I'm a pretty new programmer going through the Firebase tutorial. I have gone through steps 1-5 of the tutorial (https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/firebase-web/#5). I've added the "Add Firebase to your web app" js code to the html file, and set up the Firebase CLI. However, when I run the firebase server, everything seems to work other than it is not showing the code from the index.html file.
I am in the right directory, and my console says "Server listening at: http://localhost:5000." But, at localhost 5000, it shows a generic "Welcome to Firebase Hosting: You're seeing this because you've successfully setup Firebase Hosting. Now it's time to go build something extraordinary!" box rather than the app interface code in the index.html file. It is the only html file in my directory. It seems like I am missing something very simple. Thank you for your help.
The website shown to you is the index.html from your public folder (or whatever you configured it to be in your firebase.json file).
The culprit might be firebase init. It tries to generate a generic index.html file for you. However, in the latest version, it should at least ask you whether or not to override (which it did not in the past!).
The problem is firebase init being unbelievably crude. It just overrides the index.html file that was in your public folder... no confirmation, no safety net, no nothing.
If you lost, or accidentally let firebase init overwrite, your index.html file, you have to re-produce it somehow. If you do not have a backup of or other means of re-producing your index.html file... well... too bad!
How does the firebase CLI work?
Generally, the steps of a firebase setup go a little like this:
firebase login
firebase init
your-build-command-here # (if you have a build pipeline)
firebase deploy
You only need to do Step #1 (login) the first time when you setup building on that machine (or maybe when a new firebase revision has been released)
You only need to do Step #2 (init) to initialize a new project. That is, when you don't have your firebase.json yet (which will be created by the init command).
To re-deploy, it's simply:
your-build-command-here # (if you have a build pipeline)
firebase deploy
I figured out my answer. The index.html file that was being posted was in the "public" file, which was created during the "firebase init" stage. I replaced that placeholder html file with the one for my app.
Firebase hosting not showing up app?
There might be two reasons for this problem
1st step:
Make sure your public folder (define in your firebase.json) 'dist' containing the index.html hasn't been modified by firebase init command, if yes replace it with your original project index.html
for reference (dist is standard but your may different)
{ "hosting": { "public": "dist"} }
2nd step:
Make sure to configure your base href in project's index.html
as
<base href="https://["YOUR FIREBASE PROJECT NAME"].firebaseapp.com/">
and other bundle files as
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://["YOUR FIREBASE PROJECT NAME"].firebaseapp.com/runtime.a66f828dca56eeb90e02.js">
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://["YOUR FIREBASE PROJECT NAME"].firebaseapp.com/main.2eb2046276073df361f7.js">
3rd step run command - firebase deploy
enjoy ! ;)
New projects
when doing firebase init select the directory which contains the index.html as the public directory.
Existing projects
update firebase.json with
"hosting": {
"public": "dist/directoryThatContainsIndexHtml",
......
}
Edited Original Answer: Available in edit history. Only for testing purposes.!! for production, use the updated version. Contents of dist are rewritten on each build so anything you place #dist are gone each time you build.
For anyone else comming across this.
Try launching in incognito mode - the browser was cached for me.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/56468177/2047972
first of all you need to check your index.html after deployment of project. after these command steps:
firebase login
firebase init
firebase deploy
your real index.html file might be overwrite by firebase generic file that's why the problem is occurred. so change code of index.html after deployment of project. if you see this box on your web page
Tip: copy your complete project anywhere in your PC before deployment.
otherwise check your directory for file path your path of index.html is must correct.
In my case when I run the command ng build --prod it created a sub folder under dist folder. Assume my project name is FirstProject. I can see a sub folder called FirstProject inside dist folder (dist/FirstProject).
Give dist/[subDirectory] as your public directory
What do you want to use as your public directory? dist/FirstProject
This solved my issue
For deploying Angular application to Firebase simple and quick tutorial
you can find here.
During the process of firebase init, type N, when the question
"File dist/index.html already exists. Overwrite?" appears, and your page will be displayed as it should be.
In public folder option write dist/your-folder-name.
This will allow you to render your index file which is in your folder.
npm install -g firebase-tools
firebase login
firebase init
firebase deploy
firebase open
Select the following after scrolling down
Hosting: Deployed Site
When you build your Angular app, at least with Angular 10, by default Angular creates a folder names dist, containing a folder having the name of the application. For example, this example’s app is named blog-front, so when building the project (ng build or ng build -- prod), Angular will create a folder dist, containing a folder named blog-front:
When you reach the firebase init step asking the public directory, your folder's name should be “dist/blog-front” for this example, or “dist/yourApplicationName” as a general rule :
In my case firebase was using the wrong directory, also see here: firebase CLI didn't recognize the current project directory for 'firebase init'. While I was expecting firebase to put all created files into my project directory it was totally disconnected and put all files into my /Users/MyUserName directoy and deploying the wrong index.html from there.
This is how to fix it (no reinstall of firebase needed as suggested in the linked post):
delete all created firebase files from /Users/MyUserName directoy (.firebaserc, firebase.json, index.html and dist-folder)
run firebase init on project directoy
use dist/projectname as public directory
Configure as a single-page app "Yes"
do not overwrite index.html (if you do, make sure to "ng build" again before deploying)
firebase deploy
By the way, for everyone who is using Angular 7, this tutorial about deploying an angular 7 app to firebase hosting was really helpfull to me.
