Angular 12 Universal Configuration 'development' is not set in the workspace

Question

I created new project - client - on Angular 11. Then updated ng version to 12 Angular. Then installed Universal: ng add @nguniversal/express-engine

Then I'm trying to run my Universal Angular, but it throws error:

npm run dev:ssr

[email protected] dev:ssr ng run client:serve-ssr

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Configuration 'development' is not set in the workspace. npm ERR! code 1 npm ERR! path E:\PRACTICE\MYPETPROJECTS\tanechka\client npm ERR! command failed npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c ng run client:serve-ssr

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\1\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2021-06-08T14_35_07_681Z-debug.log

angular.json

{
  "$schema": "./node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
  "version": 1,
  "newProjectRoot": "projects",
  "projects": {
    "client": {
      "projectType": "application",
      "schematics": {
        "@schematics/angular:component": {
          "style": "scss"
        }
      },
      "root": "",
      "sourceRoot": "src",
      "prefix": "app",
      "architect": {
        "build": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser",
          "options": {
            "outputPath": "dist/client/browser",
            "index": "src/index.html",
            "main": "src/main.ts",
            "polyfills": "src/polyfills.ts",
            "tsConfig": "tsconfig.app.json",
            "assets": [
              "src/favicon.ico",
              "src/assets"
            ],
            "styles": [
              "src/styles.scss"
            ],
            "scripts": [],
            "vendorChunk": true,
            "extractLicenses": false,
            "buildOptimizer": false,
            "sourceMap": true,
            "optimization": false,
            "namedChunks": true
          },
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "fileReplacements": [
                {
                  "replace": "src/environments/environment.ts",
                  "with": "src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
                }
              ],
              "optimization": true,
              "outputHashing": "all",
              "sourceMap": false,
              "namedChunks": false,
              "extractLicenses": true,
              "vendorChunk": false,
              "buildOptimizer": true,
              "budgets": [
                {
                  "type": "initial",
                  "maximumWarning": "2mb",
                  "maximumError": "5mb"
                },
                {
                  "type": "anyComponentStyle",
                  "maximumWarning": "6kb",
                  "maximumError": "10kb"
                }
              ]
            }
          },
          "defaultConfiguration": ""
        },
        "serve": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server",
          "options": {
            "browserTarget": "client:build"
          },
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "browserTarget": "client:build:production"
            }
          }
        },
        "extract-i18n": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:extract-i18n",
          "options": {
            "browserTarget": "client:build"
          }
        },
        "test": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:karma",
          "options": {
            "main": "src/test.ts",
            "polyfills": "src/polyfills.ts",
            "tsConfig": "tsconfig.spec.json",
            "karmaConfig": "karma.conf.js",
            "assets": [
              "src/favicon.ico",
              "src/assets"
            ],
            "styles": [
              "src/styles.scss"
            ],
            "scripts": []
          }
        },
        "lint": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:tslint",
          "options": {
            "tsConfig": [
              "tsconfig.app.json",
              "tsconfig.spec.json",
              "e2e/tsconfig.json"
            ],
            "exclude": [
              "**/node_modules/**"
            ]
          }
        },
        "e2e": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:protractor",
          "options": {
            "protractorConfig": "e2e/protractor.conf.js",
            "devServerTarget": "client:serve"
          },
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "devServerTarget": "client:serve:production"
            }
          }
        },
        "server": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:server",
          "options": {
            "outputPath": "dist/client/server",
            "main": "server.ts",
            "tsConfig": "tsconfig.server.json",
            "optimization": false,
            "sourceMap": true,
            "extractLicenses": false
          },
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "outputHashing": "media",
              "fileReplacements": [
                {
                  "replace": "src/environments/environment.ts",
                  "with": "src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
                }
              ],
              "optimization": true,
              "sourceMap": false,
              "extractLicenses": true
            }
          },
          "defaultConfiguration": "production"
        },
        "serve-ssr": {
          "builder": "@nguniversal/builders:ssr-dev-server",
          "configurations": {
            "development": {
              "browserTarget": "client:build:development",
              "serverTarget": "client:server:development"
            },
            "production": {
              "browserTarget": "client:build:production",
              "serverTarget": "client:server:production"
            }
          },
          "defaultConfiguration": "development"
        },
        "prerender": {
          "builder": "@nguniversal/builders:prerender",
          "options": {
            "routes": [
              "/"
            ]
          },
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "browserTarget": "client:build:production",
              "serverTarget": "client:server:production"
            },
            "development": {
              "browserTarget": "client:build:development",
              "serverTarget": "client:server:development"
            }
          },
          "defaultConfiguration": "production"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "defaultProject": "client"
}

