Windows: docker or node run and refer to settings.json file

[hoser23331]

hi all,

using windows, I tried everything.

$meteor will not run with env. variable METEOR_SETTINGS

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Windows: load settings.json in environment variable

Hi, I try something simple but nothing works. I try to deploy meteor 1.4 to node 4.4.7 I get: not valid Json error or I get “my var” undefined So what should my bat file look like? Set METEOR_SETTINGS: path to .json? Do I need a complete script? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19356220/how-to-parse-a-json-file-to-variables-with-the-windows-command-line Found it: use powershell not cmd… If you are using Meteor settings, the entire json block needs to be stringified and pasted into th…

502 Not Found → the powershell script does not work, I get

But how do I refer to my MULTI LINE settings.json file when I start node? it must be so simple…

thank you so much!

docker run --rm -e ROOT_URL=http://localhost -e METEOR_SETTINGS='NOT VALID JSON ERROR' -e MONGO_URL=mongodb://172.17.0.2 -p 8080:80 yourname/app

Example settings.json file

{
    "adminEmails": "dfdsafd@df.com",
    "public": {
        "host": "PRESALES1",
        "port": 81, 
        "UDC": "OEM_HOST", 
        "virtualProxyClientUsage": "meteor",                       
        "webIntegrationHost": "localhost",
        "webIntegrationDemoPort": 3030,
        "facebook":{
            "clientId": "dfdf"         
        },
        "templateAppId": "5658d4a5-0102-4b74-9c5d-1b01c2430c8f"                        
    },
    "private": {
        "host": "PRESALES1",
        "port": 81, 
        "certificatesDirectory": "C:\\Repository\\Exported Certificates\\.Local Certificates",
        "notificationURL": "http://nlsch-mbj3:3000/updateSenseInfo",
        "SenseServerInternalLanIP": "PRESALES1",        
        "useSSL": false,
        "passphrase": null,
        "authentication": "header",
        "virtualProxy": "hdr",
        "headerKey": "hdr-usr",
        "UDC": "OEM_HOST",        
        "headerValue": "PRESALES1\\meteor",        
        "isSecure": true,
        "engineHeaders": "UserDirectory=PRESALES1;UserId=Qlik",
        "enginePort": 4747,
        "proxyPort": 4243,
        "google":{
            "clientId": "df-df.apps.googleusercontent.com",
            "secret": "YCP43OPc_-df-o-hbu1"
        },
        "facebook":{
            "clientId": "df",
            "secret": "df"
        }
    }
}

Thank you so much!

[hoser23331]

If I try an empty object {}, it continues the execution, but it can then not find my settings variables (off course)

So, how can I put valid JSON in? (I have this in my settings.json file using windows 10)

thanks

[robfallows]

I’m almost certain that the last time I tried passing quoted JSON in cmd.exe it failed because of the surrounding single quotes. I think I had to remove all white space and newlines and pass an unquoted single line of JSON.

I may have remembered wrongly, but may be worth trying:

{"adminEmails": "dfdsafd@df.com","public": {"host": "PRESALES1","port": 81,"UDC": "OEM_HOST","virtualProxyClientUsage": "meteor","webIntegrationHost": "localhost","webIntegrationDemoPort": 3030,"facebook":{"clientId": "dfdf"},"templateAppId": "5658d4a5-0102-4b74-9c5d-1b01c2430c8f"},"private": {"host": "PRESALES1","port": 81,"certificatesDirectory": "C:\\Repository\\Exported Certificates\\.Local Certificates","notificationURL": "http://nlsch-mbj3:3000/updateSenseInfo","SenseServerInternalLanIP": "PRESALES1","useSSL": false,"passphrase": null,"authentication": "header","virtualProxy": "hdr","headerKey": "hdr-usr","UDC": "OEM_HOST","headerValue": "PRESALES1\\meteor","isSecure": true,"engineHeaders": "UserDirectory=PRESALES1;UserId=Qlik","enginePort": 4747,"proxyPort": 4243,"google":{"clientId": "df-df.apps.googleusercontent.com","secret": "YCP43OPc_-df-o-hbu1"},"facebook":{"clientId": "df","secret": "df"}}}

