Azure Continuous deployment failed with Github when deploying an Angular 2 project

Question

I am completely new to Azure and Angular2.

The Objective

Setup Azure Continuous deployment with GitHub.

The Problem

Azure is picking up commits to the main branch on the repository. So this part is OK. However, the deployment is failed due to a build error.

Here is the Deployment Details:

And here is the complete Log:

Command: "D:\home\site\deployments\tools\deploy.cmd"
Handling .NET Web Application deployment.
MSBuild auto-detection: using msbuild version '14.0' from 'D:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin'.
All packages listed in packages.config are already installed.
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\app.component.ts(1,41): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/core'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\app.component.ts(2,46): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/router'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\crisis-form.component.ts(1,25): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/core'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\crisis-form.component.ts(2,22): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/common'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\crisis.component.ts(1,33): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/core'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\crisis.component.ts(2,30): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/http'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\crisis.service.ts(1,48): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/core'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\crisis.service.ts(2,55): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/http'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\crisis.service.ts(4,26): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'rxjs/Observable'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\crisis.service.ts(12,16): error TS2304: Build: Cannot find name 'Promise'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\hero-form.component.ts(1,25): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/core'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\hero-form.component.ts(2,22): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/common'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\hero.component.ts(1,33): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/core'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\hero.component.ts(2,30): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/http'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\hero.service.ts(1,48): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/core'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\hero.service.ts(2,55): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/http'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\hero.service.ts(4,26): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'rxjs/Observable'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\hero.ts(1,18): error TS1148: Build: Cannot compile modules unless the '--module' flag is provided. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\main.ts(1,28): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/platform/browser'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\main.ts(2,32): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/router'. [D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj]
Failed exitCode=1, command="D:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe" "D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\LearnJS.Web.csproj" /nologo /verbosity:m /t:Build /t:pipelinePreDeployCopyAllFilesToOneFolder /p:_PackageTempDir="D:\local\Temp\8d33697b325b07b";AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings=false;Configuration=Release;UseSharedCompilation=false /p:SolutionDir="D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\\"
An error has occurred during web site deployment.
\r\nC:\Program Files (x86)\SiteExtensions\Kudu\51.50212.2079\bin\scripts\starter.cmd "D:\home\site\deployments\tools\deploy.cmd"

It seems that the build host does not find angular modules. I understand these modules exist in the ./node_modules directory which is NOT checked in to my repository. I do have a package.json file in the repository, which looks like this:

{
  "name": "angular2-quickstart",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "scripts": {
    "tsc": "tsc",
    "tsc:w": "tsc -w",
    "lite": "lite-server",
    "start": "concurrent \"npm run tsc:w\" \"npm run lite\" "
  },
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "angular2": "2.0.0-beta.0",
    "systemjs": "0.19.6",
    "es6-promise": "^3.0.2",
    "es6-shim": "^0.33.3",
    "reflect-metadata": "0.1.2",
    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.0",
    "zone.js": "0.5.10"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "concurrently": "^1.0.0",
    "lite-server": "^1.3.4",
    "typescript": "^1.7.5"
  }
}

The Question

What do I need to do to get Azure to pull these node.js modules when deploying the site?

Should I just check in my node_modules directory? But it seems to be against this question.

Things I have tried

I installed Azure Command Line Interface and tried to run this command as suggested by this post.

azure site deploymentscript --node

But I got this error

Update 2016-02-18:

Rerun the azure site deploymentscript --node command, which generates two files: .deployment and deploy.cmd. Committed both file into the main branch. Looking closely on the first line of the log, azure runs a deploy.cmd from this directory

D:\home\site\deployments\tools\deploy.cmd

Do I need to create a directory deployments\tools in my project or did I put the deploy.cmd at the wrong place? I still got the same build error.

Partial log file AFTER checking two deployment files.

Command: "D:\home\site\deployments\tools\deploy.cmd"
Handling .NET Web Application deployment.
MSBuild auto-detection: using msbuild version '14.0' from 'D:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin'.
All packages listed in packages.config are already installed.
D:\home\site\repository\LearnJS\LearnJS.Web\app\app.component.ts(1,41): error TS2307: Build: Cannot find module 'angular2/core'. 

