When you run a server like MIX_ENV=prod mix phx.server and then on another screen attached to the same server try to run a mix-environment attached iex session like iex -S mix then you get an error and shutdown with a complaint like Failed to start Ranch listener VukWeb.Endpoint.HTTP in :ranch_tcp:listen([port: 4000]) for reason :eaddrinuse (address already in use)
Is there a way to run an iex session while a server is running in a separate screen attached to the same database? I'm confused as to why iex -S mix is even trying to connect to an external port, as that iex session should have no server running nor require an external port simply for loading the mix environment?
I'm aware you can run the server with an iex session like MIX_ENV=prod iex -S mix phx.server, but my understanding is that is neither ideal for performance nor is it nice to have your iex session interrupted by streams of user logs as requests are processed (which is what we're doing right now). I also tried switching up the port like MIX_ENV=prod PORT=4040 iex -S mix but the flag seems to go ignored, as the complaint comes back the same with a reference to port 4000. I'm wonder if maybe there's some hardcoding that's causing the environment variable to be ignored, and if just undoing this hardcoding and switching it to a different port like this is the right approach, even if the port goes unused by the non-server mix environment.
If anyone has a tip on how you can get both a iex session and serving running—or has a different suggestion for workflow that makes such a desire unnecessary—would love to hear!
Thanks
Mix has a perfect very detailed documentation.
Mix.Tasks.Run is a default task. iex -S -mix is essentially equivalent to iex -S mix run.
The latter starts your application, which [wild reasonable guess] in turn starts cowboy as a dependency. Hence the error.
iex -S mix run --no-start
is what you are looking for. This task accepts several arguments, other are listed on the help page I linked.
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I am trying to run a Docker image on amazon ECS. I am using a command that starts a shell script to boot up the program:
CMD ["sh","-c", "app/bin/app start; bash"]
in order to start it because for some reason when I run the app (elixir/phoenix app) in the background it was crashing immediately but if I run it in the foreground it is fine. If I run it this way locally, everything works fine but when I try to run it in my cluster, it shuts down. Please help!!
Docker was supposed to keep track of your running foreground process, if the process stop, the container stop. The reason your container work when you use command with "bash" because bash wasn't stop.
I guess you use she'll script to start an application that serve in background like nginx or a daemon. So try to find an option that make the app running foreground will keep your container alive. I.e nginx has an option while starting "daemon off"
for some reason when I run the app (elixir/phoenix app) in the background it was crashing immediately
So you have a corrupted application and you are looking for a kludge to make it looking like it somewhat works. This is not a reliable approach at all.
Instead you should:
make it working in background
use systemctl or upstart to manage restarts of Erlang VM on crashes
Please note that it matters where you have your application compiled. It must be the exactly same architecture/container as the production one, with same Erlang, Elixir, OS versions, otherwise nobody guarantees it will be robust or even working.
I've been trying to debug a phoenix application.
To do so I used the following instructions:
- To set a break point: require IEx; IEx.pry
- To start a debugging server: iex -S mix phx.server
The problem comes when starting the server, the above instruction leads me to the elixir interactive shell (iex(1)>) and does not allow the server to run, from here if I execute the code manually it stops in the prys but I was hopping to have the server running and stop whenever a request hit the pry. Is there any solution?
I am currently using earlang 1.20, elixir 1.5 and phoenix 1.3
It is common behavior that the iex -S mix phx.server command opens an IEx shell. It runs the web server on the port configured for the Phoenix endpoint within the respective MIX_ENV simultaneously to that. For each IEx.pry() breakpoint it executes, it should prompt on the command line whether you want to open an IEx shell there.
Check which MIX_ENV your server is running in, e.g. by typing the following in the IEx shell:
Mix.env
And then find the configuration in the files within the config/ directory. The line should look like this:
config :nameofyourapp, Web.Endpoint,
http: [port: 4000],
Maybe something other than 4000 is configured there? Or maybe some other application, or even a previously started instance of your web application already listens on that port and therefore prohibits the debug server from binding on that port? In that case, shutdown other running mix phx.server processes.
Previous night I was tinkering with Elixir running code on my both machines at home, but when I woke up, I asked myself Can I actually do the same using heroku run command?
I think theoretically it should be entirely possible if setup properly. Obviously heroku run iex --sname name executes and gives me access to shell (without functioning backspace which is irritating) but i haven't accessed my app yet.
Each time I executed the command it gave me different machine. I guess it's how Heroku achieve sandbox. I also was trying to find a way to determine address of my app's machine but haven't got any luck yet.
Can I actually connect with the dyno running the code to evaluate expressions on it like you would do iex -S mix phoenix.server locally ?
Unfortunately it's not possible.
To interconnect Erlang VM nodes you'd need EPMD port (4369) to be open.
Heroku doesn't allow opening custom ports so it's not possible.
