Meteor Up is a command line tool that allows you to deploy any Meteor app to your own server. It currently supports Ubuntu.
This repository formerly was at kadirahq/meteor-up.
You can install and use Meteor Up on Linux, Mac and Windows.
This version of Meteor Up is powered by Docker, making deployment easy to manage and reducing a lot of server specific errors.
Read the getting started tutorial.
Table of Contents
settings.jsonnpm install -g mup
mup should be installed on the computer you are deploying from.
cd my-app-folder
mkdir .deploy
cd .deploy
mup init
WARNING: Windows users need to use mup.cmd instead. As mup will result in unexpected behavior.
This will create two files in your Meteor Up project directory:
mup.js - Meteor Up configuration filesettings.json - Settings for Meteor's settings APImodule.exports = {
servers: {
one: {
host: '1.2.3.4',
username: 'root',
// pem: '/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa',
// password: 'password',
// or leave blank to authenticate using ssh-agent
opts: {
port: 22,
},
}
},
meteor: {
name: 'app',
path: '../app',
// lets you add docker volumes (optional)
volumes: {
// passed as '-v /host/path:/container/path' to the docker run command
'/host/path': '/container/path',
'/second/host/path': '/second/container/path'
},
docker: {
// Change the image to 'kadirahq/meteord' if you
// are using Meteor 1.3 or older
image: 'abernix/meteord:base' , // (optional)
imagePort: 80, // (optional, default: 80)
// lets you add/overwrite any parameter on
// the docker run command (optional)
args: [
'--link=myCustomMongoDB:myCustomMongoDB', // linking example
'--memory-reservation 200M' // memory reservation example
],
// (optional) Only used if using your own ssl certificates.
// Default is "meteorhacks/mup-frontend-server"
imageFrontendServer: 'meteorhacks/mup-frontend-server',
// lets you bind the docker container to a
// specific network interface (optional)
bind: '127.0.0.1',
// lets you add network connections to perform after run
// (runs docker network connect <net name> for each network listed here)
networks: [
'net1'
]
},
// list of servers to deploy, from the 'servers' list
servers: {
one: {}, two: {}, three: {}
},
buildOptions: {
// skip building mobile apps, but still build the web.cordova architecture
serverOnly: true,
debug: true,
cleanAfterBuild: true, // default
buildLocation: '/my/build/folder', // defaults to /tmp/<uuid>
// set serverOnly: false if want to build mobile apps when deploying
// Remove this property for mobileSettings to use your settings.json
// (optional)
mobileSettings: {
yourMobileSetting: 'setting value'
},
server: 'http://app.com', // your app url for mobile app access (optional)
// adds --allow-incompatible-updates arg to build command (optional)
allowIncompatibleUpdates: true,
},
env: {
// PORT: 8000, // useful when deploying multiple instances (optional)
ROOT_URL: 'http://app.com', // If you are using ssl, this needs to start with https
MONGO_URL: 'mongodb://localhost/meteor'
},
log: { // (optional)
driver: 'syslog',
opts: {
'syslog-address': 'udp://syslogserverurl.com:1234'
}
},
ssl: {
// Enables let's encrypt (optional)
autogenerate: {
email: 'email.address@domain.com',
domains: 'website.com,www.website.com' // comma seperated list of domains
}
},
deployCheckWaitTime: 60, // default 10
// lets you define which port to check after the deploy process, if it
// differs from the meteor port you are serving
// (like meteor behind a proxy/firewall) (optional)
deployCheckPort: 80,
// Shows progress bar while uploading bundle to server (optional)
// You might need to disable it on CI servers
enableUploadProgressBar: true // default false.
},
mongo: { // (optional but remove it if you want to use a remote mongodb!)
port: 27017,
version: '3.4.1', // (optional), default is 3.4.1
servers: {
one: {},
}
}
};
mup setup
Running this locally will set up the remote server(s) you have specified in mup.js. It will take around 2-5 minutes depending on the server's performance and network availability.
It is safe to run mup setup multiple times if needed. After making changes to custom ssl certificates, mongodb, or servers in your config, you need to run mup setup for the changes to take effect.
mup deploy
This will bundle the Meteor project locally and deploy it to the remote server(s). The bundling process is exactly how meteor deploy does it.
mup deploy --cached-build
The --cached-build option will use the build from the last time you deployed the app. This is useful when the previous deploy failed from a network error or from a problem in the config.
mup reconfig - reconfigures app with new environment variables, Meteor settings, and it updates the start scriptmup stop - stop the appmup start - start the appmup restart - restart the appmup logs [-f --tail=50] - get logsYou can define Meteor build options in mup.js like this:
...
meteor: {
buildOptions: {
// build with the debug mode on
debug: true,
// mobile setting for cordova apps
mobileSettings: {
public: {
'meteor-up': 'rocks',
}
},
// executable used to build the meteor project
// you can set a local repo path if needed
executable: 'meteor',
}
}
...
Meteor Up checks if the deployment is successful or not just after the deployment. It will wait 15 seconds after starting the docker container before starting the checks. The check runs every second until it either can sucessfully load the app's client, or it runs out of time as defined in meteor.deployCheckWaitTime.
