <Arguments>--port=8788 c:\maptiles.mbtiles</Arguments>
  <WorkingFolder>Work</WorkingFolder>
</ExeHost>

Unfortunately, the error I get when trying to run the service just says "There were deployment errors. Continue?"

Any ideas on how to get this working?

Thanks!

Solution

  • Can you check to see if that application package validates on your local machine by calling Test-ServiceFabricApplicationPackage?

    Usually SF expects the file to be

    1. Present in the application package and
    2. Some sort of executable file that the OS understands (for windows .bat, .exe, etc.)

    In this case I think what you're saying is that the tileserver bits are actually outside the package (wherever your node packages are), and you're actually trying to use node to start it (since the tileserver-gl packages aren't natively executable by Windows).

    If that's the case your program should probably be something like a batch file that just says "tileserver-gl-light" and then your command line args in it.

    Include that batch file in your code package and reference that as your program (and straighten out how you want to pass the args) and you should be good to go.