I faced similar situation. When we run firebase init it asks couple of questions. At that time we mention the directory path from where firebase will take all files to deploy.
Make sure that, directory contain index.html.
Delete the index.html which is present in dist folder.
Then run the following commands:
firebase login
ng build --prod
firebase init
firebase deploy
This Worked for me
First Stop the project and follow these steps
npm install -g firebase-tools
firebase login
firebase init
? Are you ready to proceed? Yes
? Which Firebase CLI features do you want to set up for this folder? Press Space to select features, then Enter to confirm your choices. Hosting: Configure and deploy Firebase Hosting sites
? What do you want to use as your public directory? dist
? Configure as a single-page app (rewrite all urls to /index.html)? Yes
After initialization is completed makesure to delete the created dist file before next steps
ng build --prod
firebase deploy
You are seeing this error because you didn't run the command:
npm run build
make sure you use it before firebase deploy
and also make you are incorrect directory.
execute this after finishing firebase init process.
If you get a public folder with ready index.html by firebase init. You can simply replace that index.html with yours and use the command:
firebase deploy
That should be enough to get it working. Make sure all the files are where they should be!
Working Solution
Just do
flutter build web, then
flutter deploy.
firebase init tries to generate a generic index.html file for you, and if it did that, then you first have to do flutter build web so that the index.html you need is generated, rather than the generic one, and then again flutter deploy
Please follow the step
npm install -g firebase-tools
If you already have a dist folder, remove it from directory
firebase login
ng build --prod
firebase init
firebase deploy
index.html file has that firebase default information.That's why it is showing that information. Copy and paste index.html from your original angular file and paste it to dist index.html. This fixed my issue.
You should add your files to public directory folder before deploy it into firebase server(your app's index file should be there).
My solution is just waiting a bit.
Then, if it still not working.
let try:
Solution 1: check your index.html inside "build" folder and index.html in your own project. They should be the same, if not, copy code index.html outside "build" folder and paste into index.html inside "build" folder.
solution 2 : delete your .firebase folder. and init it again.
=> firebase init
? What do you want to use as your public directory? build < == NOTE: "build" is my directory
? Configure as a single-page app (rewrite all urls to /index.html)? No <== select NO
? File build/404.html already exists. Overwrite? No <== select NO
? File build/index.html already exists. Overwrite? No <== select NO
After doing these things, I also get that notification of "Welcome Firebase Setting Host Complete" , and I just wait for a while. then reload the website.
Changing the default HTML page name in the public folder to index.html worked for me.
Also, make sure you do not rewrite the index.html when firebase prompts you to in the firebase init step(follow the attached image).
I am building an IOS app using Firebase. I have an error when I try to deploy
"Error: Specified public directory does not exist, can't deploy hosting"
I have been following the hosting guide here Guide Link But being new learner, I am not understanding what should I put in firebase.json
So my code in firebase.json
{
"firebase": "xxxxxx", //(my app name)
"public": "/usr/local", //(I am not sure what should i put in here)
"ignore": [
"firebase.json",
"**.*",
"**/node_modules/**"
]
}
I am not sure what should I put in "public" property. I think that is the reason why I get the error. I don't understand what public directory mean in here.
Easily deploy and host your app's static assets (HTML, CSS,
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It cleary states only static thing is expected to be hosted.
In "public" you are supposed to put dist (distribution) folder distination, In web apps Its a folder that contains all assets to keep app up and running on firebase hosting service.
Above answer is to clear Concept, Provide more details of your app and structure for further help.
what are you building your app with?
I imagine the cause of the error is that you need to generate a 'dist' folder for your app and you haven't done that yet before running 'firebase deploy'.
Check the firebase.json file in your project directory, it will show you that Firebase is looking for a dist folder to read from.
IF it can't find it, you will get the error that you have.
For instance, if it is an Angular2 application and you use the Angular-cli, just do the following:
Run the command 'ng build' in your project's root directory.
This command will generate a 'dist' folder from the 'src' folder where you wrote your application code.
Then run '
firebase deploy'.
I never used fortrabbit before and i have a question about it.
I know i can create apps and define the document root, but lets imagine the following:
I want to go with Yii2 Framework (Advanced template)
Advanced template have "two apps" in it (2 folders) the backend and the frontend.
On a real server we have to create two alias, eg:
admin.myapp.com -> root/backend/www
www.myapp.com -> root/frontend/www
Is possible to configure the fortrabbit to work with it within the same application and share the same resources (MySQL, cache, etc)?
your setup is possible at fortrabbit.
Just put both folders in your git repo and push to forrabbit. After that you can route the subdomains (www., admin.) to the subfolders (frontend/www, backend/www).
If your project requires a composer install during the deploy process it will not work our of the box, since we check only for the composer.json/lock in the root of your project.
However you can define your custom post-deploy scripts. In these script you could call a composer install in the subfolders.
Cheers
Oliver (fortrabbit staff)