I have installed the yeoman webapp generator and I am trying to set up a proxy to another server.
I installed the proxy with the following. npm install grunt-connect-proxy --save-dev
When I run grunt server, it shows
Running "configureProxies" task
Proxy created for: /people to localhost:3000
It then directs me to a page running on localhost:9000 which says "Cannot GET /" There is a server running at localhost:3000 and I have tried other domains with no succes.
Here is my Gruntfile.js
// Generated on 2013-10-01 using generator-webapp 0.4.2
'use strict';
var proxySnippet = require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest;
// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// use this if you want to recursively match all subfolders:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// show elapsed time at the end
require('time-grunt')(grunt);
// load all grunt tasks
require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
// configurable paths
var yeomanConfig = {
app: 'app',
dist: 'dist'
};
grunt.initConfig({
yeoman: yeomanConfig,
watch: {
coffee: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.coffee'],
tasks: ['coffee:dist']
},
coffeeTest: {
files: ['test/spec/{,*/}*.coffee'],
tasks: ['coffee:test']
},
compass: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
tasks: ['compass:server', 'autoprefixer']
},
styles: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
tasks: ['copy:styles', 'autoprefixer']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'{.tmp,<%= yeoman.app %>}/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}'
]
}
},
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
livereload: 35729,
// change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside
hostname: 'localhost'
},
proxies: [
{
context: '/people',
host: 'localhost',
port: 3000
}
],
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
base: [
'.tmp',
yeomanConfig.app
],
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
proxySnippet
];
}
}
},
test: {
options: {
base: [
'.tmp',
'test',
yeomanConfig.app
]
}
},
dist: {
options: {
open: true,
base: yeomanConfig.dist
}
}
},
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/*',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/.git*'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc'
},
all: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'!<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/vendor/*',
'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
mocha: {
all: {
options: {
run: true,
urls: ['http://<%= connect.test.options.hostname %>:<%= connect.test.options.port %>/index.html']
}
}
},
coffee: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
src: '{,*/}*.coffee',
dest: '.tmp/scripts',
ext: '.js'
}]
},
test: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: 'test/spec',
src: '{,*/}*.coffee',
dest: '.tmp/spec',
ext: '.js'
}]
}
},
compass: {
options: {
sassDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
cssDir: '.tmp/styles',
generatedImagesDir: '.tmp/images/generated',
imagesDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
javascriptsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
fontsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/fonts',
importPath: '<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components',
httpImagesPath: '/images',
httpGeneratedImagesPath: '/images/generated',
httpFontsPath: '/styles/fonts',
relativeAssets: false
},
dist: {
options: {
generatedImagesDir: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/generated'
}
},
server: {
options: {
debugInfo: true
}
}
},
autoprefixer: {
options: {
browsers: ['last 1 version']
},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
}
},
// not used since Uglify task does concat,
// but still available if needed
/*concat: {
dist: {}
},*/
requirejs: {
dist: {
// Options: https://github.com/jrburke/r.js/blob/master/build/example.build.js
options: {
// `name` and `out` is set by grunt-usemin
baseUrl: yeomanConfig.app + '/scripts',
optimize: 'none',
// TODO: Figure out how to make sourcemaps work with grunt-usemin
// https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/30
//generateSourceMaps: true,
// required to support SourceMaps
// http://requirejs.org/docs/errors.html#sourcemapcomments
preserveLicenseComments: false,
useStrict: true,
wrap: true
//uglify2: {} // https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2
}
}
},
rev: {
dist: {
files: {
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp}',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*'
]
}
}
},
useminPrepare: {
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
},
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html'
},
usemin: {
options: {
dirs: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>']
},
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css']
},
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg}',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
cssmin: {
// This task is pre-configured if you do not wish to use Usemin
// blocks for your CSS. By default, the Usemin block from your
// `index.html` will take care of minification, e.g.