In case You'd want to establish a connection between your Phoenix server and Elixir node You'd have to:
Two nodes on the same machine:
Start Phoenix using iex --name phoenix#127.0.0.1 -S mix phoenix.server
Start iex --name other_node#127.0.0.1
Establish a connection using Node.ping from other_node:
iex(other_node#127.0.0.1)1> Node.ping(:'phoenix#127.0.0.1')
(should return :pong not :pang)
Two nodes on different machines
Start Phoenix using some external address
iex --name phoenix#195.20.2.2 --cookie someword -S mix phoenix.server
Start second node
iex --name other_node#195.20.2.10 --cookie someword
Establish a connection using Node.ping from other_node:
iex(other_node#195.20.2.10)1> Node.ping(:'phoenix#195.20.2.2')
(should return :pong not :pang)
Both nodes should contact each other on the addresses they usually see each other on the network. (Full external IP when different networks, 192.168.X.X when in the same local network, 127.0.0.1 when on the same machine)
If they're on different machines they also must have set the same cookie value, because by default it takes automatically generated cookie in your home directory. You can check it out by running:
cat ~/.erlang.cookie
What's last you've got to make sure that your EPMD port 4369 is open, because Erlang VM uses it for internode data exchange.
As a sidenote if you will leave it open make sure to make your cookie as private as possible, because if someone knows it, he can have absolute power over your machine.
When you execute heroku run it will start a new one-off dyno which is a temporary instance that is deprovisioned when you finish the heroku run session. This dyno is not a web dyno and cannot receive inbound HTTP requests through Heroku's routing layer.
From the docs:
One-off dynos can never receive HTTP traffic, since the routers only route traffic to dynos named web.N.
https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/one-off-dynos#formation-dynos-vs-one-off-dynos
If you want your phoenix application to receive HTTP requests you will have to set it up to run on a web dyno.
It has been a while since you've asked the question, but someone might find this answer valuable, though.
As of 2021 Heroku allows forwarding multiple ports, which allows to remsh into a running ErlangVM node. It depends on how you deploy your application, but in general, you will need to:
Give your node a name and a cookie (i.e. --name "myapp#127.0.0.1" --cookie "secret")
Tell exactly which port a node should bind to, so you know which pot to forward (i.e. --erl "-kernel inet_dist_listen_min 9000 -kernel inet_dist_listen_max 9000")
Forward EPMD and Node ports by running heroku ps:forward 9001:4369,9000
Remsh into your node: ERL_EPMD_PORT=9001 iex --cookie "secret" --name console#127.0.0.1 --remsh "myapp#127.0.0.1"
Eventually you should start your server with something like this (if you are still using Mix tool): MIX_ENV=prod elixir --name "myapp#127.0.0.1" --cookie "secret" --erl "-kernel inet_dist_listen_min 9000 -kernel inet_dist_listen_max 9000" -S mix phx.server --no-halt
If you are using Releases, most of the setup has already been done for you by the Elixir team.
To verify that EPMD port has been forwarded correctly, try running epmd -port 9001 -names. The output should be:
epmd: up and running on port 4369 with data:
name myapp#127.0.0.1 at port 9000
You may follow my notes on how I do it for Dockerized releases (there is a bit more hustle): https://paveltyk.medium.com/elixir-remote-shell-to-a-dockerized-release-on-heroku-cc6b1196c6ad
I am using one connection library to connect my Elixir shell to ActiveMQ and subscribing to the queues like below and is working well
iex --erl "-pa ebin -env DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH ./priv -env LD_LIBRARY_PATH ./priv -s qpidpn start"
:qpidpn.subscribe('amqp://127.0.0.1/queue://test')
Can someone suggest me, how to create new Elixir Mix application [i mean new module in application: bash script but not from shell] which will do that same thing. That means.
Start of qpidpn first.
Queue subscription to echo messages coming in queue.
Probably the best way would be to use a release for this. Take a look at exrm. Basically, you build the release with mix release, then run your app using rel/qpidpn/bin/qpidpn start. You can then connect to the node using iex with rel/qpidpn/bin/qpidpn remote_console, and queue a subscription with :qpidpn.subscribe('amqp://127.0.0.1/queue://test'). You can then quit the remote shell session, and your app will continue running indefinitely in the background.
Does anyone know a good method to debug server side code?
I tried enable Node.js debug then use node-inspector but it does not show any of my code.
I end up using console.log but this is very inefficient.
Update: I found the following procedure works on my Linux machine:
When you run Meteor, it will spawn two processes
process1: /usr/lib/meteor/bin/node /usr/lib/meteor/app/meteor/meteor.js
process2: /usr/lib/meteor/bin/node /home/paul/codes/bbtest_code/bbtest02/.meteor/local/build/main.js --keepalive
You need to send kill -s USR1 on process2
Run node-inspector and you can see your server code
On my first try, I modify the last line on meteor startup script in /usr/lib/meteor/bin/meteor to
exec "$DEV_BUNDLE/bin/node" $NODE_DEBUG "$METEOR" "$#"
and run NODE_DEBUG=--debug meteor on command prompt. This only put --debug flag on process1 so I only see meteor files on node-inspector and could not find my code.