[hoser23331]

{“adminEmails”: "dfdsafd@df.com",“public”: {“host”: “PRESALES1”,“port”: 81,“UDC”: “OEM_HOST”,“virtualProxyClientUsage”: “meteor”,“webIntegrationHost”: “localhost”,“webIntegrationDemoPort”: 3030,“facebook”:{“clientId”: “dfdf”},“templateAppId”: “5658d4a5-0102-4b74-9c5d-1b01c2430c8f”},“private”: {“host”: “PRESALES1”,“port”: 81,“certificatesDirectory”: “C:\Repository\Exported Certificates\.Local Certificates”,“notificationURL”: “http://nlsch-mbj3:3000/updateSenseInfo","SenseServerInternalLanIP”: “PRESALES1”,“useSSL”: false,“passphrase”: null,“authentication”: “header”,“virtualProxy”: “hdr”,“headerKey”: “hdr-usr”,“UDC”: “OEM_HOST”,“headerValue”: “PRESALES1\meteor”,“isSecure”: true,“engineHeaders”: “UserDirectory=PRESALES1;UserId=Qlik”,“enginePort”: 4747,“proxyPort”: 4243,“google”:{“clientId”: “df-df.apps.googleusercontent.com”,“secret”: “YCP43OPc_-df-o-hbu1”},“facebook”:{“clientId”: “df”,“secret”: “df”}}}

Thanks, but then it says

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>"docker image run.bat"

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>docker run --rm -e ROOT_URL=http://localhost -e METEOR_SETTINGS={"adminEmails": "dfdsafd@df.com","public": {"host": "PRESALES1","port": 81,"UDC": "OEM_HOST","virtualProxyClientUsage": "meteor","webIntegrationHost": "localhost","webIntegrationDemoPort": 3030,"facebook":{"clientId": "dfdf"},"templateAppId": "5658d4a5-0102-4b74-9c5d-1b01c2430c8f"},"private": {"host": "PRESALES1","port": 81,"certificatesDirectory": "C:\\Repository\\Exported Certificates\\.Local Certificates","notificationURL": "http://nlsch-mbj3:3000/updateSenseInfo","SenseServerInternalLanIP": "PRESALES1","useSSL": false,"passphrase": null,"authentication": "header","virtualProxy": "hdr","headerKey": "hdr-usr","UDC": "OEM_HOST","headerValue": "PRESALES1\\meteor","isSecure": true,"engineHeaders": "UserDirectory=PRESALES1;UserId=Qlik","enginePort": 4747,"proxyPort": 4243,"google":{"clientId": "df-df.apps.googleusercontent.com","secret": "YCP43OPc_-df-o-hbu1"},"facebook":{"clientId": "df","secret": "df"}}} -e MONGO_URL=mongodb://172.17.0.2 -p 8080:80 yourname/app
docker: Error parsing reference: "dfdsafd@df.com,public:" is not a valid repository/tag.
See 'docker run --help'.

So It kinda looks inside my settings file :). Docker reads the json, it stead of just swallowing it as environment var… (it is the first attribute value pair it breaks on)

[robfallows]

My bad - I left some spaces in that line. Try this:

{"adminEmails":"dfdsafd@df.com","public":{"host":"PRESALES1","port":81,"UDC":"OEM_HOST","virtualProxyClientUsage":"meteor","webIntegrationHost":"localhost","webIntegrationDemoPort":3030,"facebook":{"clientId":"dfdf"},"templateAppId":"5658d4a5-0102-4b74-9c5d-1b01c2430c8f"},"private":{"host":"PRESALES1","port":81,"certificatesDirectory":"C:\Repository\Exported Certificates\.Local Certificates","notificationURL":"http://nlsch-mbj3:3000/updateSenseInfo","SenseServerInternalLanIP":"PRESALES1","useSSL":false,"passphrase":null,"authentication":"header","virtualProxy":"hdr","headerKey":"hdr-usr","UDC":"OEM_HOST","headerValue":"PRESALES1\meteor","isSecure":true,"engineHeaders":"UserDirectory=PRESALES1;UserId=Qlik","enginePort":4747,"proxyPort":4243,"google":{"clientId":"df-df.apps.googleusercontent.com","secret":"YCP43OPc_-df-o-hbu1"},"facebook":{"clientId":"df","secret":"df"}}}

