Public folder differs from DEV and PROD

deployment
1

I notice that DEV ENV on meteor, public folder is under /public.

So I use something like:

fs.writeFile(process.env.PWD + “/public/” + file)

To save files.

On production, I notice that public folder is under /programs/web.browser/app.

So, when I save files on production, it goes to /public but when I try to retrieve them, it tries in /programs and dont find it.

What am I doing wrong? How can I upload to correct folder on DEV or change public folder on PROD?

2

What are you trying to write?

The “public” folder is not meant to be used for writing files during runtime

3

Hum… I just created a folder inside called Contents and I’m saving user files there. Where should them be saved so? I understood tha public is where I can save files visible to all users. No?

4

“public” is the wrong folder to use.

If you are writing this in your own server, you need to setup your server so that files in a particular folder will be available for users with the correct permissions.

It can also be done on a 3rd party storage like AWS S3.

5

Thanks again for your answer. In fact, there is just one server with one small aplication in meteor. I will not use AWS or other S3. If I want to use the same server to save couple of files from application, which approach should I use for folders?

6

It depends on the web server you are using.

Here is an example way of accessing static files from an nginx server: Serving Static Content | NGINX Documentation

7

And without nginx? Just using Meteor? Is there a way to save files and retrieve them?

8

You can use Meteor to serve static content through the Webapp package

As of version Meteor 2.x, the webapp package is using connect: connect - npm

You will need this middleware to serve static files: serve-static - npm

9

You can write file but not in the public folder as @rjdavid said.
You can create 2 meteor settings files, one for dev and other for prod. In meteor settings, you can set property, for example USER_DIRECTORY: "/home/somewhere/data", make sure meteor process has write permission.
After that, you can write/read files from those directories without any problem.