Read static root from the config

4 files changed, 28 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/vnext/config/default.json b/vnext/config/default.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae52a717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vnext/config/default.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "service": {
+        "application": "",
+        "static_root": "dist",
+        "sape": {
+            "token": ""
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vnext/server/bootstrap.js b/vnext/server/bootstrap.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f920886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vnext/server/bootstrap.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require('ignore-styles');
+require('url-loader');
+require('file-loader');
+require('@babel/register')({
+    ignore: [/(node_modules)/],
+    presets: [
+        '@babel/preset-env',
+        ['@babel/preset-react', { 'runtime': 'automatic' }]
+    ]
+});
+require('./index');
diff --git a/vnext/server/index.js b/vnext/server/index.js
index f9a432b9..729f05d6 100644
--- a/vnext/server/index.js
+++ b/vnext/server/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import express from 'express';
+import config from 'config';
 
 // we'll talk about this in a minute:
 import serverRenderer from './middleware/renderer';
@@ -18,9 +19,11 @@ router.get('/api/oembed', oembed);
 router.get('/api/urlexpand', urlExpand);
 router.use('^/$', serverRenderer);
 
+const STATIC_ROOT = config.get('service.static_root') || path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist');
+
 // other static resources should just be served as they are
 router.use(express.static(
-    path.resolve(__dirname),
+    STATIC_ROOT,
     { maxAge: '30d' },
 ));
 
diff --git a/vnext/server/middleware/renderer.js b/vnext/server/middleware/renderer.js
index 4223d7f2..a4b745f8 100644
--- a/vnext/server/middleware/renderer.js
+++ b/vnext/server/middleware/renderer.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as ReactDOMServer from 'react-dom/server';
 import cookie from 'cookie';
+import config from 'config';
 
 // import our main App component
 import App from '../../src/App';
@@ -20,10 +21,12 @@ function toBinary(string) {
     return Buffer.from(String.fromCharCode(...new Uint8Array(codeUnits.buffer))).toString('base64');
 }
 
+const STATIC_ROOT = config.get('service.static_root') || path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist');
+
 const serverRenderer = async (req, res) => {
 
     // point to the html file created by CRA's build tool
-    const filePath = path.resolve('index.html');
+    const filePath = path.resolve(STATIC_ROOT, 'index.html');
 
     // links
     const cookies = cookie.parse(req.headers.cookie || '');