[hoser23331]

Thanks, it would be even better if I can just refer to the json file, is that possible in windows?
in linux it is like this - METEOR_SETTINGS=$cat(settings.json)

ps, with your solution I get

Error: METEOR_SETTINGS are not valid JSON: {adminEmails:dfdsafd@df.com,public:{host:PRESALES1,port:81,UDC:OEM_HOST,virtualProxyClientUsage:meteor,webIntegrationHost:localhost,webIntegrationDemoPort:3030,facebook:{clientId:dfdf},templateAppId:5658d4a5-0102-4b74-9c5d-1b01c2430c8f},private:{host:PRESALES1,port:81,certificatesDirectory:C:\Repository\Exported Certificates\.Local Certificates,notificationURL:http://nlsch-mbj3:3000/updateSenseInfo,SenseServerInternalLanIP:PRESALES1,useSSL:false,passphrase:null,authentication:header,virtualProxy:hdr,headerKey:hdr-usr,UDC:OEM_HOST,headerValue:PRESALES1\meteor,isSecure:true,engineHeaders:UserDirectory=PRESALES1;UserId=Qlik,enginePort:4747,proxyPort:4243,google:{clientId:df-df.apps.googleusercontent.com,secret:YCP43OPc_-df-o-hbu1},facebook:{clientId:df,secret:df}}}
    at packages/meteor/server_environment.js:24:1
    at packages/meteor/server_environment.js:41:1
    at /output/bundle/programs/server/packages/meteor.js:1365:3
    at /output/bundle/programs/server/boot.js:292:10
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at Function._.each._.forEach (/output/bundle/programs/server/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:79:11)
    at /output/bundle/programs/server/boot.js:128:5

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>

With all my tests I get this, even with simple example json files…

[robfallows]

Hmm. It’s been a long time since I tried that in Windows, so I guess I’ve just forgotten what I did to make it work. Really don’t know if you can embed a file like that in Windows.

[robfallows]

Google says to enclose the string in single quotes and escape the inner quotes. Which gives this:

"{\"adminEmails\":\"dfdsafd@df.com\",\"public\":{\"host\":\"PRESALES1\",\"port\":81,\"UDC\":\"OEM_HOST\",\"virtualProxyClientUsage\":\"meteor\",\"webIntegrationHost\":\"localhost\",\"webIntegrationDemoPort\":3030,\"facebook\":{\"clientId\":\"dfdf\"},\"templateAppId\":\"5658d4a5-0102-4b74-9c5d-1b01c2430c8f\"},\"private\":{\"host\":\"PRESALES1\",\"port\":81,\"certificatesDirectory\":\"C:\Repository\Exported Certificates\.Local Certificates\",\"notificationURL\":\"http://nlsch-mbj3:3000/updateSenseInfo\",\"SenseServerInternalLanIP\":\"PRESALES1\",\"useSSL\":false,\"passphrase\":null,\"authentication\":\"header\",\"virtualProxy\":\"hdr\",\"headerKey\":\"hdr-usr\",\"UDC\":\"OEM_HOST\",\"headerValue\":\"PRESALES1\meteor\",\"isSecure\":true,\"engineHeaders\":\"UserDirectory=PRESALES1;UserId=Qlik\",\"enginePort\":4747,\"proxyPort\":4243,\"google\":{\"clientId\":\"df-df.apps.googleusercontent.com\",\"secret\":\"YCP43OPc_-df-o-hbu1\"},\"facebook\":{\"clientId\":\"df\",\"secret\":\"df\"}}}"

Pretty horrible.

