Set up include path in node.js (express.js)

Question

Set up include path in node.js (express.js)

I want to deploy node.js application from my own upstart script and cron. The app starts but doesn't work because can't include files. I have errors:

Error: Failed to lookup view "front/index"

How to set up the include path ?

node.js
express
coffeescript

Answer 1

Make sure you have a chdir /path/to/your/app directive in your upstart configuration. By default, express will use the process's working directory to look up views. You can also use app.set('views', __dirname + '/views'); to set a particular directory, but given that your app works locally, your problem is almost certainly lack of chdir in your upstart configuration.