How to config Meteor on AWS/EBS using METEOR_SETTINGS environment variable

Question

Trying to set up a Meteor on an AWS/EBS (Amazon Web Services, Elastic Beanstalk) environment.

A Meteor dev-run can be passed a command line flag: --settings s

Answer 1

Tested another workaround.

after meteor build --directory edit main.js as following

process.argv.splice(2, 0, 'program.json');
var settingfilename = './settings.json';
if (process.env.METEOR_SETTING_FILE)
  settingfilename = process.env.METEOR_SETTING_FILE;
var settings = require(settingfilename);
if (settings) {
  try {
    process.env.METEOR_SETTINGS = JSON.stringify(settings);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error(e);
  }
}
process.chdir(require('path').join(__dirname, 'programs', 'server'));
require('./programs/server/boot.js');

and copy settings.json into bundle/ and eb init and eb deploy.

you can set the other settings file with adding METEOR_SETTING_FILE at Environment Properties in Configuration tab from EB Console.

editing file is needed after every build.

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added the patch file to use in the build script like ed - ../build/bundle/main.js < main.js.patch

main.js.patch

8a
var settingfilename = './settings.json';
if (process.env.METEOR_SETTING_FILE)
  settingfilename = process.env.METEOR_SETTING_FILE;
var settings = require(settingfilename);
if (settings) {
  try {
    process.env.METEOR_SETTINGS = JSON.stringify(settings);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error(e);
  }
}
// console.log (JSON.stringify(process.env));
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