[hoser23331]

thanks, man, but deploying meteor on windows is terrible…

now I get

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>"docker image run.bat"

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>docker run --rm -e ROOT_URL=http://localhost -e METEOR_SETTINGS={\"adminEmails\":\"dfdsafd@df.com\",\"public\":{\"host\":\"PRESALES1\",\"port\":81,\"UDC\":\"OEM_HOST\",\"virtualProxyClientUsage\":\"meteor\",\"webIntegrationHost\":\"localhost\",\"webIntegrationDemoPort\":3030,\"facebook\":{\"clientId\":\"dfdf\"},\"templateAppId\":\"5658d4a5-0102-4b74-9c5d-1b01c2430c8f\"},\"private\":{\"host\":\"PRESALES1\",\"port\":81,\"certificatesDirectory\":\"C:\Repository\Exported Certificates\.Local Certificates\",\"notificationURL\":\"http://nlsch-mbj3:3000/updateSenseInfo\",\"SenseServerInternalLanIP\":\"PRESALES1\",\"useSSL\":false,\"passphrase\":null,\"authentication\":\"header\",\"virtualProxy\":\"hdr\",\"headerKey\":\"hdr-usr\",\"UDC\":\"OEM_HOST\",\"headerValue\":\"PRESALES1\meteor\",\"isSecure\":true,\"engineHeaders\":\"UserDirectory=PRESALES1;UserId=Qlik\",\"enginePort\":4747,\"proxyPort\":4243,\"google\":{\"clientId\":\"df-df.apps.googleusercontent.com\",\"secret\":\"YCP43OPc_-df-o-hbu1\"},\"facebook\":{\"clientId\":\"df\",\"secret\":\"df\"}}} -e MONGO_URL=mongodb://172.17.0.2 -p 8080:80 yourname/app
docker: Error parsing reference: "Certificates\\.Local" is not a valid repository/tag.
See 'docker run --help'.

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>"docker image run.bat"

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>docker run --rm -e ROOT_URL=http://localhost -e METEOR_SETTINGS='{\"adminEmails\":\"dfdsafd@df.com\",\"public\":{\"host\":\"PRESALES1\",\"port\":81,\"UDC\":\"OEM_HOST\",\"virtualProxyClientUsage\":\"meteor\",\"webIntegrationHost\":\"localhost\",\"webIntegrationDemoPort\":3030,\"facebook\":{\"clientId\":\"dfdf\"},\"templateAppId\":\"5658d4a5-0102-4b74-9c5d-1b01c2430c8f\"},\"private\":{\"host\":\"PRESALES1\",\"port\":81,\"certificatesDirectory\":\"C:\Repository\Exported Certificates\.Local Certificates\",\"notificationURL\":\"http://nlsch-mbj3:3000/updateSenseInfo\",\"SenseServerInternalLanIP\":\"PRESALES1\",\"useSSL\":false,\"passphrase\":null,\"authentication\":\"header\",\"virtualProxy\":\"hdr\",\"headerKey\":\"hdr-usr\",\"UDC\":\"OEM_HOST\",\"headerValue\":\"PRESALES1\meteor\",\"isSecure\":true,\"engineHeaders\":\"UserDirectory=PRESALES1;UserId=Qlik\",\"enginePort\":4747,\"proxyPort\":4243,\"google\":{\"clientId\":\"df-df.apps.googleusercontent.com\",\"secret\":\"YCP43OPc_-df-o-hbu1\"},\"facebook\":{\"clientId\":\"df\",\"secret\":\"df\"}}}' -e MONGO_URL=mongodb://172.17.0.2 -p 8080:80 yourname/app
docker: Error parsing reference: "Certificates\\.Local" is not a valid repository/tag.
See 'docker run --help'.

