demeteorizer's Introduction

Demeteorizer

CLI tool to convert a Meteor app into a "standard" Node.js application. The resulting app contains a package.json file with all required dependencies and can be easily ported to your own servers or Node.js PAAS providers.

Installing

$ npm install -g demeteorizer

Usage

$ cd /path/to/meteor/app
$ demeteorizer [options]

--version             print demeteorizer version and exit
--output, -o          output directory for converted app. Defaults to ./.demeteorized.
--node_version, -n    version of node to override minimum node version variable. Defaults to 0.8.24.

Examples

Convert the Meteor app in the current directory and output to ./.demeteorized

$ demeteorizer

Convert the Meteor app in the current directory and output to ~/meteor-app/converted

$ demeteorizer -o ~/meteor-app/converted

Convert the Meteor app in the current directory, output to ~/meteor-app/converter, and set minimum node version to 0.8.11.

$ demeteorizer -o ~/meteor-app/converted -n v0.8.11

Running Resulting App

Meteor apps make use of the following environment variables:

1. MONGO_URL='mongodb://user:password@host:port/databasename?autoReconnect=true'
2. MAIL_URL='smtp://user:password@mailhost:port/' (optional)
3. ROOT_URL='http://example.com' (optional)
4. PORT=8080 (optional, defaults to 80)

Run the app:

$ cd /your/output/directory
$ npm install
$ node main.js

Full Example

The following steps will create a Meteor example app, convert it, and run it.

$ meteor create --example leaderboard
$ demeteorizer
$ cd ./.demeteorized
$ npm install
$ MONGO_URL=[your-url] PORT=8080 node main.js

Support

Demeteorizer has been tested with the current Meteor example apps. If you find an app that doesn't convert correctly, throw an issue in Github - https://github.com/onmodulus/demeteorizer/issues

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