Most docker images used with mup run npm install before starting the app. Especially for small servers, this can take awhile. If deployments fail with Verifying Deployment: FAILED, and it looks like npm didn't finish installing dependencies, try increasing the value in meteor.deployCheckWaitTime
If you are deploying under a proxy/firewall and need a different port to be checked after deploy, add a variable called deployCheckPort with the value of the port you are publishing your application to.
meteor: {
...
deployCheckPort: 80
...
}
This only tested with Mac/Linux
It's common to use passphrase enabled SSH keys to add an extra layer of protection to your SSH keys. You can use those keys with mup too. In order to do that, you need to use ssh-agent.
Here's the process:
pem field from mup.js so your mup.js has username and host only.eval $(ssh-agent)ssh-add <path-to-key>mup commands and they'll just workssh-agent -ksudoIf your username is root or you're using AWS EC2, you don't need to follow these steps
Please ensure your key file (pem) is not protected by a passphrase. This setup process will require NOPASSWD access to sudo. (Since Meteor needs port 80, sudo access is required.)
Make sure you also add your ssh key to the /YOUR_USERNAME/.ssh/authorized_keys list.
You can add your user to the sudo group:
sudo adduser *username* sudo
And you also need to add NOPASSWD to the sudoers file:
sudo visudo
# replace this line
%sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL
# by this line
%sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
When this process is not working you might encounter the following error:
'sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified'
Meteor Up uses Docker to run and manage your app. It uses MeteorD behind the scenes. Here's how we manage and utilize the server.
/opt/<appName>/current--restart=always flag and it'll re-spawn the container if it dies27017 (you cannot access it from the outside)<appName>You can use an array to deploy to multiple servers at once.
To deploy to different environments (e.g. staging, production, etc.), use separate Meteor Up configurations in separate directories, with each directory containing separate mup.js and settings.json files, and the mup.js files' app field pointing back to your app's local directory.
Meteor Up supports multiple deployments to a single server. To route requests to the correct app, use the reverse proxy
Let's assume we need to deploy production and staging versions of the app to the same server. The production is at myapp.com, and staging is at staging.myapp.com.
We need to have two separate Meteor Up projects. For that, create two directories and initialize Meteor Up and add the necessary configurations.
In the staging mup.js, add a field called appName with the value staging. You can add any name you prefer instead of staging.
Next, add the proxy object to both configs. For your production app, it would be:
{
...
proxy: {
domains: 'staging.myapp.com'
}
}
For the staging app, proxy.domains would be staging.myapp.com.
Now set up both projects and deploy as you need.
If you want Docker to listen only on a specific network interface, such as 127.0.0.1, add a variable called bind with the value of the IP address you want to listen to.
meteor: {
...
docker: {
...
bind: '127.0.0.1'
...
}
}
If you need to connect your docker container to one or more networks add a variable called networks inside the docker configuration. This is an array containing all network names to which it has to connect.
meteor: {
...
docker: {
...
networks: [
'myNetwork1'
]
...
}
...
}
Meteor Up can create a nginx reverse proxy that will handle ssl, and, if you are running multiple apps on the server, it will route requests to the correct app. The proxy is shared between all apps on the servers.
This currently is an experimental feature. This means that the configuration might have breaking changes between releases until it is finalized. This will eventually replace the former nginx setup, configured using meteor.ssl and meteor.nginx.
Remove meteor.ssl and meteor.nginx from your config and add a proxy section:
{
...
proxy: {
ssl: {
letsEncryptEmail: 'address@gmail.com'
},
// comma seperated list of domains your website
// will be accessed at.
// You will need to configure your dns for each one.
domains: 'website.com,www.website.com'
}
You need to stop each app deployed to the servers:
mup stop
Then, run
mup setup
mup reconfig
Add an ssl object to your proxy config:
{
...
proxy: {
...
ssl: {
// For using let's encrypt
letsEncryptEmail: 'email@domain.com'
// Use custom certificates
crt: './bundle.crt',
key: './private.pem'
}
}
}
If you are using custom certificates instead, it would look like:
proxy: {
ssl: {
crt: './bundle.crt',
key: './private.pem'
}
}
{
proxy: {
// Settings in "proxy.shared" will be applied to every app deployed on the servers.
// Everything is optional. These won't need to be changed for most apps.
//
// This only needs to be set in one app that is on the server.
// If multiple apps have `proxy.shared`, they will override each other when `mup setup` is run for an app.
shared: {
// The port number to listen to for http connections. Default 80.
httpPort: 80,
// The port to listen for htts connections. Default is 443.
httpsPort: 443,
// Set proxy wide upload limit. Setting 0 will disable the limit.
clientUploadLimit: '10M',
// Environtment variables for nginx proxy
env: {
DEFAULT_HOST: 'foo.bar.com'
},
// env for the jrcs/letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion container
envLetsencrypt: {
// Directory URI for the CA ACME API endpoint (default: https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory).
