[SOLVED] How to resolve Node.js: "Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory"

How to resolve Node.js: "Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory"

I have a Node.js web application currently running on a server successfully. Now I'm trying to set up a local copy on my development server.

I currently have Node.js, NPM and MongoDB Installed just like what I have in production server. However, the error below occurs when I try to start the Node.js server.

What could be causing this issue?

cd ~/node/nodeapp
node app.js

Output:

fs.js:640
  return binding.open(pathModule._makeLong(path), stringToFlags(flags), mode);
                 ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/embah/node/nodeapp/config/c
onfig.json'
    at Error (native)
    at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:640:18)
    at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:508:33)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/embah/node/nodeapp/config/config.js:4:28)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/embah/node/glorby/app.js:13:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:394:7)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:149:9)
    at bootstrap_node.js:509:3

Solution

Your app is expecting to find a file at /home/embah/node/nodeapp/config/config.json but that file does not exist (which is what ENOENT means). So you either need to create the expected directory structure or else configure your application such that it looks in the correct directory for config.json.