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>"docker image run.bat"

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>docker run --rm -e ROOT_URL=http://localhost -e METEOR_SETTINGS='{\"adminEmails\":\"dfdsafd@df.com\",\"public\":{\"host\":\"PRESALES1\",\"port\":81,\"UDC\":\"OEM_HOST\",\"virtualProxyClientUsage\":\"meteor\",\"webIntegrationHost\":\"localhost\",\"webIntegrationDemoPort\":3030,\"facebook\":{\"clientId\":\"dfdf\"},\"templateAppId\":\"5658d4a5-0102-4b74-9c5d-1b01c2430c8f\"},\"private\":{\"host\":\"PRESALES1\",\"port\":81,\"certificatesDirectory\":\"C:\\Repository\\Exported Certificates\\.Local Certificates\",\"notificationURL\":\"http://nlsch-mbj3:3000/updateSenseInfo\",\"SenseServerInternalLanIP\":\"PRESALES1\",\"useSSL\":false,\"passphrase\":null,\"authentication\":\"header\",\"virtualProxy\":\"hdr\",\"headerKey\":\"hdr-usr\",\"UDC\":\"OEM_HOST\",\"headerValue\":\"PRESALES1\meteor\",\"isSecure\":true,\"engineHeaders\":\"UserDirectory=PRESALES1;UserId=Qlik\",\"enginePort\":4747,\"proxyPort\":4243,\"google\":{\"clientId\":\"df-df.apps.googleusercontent.com\",\"secret\":\"YCP43OPc_-df-o-hbu1\"},\"facebook\":{\"clientId\":\"df\",\"secret\":\"df\"}}}' -e MONGO_URL=mongodb://172.17.0.2 -p 8080:80 yourname/app
docker: Error parsing reference: "Certificates\\\\.Local" is not a valid repository/tag.
See 'docker run --help'.

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>"docker image run.bat"

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>docker run --rm -e ROOT_URL=http://localhost -e METEOR_SETTINGS='{\"adminEmails\":\"dfdsafd@df.com\",\"public\":{\"host\":\"PRESALES1\",\"port\":81,\"UDC\":\"OEM_HOST\",\"virtualProxyClientUsage\":\"meteor\",\"webIntegrationHost\":\"localhost\",\"webIntegrationDemoPort\":3030,\"facebook\":{\"clientId\":\"dfdf\"},\"templateAppId\":\"5658d4a5-0102-4b74-9c5d-1b01c2430c8f\"},\"private\":{\"host\":\"PRESALES1\",\"port\":81,\"certificatesDirectory\":\"C:\Repository\Exported Certificates\.Local Certificates\",\"notificationURL\":\"http://nlsch-mbj3:3000/updateSenseInfo\",\"SenseServerInternalLanIP\":\"PRESALES1\",\"useSSL\":false,\"passphrase\":null,\"authentication\":\"header\",\"virtualProxy\":\"hdr\",\"headerKey\":\"hdr-usr\",\"UDC\":\"OEM_HOST\",\"headerValue\":\"PRESALES1\meteor\",\"isSecure\":true,\"engineHeaders\":\"UserDirectory=PRESALES1;UserId=Qlik\",\"enginePort\":4747,\"proxyPort\":4243,\"google\":{\"clientId\":\"df-df.apps.googleusercontent.com\",\"secret\":\"YCP43OPc_-df-o-hbu1\"},\"facebook\":{\"clientId\":\"df\",\"secret\":\"df\"}}}' -e MONGO_URL=mongodb://172.17.0.2 -p 8080:80 yourname/app
docker: Error parsing reference: "Certificates\\.Local" is not a valid repository/tag.
See 'docker run --help'.

[hoser23331]

Strange I can’t get it to work.

So we just want to pass 1 json file as input for a windows environment variable. I tried this convertor but still the above errors: http://www.freeformatter.com/json-formatter.html#ad-output

Ok, we should not use single quotes around the JSON. This works: ROOT_URL=http://localhost -e METEOR_SETTINGS={\"a\":1} , but is too simple off course…

[robfallows]

Yes - no quotes around the entire string seems to be correct.