// If you set it's value to https://acme-staging.api.letsencrypt.org/directory letsencrypt will use test
// servers that don't have the 5 certs/week/domain limits.
ACME_CA_URI: 'https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory',
// Set it to true to enable debugging of the entrypoint script and generation of LetsEncrypt certificates,
// which could help you pin point any configuration issues.
DEBUG: true
},
}
}
appNameIt's pretty okay to change the appName. But before you do so, you need to stop the project with older appName.
You can keep multiple configuration and settings files in the same directory and pass them to mup using the command parameters --settings and --config. For example, to use a file mup-staging.js and staging-settings.json, add the parameters like this:
mup deploy --config=mup-staging.js --settings=staging-settings.json
Meteor UP can enable SSL support for your app. It can either autogenerate the certificates, or upload them from your dev computer.
If you are using the reverse proxy, follow these instructions instead.
Meteor Up can use Let's Encrypt to generate certificates for you. Add the following to your mup.js file:
meteor: {
...
ssl: {
autogenerate: {
email: 'email.address@domain.com',
domains: 'website.com,www.website.com'
}
}
}
You also need to:
meteor.env.ROOT_URL starts with https://meteor.ssl.autogenerate.domainsThen run mup deploy. It will automatically create certificates and set up SSL, which can take up to a few minutes. The certificates will be automatically renewed when they expire within 30 days.
To upload certificates instead of having the server generate them for you, just add the following configuration to your mup.js file.
meteor: {
...
ssl: {
crt: './bundle.crt', // this is a bundle of certificates
key: './private.key', // this is the private key of the certificate
port: 443 // 443 is the default value and it's the standard HTTPS port
}
...
}
Now simply do mup setup and then mup deploy. Your app is now running with a modern SSL setup.
If your certificate and key are already in the right location on your server and you would like to prevent Mup from overriding them while still needing an SSL setup, you can add upload: false to mup.js in the meteor.ssl object.
To learn more about SSL setup when using your own certificates, refer to the mup-frontend-server project.
If you would like to increase the client upload limits, you can change it by adding:
This Only Works if you are using the Let's Encrypt Autogenerated SSL's
If you are using the reverse proxy, follow these instructions instead.
meteor: {
...
nginx: {
clientUploadLimit: '<desired amount>' // Default is 10M
}
...
}
You can't access the MongoDB from outside the server. To access the MongoDB shell you need to log into your server via SSH first and then run the following command:
docker exec -it mongodb mongo <appName>
Later on we'll be using a separate MongoDB instance for every app.
If you have not deployed to the server, you can change the mongo version by adding:
mongo: {
...
version: '<desired version>'
}
If you have deployed to the server, it involves a couple more steps.
docker exec -it mongodb mongo on the server.mup.js and run mup setup.docker ps to check if mongodb keeps restarting. If it is, you can see what the problem is with docker logs mongodbTo update mup to the latest version, just type:
npm install -g mup
mup usually will let you know when there is an update available. You should try and keep mup up to date in order to keep up with the latest Meteor changes.
Make sure that the docker image you are using supports your app's meteor version.
If you suddenly can't deploy your app anymore, first use the mup logs -f command to check the logs for error messages.
Many problems are caused by the server running out of ram.
If you need to see the output of mup (to see more precisely where it's failing or hanging, for example), run it like so:
DEBUG=mup* mup <command> --verbose
where <command> is one of the mup commands such as setup, deploy, etc.
The environment variable DEBUB=* gives more information on what the mup cli is doing.
The --verbose flag shows output from commands and scripts run on the server.
If you do not see => Starting meteor app on port in the logs, it did not have had enough time to finish running npm install, or there was an error while installing the dependencies. Try increase meteor.deployCheckWaitTime until it has enough time to finish npm install.
If you do see it in your logs, make sure your ROOT_URL starts with https or http, depending on if you are using ssl or not. If that did not fix it, create a new issue with your config and output from mup deploy --verbose.
If you are using windows, make sure you run commands with mup.cmd <command> instead of mup <command>.
If it silently fails for a different reason, please create an issue.
This usually happens when meteor is not installed.
Make sure your meteor.env.ROOT_URL starts with https://. Also, check that the dns for all of the domains in ssl.autogenerate.domains is correctly configured to point to the server. Port 80 needs to be open in the server so it can verify that you control the domain.
You can view the Let's Encrypt logs by running this command on the server:
docker logs <AppName>-nginx-letsencrypt
Replace <AppName> with the name of the app.
Make sure force-ssl is not in .meteor/versions. If it is, either your app, or a package it uses has force-ssl as a dependency.
mup is not backward compatible with Meteor Up 0.x. or mupx.
os.linux.x86_64 architecture. (This is the same thing what meteor-deploy does)Use a new server if possible as you can. Then migrate DNS accordingly. That's the easiest and safest way.
Let's assume our appName is meteor
Remove old docker container with: docker rm -f meteor
Remove old mongodb container with: docker rm -f mongodb
If present remove nginx container with: docker rm -f meteor-frontend
Then do mup setup and then mup deploy.
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