package.json

{
  "name": "client",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "scripts": {
    "ng": "ng",
    "start": "ng serve",
    "build": "ng build",
    "test": "ng test",
    "lint": "ng lint",
    "e2e": "ng e2e",
    "dev:ssr": "ng run client:serve-ssr",
    "serve:ssr": "node dist/client/server/main.js",
    "build:ssr": "ng build && ng run client:server",
    "prerender": "ng run client:prerender"
  },
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/animations": "~12.0.3",
    "@angular/common": "~12.0.3",
    "@angular/compiler": "~12.0.3",
    "@angular/core": "~12.0.3",
    "@angular/forms": "~12.0.3",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "~12.0.3",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~12.0.3",
    "@angular/platform-server": "~12.0.3",
    "@angular/router": "~12.0.3",
    "@nguniversal/express-engine": "^12.0.1",
    "express": "^4.15.2",
    "rxjs": "~6.6.0",
    "tslib": "^2.0.0",
    "zone.js": "~0.11.4"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "~12.0.3",
    "@angular/cli": "~12.0.3",
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "~12.0.3",
    "@nguniversal/builders": "^12.0.1",
    "@types/express": "^4.17.0",
    "@types/jasmine": "~3.6.0",
    "@types/node": "^12.11.1",
    "codelyzer": "^6.0.0",
    "jasmine-core": "~3.7.1",
    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~5.0.0",
    "karma": "~6.3.3",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "~3.1.0",
    "karma-coverage": "~2.0.3",
    "karma-jasmine": "~4.0.0",
    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^1.6.0",
    "protractor": "~7.0.0",
    "ts-node": "~8.3.0",
    "tslint": "~6.1.0",
    "typescript": "~4.2.4"
  }
}

I tried to add 'development' to 'configurations' of serve:

"serve": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server",
          "options": {
            "browserTarget": "client:build"
          },
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "browserTarget": "client:build:production"
            },
            "development": {
              "browserTarget": "client:build:production"
            }
          }
        },

But it didn't work.

Answer 1

FIXED Angular 12 Universal running serve:ssr but showing Configuration 'development' is not set in the workspace

My angular project was updated from 11 to 12.

I need to add angular universal for some reason and got same issue.

Trying to add development in architect.configurations where contents copied from production, but not working.

Finally, I removed :development in serve-ssr.configurations.development and it works well.

In angular.json snippet

"serve-ssr": {
          "builder": "@nguniversal/builders:ssr-dev-server",
          "configurations": {
            "development": {
              "browserTarget": "<YOUR_PROJECT_NAME>:build", <--- remove `:development` here
              "serverTarget": "<YOUR_PROJECT_NAME>:server"  <--- remove `:development` here
            },
            "production": {
              "browserTarget": "<YOUR_PROJECT_NAME>:production",
              "serverTarget": "<YOUR_PROJECT_NAME>:server:production"
            }
          },
          "defaultConfiguration": "development"
        },

Answer 2

I had exactly the same issue, my first go at Universal.

I added a "development" configuration in the follow nodes in the angular.json: -

projects->{project-name}->architect->build->configurations
projects->{project-name}->architect->server->configurations

As I normally run with "production" and "staging" configurations I just copied the staging configuration and made a couple of tweaks to stop file replacements and give me an easy platform to debug on while I got used to server side rendering.

Answer 3

here the answer In angular, you can create your own workspace like development, production in angular.json file. follow this:-

1. go to angular.json file in the app root folder
2. under the projects >"YOUR_APP_NAME" >architect >serve-ssr >configurations add this

"development": {
      "browserTarget": "YOUR_APP_NAME:build:development",
      "serverTarget": "YOUR_APP_NAME:server:development"
            }

node: if alredy added 3. go to architect >server >configurations add this

"development": {
      "optimization": true,
      "sourceMap": false,
      "extractLicenses": true
      }

4. go to architect >serve >configurations add this

"development": {
       "browserTarget": "YOUR_APP_NAME:build:development"
        }

5. if you build app go to architect >build >configurations add this

"development":{
              "optimization": true,
              "outputHashing": "all",
              "sourceMap": false,
              "extractCss": true,
              "namedChunks": false,
              "extractLicenses": true,
              "vendorChunk": false,
              "buildOptimizer": true,
              "budgets": [
                {
                  "type": "initial",
                  "maximumWarning": "2mb",
                  "maximumError": "5mb"
                },
                {
                  "type": "anyComponentStyle",
                  "maximumWarning": "6kb",
                  "maximumError": "10kb"
                }
              ]
            }

6. go to architect >prerender >configurations add this

"development": {
              "browserTarget": "YOUR_APP_NAME:build:development",
              "serverTarget": "YOUR_APP_NAME:server:development"
            }

this configuration work for me then you can run # npm run serve:ssr