How to correctly build NestJS app for production with node_modules dependencies in bundle?

Question

After nest build or nest build --webpack dist folder does not contain all required modules and I got Error: Cannot find module \'@nestjs/core\'

Answer 1

Out of the box, nest cli does not support including the node_modules dependencies into the dist bundle.

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However, there are some community examples of custom webpack configs that include the dependencies in the bundle, e.g. bundled-nest. As described in this issue, it is necessary to include the webpack.IgnorePlugin to whitelist unused dynamic libraries.