Here is the deploy.cmd file:

    @if "%SCM_TRACE_LEVEL%" NEQ "4" @echo off

:: ----------------------
:: KUDU Deployment Script
:: Version: 1.0.6
:: ----------------------

:: Prerequisites
:: -------------

:: Verify node.js installed
where node 2>nul >nul
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
  echo Missing node.js executable, please install node.js, if already installed make sure it can be reached from current environment.
  goto error
)

:: Setup
:: -----

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

SET ARTIFACTS=%~dp0%..\artifacts

IF NOT DEFINED DEPLOYMENT_SOURCE (
  SET DEPLOYMENT_SOURCE=%~dp0%.
)

IF NOT DEFINED DEPLOYMENT_TARGET (
  SET DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=%ARTIFACTS%\wwwroot
)

IF NOT DEFINED NEXT_MANIFEST_PATH (
  SET NEXT_MANIFEST_PATH=%ARTIFACTS%\manifest

  IF NOT DEFINED PREVIOUS_MANIFEST_PATH (
    SET PREVIOUS_MANIFEST_PATH=%ARTIFACTS%\manifest
  )
)

IF NOT DEFINED KUDU_SYNC_CMD (
  :: Install kudu sync
  echo Installing Kudu Sync
  call npm install kudusync -g --silent
  IF !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 goto error

  :: Locally just running "kuduSync" would also work
  SET KUDU_SYNC_CMD=%appdata%\npm\kuduSync.cmd
)
goto Deployment

:: Utility Functions
:: -----------------

:SelectNodeVersion

IF DEFINED KUDU_SELECT_NODE_VERSION_CMD (
  :: The following are done only on Windows Azure Websites environment
  call %KUDU_SELECT_NODE_VERSION_CMD% "%DEPLOYMENT_SOURCE%" "%DEPLOYMENT_TARGET%" "%DEPLOYMENT_TEMP%"
  IF !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 goto error

  IF EXIST "%DEPLOYMENT_TEMP%\__nodeVersion.tmp" (
    SET /p NODE_EXE=<"%DEPLOYMENT_TEMP%\__nodeVersion.tmp"
    IF !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 goto error
  )

  IF EXIST "%DEPLOYMENT_TEMP%\__npmVersion.tmp" (
    SET /p NPM_JS_PATH=<"%DEPLOYMENT_TEMP%\__npmVersion.tmp"
    IF !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 goto error
  )

  IF NOT DEFINED NODE_EXE (
    SET NODE_EXE=node
  )

  SET NPM_CMD="!NODE_EXE!" "!NPM_JS_PATH!"
) ELSE (
  SET NPM_CMD=npm
  SET NODE_EXE=node
)

goto :EOF

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:: Deployment
:: ----------

:Deployment
echo Handling node.js deployment.

:: 1. KuduSync
IF /I "%IN_PLACE_DEPLOYMENT%" NEQ "1" (
  call :ExecuteCmd "%KUDU_SYNC_CMD%" -v 50 -f "%DEPLOYMENT_SOURCE%" -t "%DEPLOYMENT_TARGET%" -n "%NEXT_MANIFEST_PATH%" -p "%PREVIOUS_MANIFEST_PATH%" -i ".git;.hg;.deployment;deploy.cmd"
  IF !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 goto error
)

:: 2. Select node version
call :SelectNodeVersion

:: 3. Install npm packages
IF EXIST "%DEPLOYMENT_TARGET%\package.json" (
  pushd "%DEPLOYMENT_TARGET%"
  call :ExecuteCmd !NPM_CMD! install --production
  IF !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 goto error
  popd
)

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

:: Post deployment stub
IF DEFINED POST_DEPLOYMENT_ACTION call "%POST_DEPLOYMENT_ACTION%"
IF !ERRORLEVEL! NEQ 0 goto error

goto end

:: Execute command routine that will echo out when error
:ExecuteCmd
setlocal
set _CMD_=%*
call %_CMD_%
if "%ERRORLEVEL%" NEQ "0" echo Failed exitCode=%ERRORLEVEL%, command=%_CMD_%
exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%

:error
endlocal
echo An error has occurred during web site deployment.
call :exitSetErrorLevel
call :exitFromFunction 2>nul

:exitSetErrorLevel
exit /b 1

:exitFromFunction
()

:end
endlocal
echo Finished successfully.

Answer 1

Based on my understanding, I think your needs was creating a static web project with TypeScript and Angular 2, then deploying the static website into Azure WebApp with Continuous Deployment via GitHub.

The simple way is creating a static web project in VS with nodejs tools, then only developing for these static web HTML page with js files compiled from ts files, then commit them to your created GitHub respository, and set up the continuous deployment from GitHub for Azure WebApp on Azure portal.

So I think you can try to refer to the other answered SO thread Deploying Hexo on Azure.. not sure what i'm missing to know how to do it.