Custom Modules not loading.

[cpt-n3mo]

Preflight Checklist

• I have completed all Troubleshooting Steps.
• I'm on the latest version of Directus.
• There's no other issue that already describes my problem.

Describe the Bug

Custom Modules not showing up in web interface

To Reproduce

When create a new directus v9 project, with MariaDB.
and then using directus-extension create module mymodule
generates a template,
building this template with directus-extension build then moving contant of the dist folder index.js to './extensions/modules/testModule/index.js'

then when refreshing directus module is not showing up in the web interface

What version of Directus are you using?

directus "^9.0.0-rc.95"

What version of Node.js are you using?

v13.14.0

What database are you using?

MariaDB docker

What browser are you using?

Firefox / chromium

What operating system are you using?

Arch Linux 5.13.6-zen1-1-zen

How are you deploying Directus?

locally

[benhaynes]

Did you go into the app's project settings and enable it?

[cpt-n3mo]

oh! feeling abit like a noob..!
that was it!
the docs are not mentioning anything about this though in the custom module section.. is there a way to add to the docs maybe..?
like directus-extension tool is not very well documented, as in the create | build + --watch etc maybe how to setup a dev env for module development.. using build --watch -o "to store index.js " would love to contrib and add some more information to the docs if it were possible..

once again thx for the quick response!

[benhaynes]

No problem, we're in the process of overhauling the docs, and this will be included. This is also a new feature as of last week... so it's understandable that it might be missed.

[benhaynes]

CC @alesvaupotic

[cpt-n3mo]

No problem, we're in the process of overhauling the docs, and this will be included. This is also a new feature as of last week... so it's understandable that it might be missed.

ah yeh that makes allot of sense then.. :)
one more small question though.. is there a way to set directus in watch mode. so it can detect changes in extension folder, as now it seems i need to restart directus. before it sees the changes

kind regards.

[benhaynes]

That question is beyond my skillset!

[rijkvanzanten]

@cpt-n3mo There's a couple discussions around the subject (for example #8386). There's no out-of-the-box setup for this yet at this point