Meteor bundle fails because fibers.node is missing

Question

The bundled node.fibers fails to load after deployment to a different server with the following error:

/home/ec2-user/bundle/server/node_modules/fibers/fibers.js:13
    throw new Error('`'+ modPath+ '.node` is missing. Try reinstalling `node-fibe
          ^
Error: `/home/ec2-user/bundle/server/node_modules/fibers/bin/linux-x64-v8-3.11/fibers.node` is missing. Try reinstalling `node-fibers`?
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/ec2-user/bundle/server/node_modules/fibers/fibers.js:13:8)
    at Module._compile (module.js:449:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:467:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:362:17)
    at require (module.js:378:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/ec2-user/bundle/server/server.js:3:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:449:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:467:10)

Answer 1

Node fibers have to be re-installed after unpacking the bundle. To fix this problem go to the server directory.

$ cd bundle/programs/server

Then un-install fibers

$ npm uninstall fibers

Then install fibers

$ npm install fibers

Then start your application

$ cd ../../
$ PORT=3000 MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/myapp node bundle/main.js

You will have to repeat that every time you update the app. This is just the way Meteor uses Node at the moment. Potential long-term fix can be found here: http://meteorhacks.com/how-meteor-uses-node.html

NOTE: On Meteor 0.6.5 and Node 0.10.* this may work slightly differently. You may have to remove fibers manually from bundle/server as well as bundle/programs/server. You can do that with $ rm -R node_modules/fibers. Then you'll have to reinstall fibers from both locations with $ npm install fibers.

Answer 2

I had the same issue with Meteor 1.0.3.2 and Node 0.12.0. I had to downgrade to Node 0.10.31. This fixed the issue.

Remember all instructions are in the readme file in the bundle folder.