Can someone check this on Windows and Mac machine?
In Meteor 0.5.4 this has become a lot easier:
First run the following commands from the terminal:
npm install -g node-inspector
node-inspector &
export NODE_OPTIONS='--debug-brk'
meteor
And then open http://localhost:8080 in your browser to view the node-inspector console.
Update
Since Meteor 1.0 you can just type
meteor debug
which is essentially a shortcut for the above commands, and then launch node inspector in your browser as mentioned.
Update
In Meteor 1.0.2 a console or shell has been added. It may come in handy to output variables and run commands on the server:
meteor shell
Meteor apps are Node.js apps. When running a Meteor app with the meteor [run] command, you can configure the NODE_OPTIONS environment variable to start node in debug mode.
Examples of NODE_OPTIONS environment variable values:
--debug
--debug=47977 - specify a port
--debug-brk - break on the first statement
--debug-brk=5858 - specify a port and break on the first statement
If you export NODE_OPTIONS=--debug, all meteor command run from the same shell will inherit the environment variable. Alternatively, you can enable debugging just for one run, with NODE_OPTIONS="--debug=47977" meteor.
To debug, run node-inspector in a different shell, then go to http://localhost:8080/debug?port=<the port you specified in NODE_OPTIONS>, regardless of what node-inspector tells you to run.
To start node.js in debug mode, I did it this way:
open /usr/lib/meteor/app/meteor/run.js
before
nodeOptions.push(path.join(options.bundlePath, 'main.js'));
add
nodeOptions.push('--debug');
Here are additional practical steps for your to attach debugger eclipse:
use '--debug-brk' instead of '--debug' here, because it's easier for me to attach node.js using eclipse as debugger.
add 'debugger;' in the code where you want to debug.(I prefer this way personally)
run meteor in console
attach to node.js in eclipse(V8 tools, attach to localhost:5858)
run, wait for debugger to be hit
when you start meteor in your meteor app folder, you'll see that "debugger listening on port 5858" in console.
On Meteor 1.0.3.1 (update to Sergey.Simonchik answer)
Start your server with meteor run --debug-port=<port-number>
Point browser to http://localhost:6222/debug?port=<port-number>
Where <port-number> is a port you specify.
In your code add a debugger; where you want to set your break point.
Depending on where debugger; is invoked, it will either break on your client or server browser window with inspector opened.
I like to set breakpoints via a GUI. This way I don't have to remember to remove any debugging code from my app.
This is how I managed to do it server side for my local meteor app:
meteor debug
start your app this way.
Open Chrome to the address it gives you. You MAY need to install https://github.com/node-inspector/node-inspector (it might come bundled with Meteor now? not sure)
You'll see some weird internal meteor code (not the app code you wrote). Press play to run the code. This code simply starts up your server to listen for connections.
Only after you press play you'll see a new directory in your debugger folder structure called "app". In there are your meteor project files. Set a breakpoint in there one the line you want.
Open the local address of your app. This will run your server side code and you you should be able to hit your breakpoint!
Note: you have to reopen the inspector and go through this process again each time your app restarts!
As of Meteor 1.0.2 probably the best way for server-side debugging is directly via the new built-in shell: with running server run meteor shell. More info here: https://www.meteor.com/blog/2014/12/19/meteor-102-meteor-shell
I am not sure why it was not working for you.
I am able to use it by following steps on console (Mac).
$ ps
$ kill -s USR1 *meteor_node_process_id*
$ node-inspector &
Above steps are mentioned on https://github.com/dannycoates/node-inspector. It is for attaching node-inspector to running node process.
I wrote a small meteor package called meteor-inspector which simplifies the use of node-inspector to debug meteor apps. It internally manages the lifecycle of node-inspector and hence, the user does not need to restart the debugger manually after some files have changed.
For more details and concrete usage instructions take a look at https://github.com/broth-eu/meteor-inspector.
for meteor 1.3.5.2, run
meteor debug --debug-port 5858+n
n is a non-zero number, this will cause node-inspector use 8080+n as web port.
WebStorm, the powerful IDE free for open source developers, makes it much easier to debug server-side.
I've tested it on Windows, and the configuration was painless - see my answer.
A inspector that solve my issues is meteor server console. Here is the process I followed to install it:
In your project folder, add the smart package server-eval:
mrt add server-eval
For Meteor 1.0:
meteor add gandev:server-eval
Restart meteor.
Download crx Chrome extension file from here.
Open extensions page in Chrome and drag crx file to extensions page.
Restart Chrome.
Check the web inspector out to eval server side code:
In comparison with node-inspector, I have a clearer output.
If you prefer to use nodeJS' official debugger you can call NODE_OPTIONS='--debug' meteor and then (on a different shell) node debug localhost:5858.