//
// <!-- build:css({.tmp,app}) styles/main.css -->
//
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/main.css': [
// '.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
// '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'
// ]
// }
// }
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
/*removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
// https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/44
//collapseWhitespace: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeAttributeQuotes: true,
removeRedundantAttributes: true,
useShortDoctype: true,
removeEmptyAttributes: true,
removeOptionalTags: true*/
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
src: '*.html',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
// Put files not handled in other tasks here
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'images/{,*/}*.{webp,gif}',
'styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*',
'bower_components/sass-bootstrap/fonts/*.*'
]
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
modernizr: {
devFile: '<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components/modernizr/modernizr.js',
outputFile: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/bower_components/modernizr/modernizr.js',
files: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/vendor/*'
],
uglify: true
},
concurrent: {
server: [
'compass',
'coffee:dist',
'copy:styles'
],
test: [
'coffee',
'copy:styles'
],
dist: [
'coffee',
'compass',
'copy:styles',
'imagemin',
'svgmin',
'htmlmin'
]
},
bower: {
options: {
exclude: ['modernizr']
},
all: {
rjsConfig: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/main.js'
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('server', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'configureProxies',
'concurrent:server',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', [
'clean:server',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:test',
'mocha'
]);
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'requirejs',
'concat',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'modernizr',
'copy:dist',
'rev',
'usemin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};
EDIT: here is my final working GruntFile
// Generated on 2013-10-06 using generator-webapp 0.4.3
'use strict';
var proxySnippet = require('grunt-connect-proxy/lib/utils').proxyRequest;
var mountFolder = function (connect, dir) {
return connect.static(require('path').resolve(dir));
};
// # Globbing
// for performance reasons we're only matching one level down:
// 'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
// use this if you want to recursively match all subfolders:
// 'test/spec/**/*.js'
module.exports = function (grunt) {
// show elapsed time at the end
require('time-grunt')(grunt);
// load all grunt tasks
require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt);
grunt.initConfig({
// configurable paths
yeoman: {
app: 'app',
dist: 'dist'
},
watch: {
compass: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
tasks: ['compass:server', 'autoprefixer']
},
styles: {
files: ['<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'],
tasks: ['copy:styles', 'autoprefixer']
},
livereload: {
options: {
livereload: '<%= connect.options.livereload %>'
},
files: [
'<%= yeoman.app %>/*.html',
'.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'{.tmp,<%= yeoman.app %>}/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}'
]
}
},
connect: {
options: {
port: 9000,
livereload: 35729,
// change this to '0.0.0.0' to access the server from outside
hostname: 'localhost'
},
proxies: [
{
context: '/api',
host: 'localhost',
port: 4000,
https: false
}
],
livereload: {
options: {
open: true,
base: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
],
middleware: function (connect) {
return [
proxySnippet,
mountFolder(connect, '.tmp'),
mountFolder(connect, 'app')
];
}
}
},
test: {
options: {
base: [
'.tmp',
'test',
'<%= yeoman.app %>'
]
}
},
dist: {
options: {
open: true,
base: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}
}
},
clean: {
dist: {
files: [{
dot: true,
src: [
'.tmp',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/*',
'!<%= yeoman.dist %>/.git*'
]
}]
},
server: '.tmp'
},
jshint: {
options: {
jshintrc: '.jshintrc'
},
all: [
'Gruntfile.js',
'<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'!<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/vendor/*',
'test/spec/{,*/}*.js'
]
},
mocha: {
all: {
options: {
run: true,
urls: ['http://<%= connect.test.options.hostname %>:<%= connect.test.options.port %>/index.html']
}
}
},
compass: {
options: {
sassDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