The other problem you’re seeing is when it’s parsing Windows file paths. These need their single backslashes escaping as \\. Which I think leaves us with:

{\"adminEmails\":\"dfdsafd@df.com\",\"public\":{\"host\":\"PRESALES1\",\"port\":81,\"UDC\":\"OEM_HOST\",\"virtualProxyClientUsage\":\"meteor\",\"webIntegrationHost\":\"localhost\",\"webIntegrationDemoPort\":3030,\"facebook\":{\"clientId\":\"dfdf\"},\"templateAppId\":\"5658d4a5-0102-4b74-9c5d-1b01c2430c8f\"},\"private\":{\"host\":\"PRESALES1\",\"port\":81,\"certificatesDirectory\":\"C:\\Repository\\Exported Certificates\\.Local Certificates\",\"notificationURL\":\"http://nlsch-mbj3:3000/updateSenseInfo\",\"SenseServerInternalLanIP\":\"PRESALES1\",\"useSSL\":false,\"passphrase\":null,\"authentication\":\"header\",\"virtualProxy\":\"hdr\",\"headerKey\":\"hdr-usr\",\"UDC\":\"OEM_HOST\",\"headerValue\":\"PRESALES1\meteor\",\"isSecure\":true,\"engineHeaders\":\"UserDirectory=PRESALES1;UserId=Qlik\",\"enginePort\":4747,\"proxyPort\":4243,\"google\":{\"clientId\":\"df-df.apps.googleusercontent.com\",\"secret\":\"YCP43OPc_-df-o-hbu1\"},\"facebook\":{\"clientId\":\"df\",\"secret\":\"df\"}}}

[abernix]

Why not try one of the other ways to pass environment variables to docker?

For example, this should be another way of setting the environment variable:

1. Put the settings.json into an environment variable first. This used to work on Command Prompt – not sure about PowerShell:

    set /P METEOR_SETTINGS=< settings.json
   

2. Then have docker run inherit that variable from the shell, by leaving off the =... part:

docker run --rm -e METEOR_SETTINGS -e ROOT_URL=http://localhost -p 8080:80 yourname/app

Alternatively, docker run supports using an environment file (ala --env-file ./env.list) which is a file of key-value pairs.

---

but deploying meteor on windows is terrible…

To be fair, all of your problems you’ve mentioned here have to do with running docker or typical problems with using the Windows command line.

[robfallows]

set /P METEOR_SETTINGS=< settings.json

Oooh. Didn’t know you could do that.

[hoser23331]

set /P METEOR_SETTINGS=< settings.json

Hi,

Doesn’t it only read the first line?

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>"docker image run.bat"

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>set /P METEOR_SETTINGS= 0<test.json

C:\Users\mbj\Documents\GitHub\QRSMeteor>echo %METEOR_SETTINGS%
{

[abernix]

Hmm, not sure how that works when echo-ing, but the full file shows up if you run set METEOR_SETTINGS. I can’t say for certain though (not a reg Windows user), but you might try using the following to see what ENV variables are coming through to the docker container:

docker run -e METEOR_SETTINGS busybox env

[hoser23331]

If I first make a Windows environment cat… Now I get a “not valid Json” error. If I run set. It looks like Windows truncates my Json file… is there a certain limit

I will look at your other suggested paths.

[ramijarrar]

It’s not truncating your file, the /P switch only reads one line.

You need to parse the json first (e.g using a CLI tool):

npm install -g json
json -0 -f settings.json > temp.txt
SET /P METEOR_SETTINGS=<temp.txt
DEL temp.txt

[hoser23331]

Hi, yes it is more than just { but I don’t see all if use use the set command. See http://superuser.com/questions/1070272/why-does-windows-have-a-limit-on-environment-variables-at-all

I will try the software cmder so I can use the cat command and pass meteor_settings directly to node

[abernix]

I stand corrected then! I swear that used to work. Must have been a variation of that.

Really, the JSON doesn’t need to be parsed per se, only new-lines removed. If there were an easy way to do that in Windows, that would work as an alternative to json. Anyhow, this seems like a good recommendation.

[hoser23331]

Thanks

It looks like Windows cuts off after a certain lenght

See https://github.com/QHose/QRSMeteor/blob/master/settings-development%20-%20example.json

Do you know a good tool that converts our Json to a valid string with lines etc?