cssDir: '.tmp/styles',
generatedImagesDir: '.tmp/images/generated',
imagesDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
javascriptsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
fontsDir: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/fonts',
importPath: '<%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components',
httpImagesPath: '/images',
httpGeneratedImagesPath: '/images/generated',
httpFontsPath: '/styles/fonts',
relativeAssets: false,
assetCacheBuster: false
},
dist: {
options: {
generatedImagesDir: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/generated'
}
},
server: {
options: {
debugInfo: true
}
}
},
autoprefixer: {
options: {
browsers: ['last 1 version']
},
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css',
dest: '.tmp/styles/'
}]
}
},
// not used since Uglify task does concat,
// but still available if needed
/*concat: {
dist: {}
},*/
requirejs: {
dist: {
// Options: https://github.com/jrburke/r.js/blob/master/build/example.build.js
options: {
// `name` and `out` is set by grunt-usemin
baseUrl: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
optimize: 'none',
// TODO: Figure out how to make sourcemaps work with grunt-usemin
// https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/30
//generateSourceMaps: true,
// required to support SourceMaps
// http://requirejs.org/docs/errors.html#sourcemapcomments
preserveLicenseComments: false,
useStrict: true,
wrap: true
//uglify2: {} // https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS2
}
}
},
rev: {
dist: {
files: {
src: [
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp}',
'<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*'
]
}
}
},
useminPrepare: {
options: {
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
},
html: '<%= yeoman.app %>/index.html'
},
usemin: {
options: {
dirs: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>']
},
html: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/{,*/}*.html'],
css: ['<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/{,*/}*.css']
},
imagemin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg}',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
svgmin: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/images',
src: '{,*/}*.svg',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>/images'
}]
}
},
cssmin: {
// This task is pre-configured if you do not wish to use Usemin
// blocks for your CSS. By default, the Usemin block from your
// `index.html` will take care of minification, e.g.
//
// <!-- build:css({.tmp,app}) styles/main.css -->
//
// dist: {
// files: {
// '<%= yeoman.dist %>/styles/main.css': [
// '.tmp/styles/{,*/}*.css',
// '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.css'
// ]
// }
// }
},
htmlmin: {
dist: {
options: {
/*removeCommentsFromCDATA: true,
// https://github.com/yeoman/grunt-usemin/issues/44
//collapseWhitespace: true,
collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
removeAttributeQuotes: true,
removeRedundantAttributes: true,
useShortDoctype: true,
removeEmptyAttributes: true,
removeOptionalTags: true*/
},
files: [{
expand: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
src: '*.html',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>'
}]
}
},
// Put files not handled in other tasks here
copy: {
dist: {
files: [{
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>',
dest: '<%= yeoman.dist %>',
src: [
'*.{ico,png,txt}',
'.htaccess',
'images/{,*/}*.{webp,gif}',
'styles/fonts/{,*/}*.*',
'bower_components/sass-bootstrap/fonts/*.*',
'templates/{,*/}*.*'
]
}]
},
styles: {
expand: true,
dot: true,
cwd: '<%= yeoman.app %>/styles',
dest: '.tmp/styles/',
src: '{,*/}*.css'
}
},
concurrent: {
server: [
'compass',
'copy:styles'
],
test: [
'copy:styles'
],
dist: [
'compass',
'copy:styles',
'imagemin',
'svgmin',
'htmlmin'
]
},
bower: {
options: {
exclude: ['modernizr']
},
all: {
rjsConfig: '<%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/main.js'
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('server', function (target) {
if (target === 'dist') {
return grunt.task.run(['build', 'connect:dist:keepalive']);
}
grunt.task.run([
'clean:server',
'configureProxies',
'concurrent:server',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:livereload',
'watch'
]);
});
grunt.registerTask('test', [
'clean:server',
'concurrent:test',
'autoprefixer',
'connect:test',
'mocha'
]);
grunt.registerTask('build', [
'clean:dist',
'useminPrepare',
'concurrent:dist',
'autoprefixer',
'requirejs',
'concat',
'cssmin',
'uglify',
'copy:dist',
'rev',
'usemin'
]);
grunt.registerTask('default', [
'jshint',
'test',
'build'
]);
};