Payload admin interface is not being served in mono-repo

[MoSattler]

Bug Report

Payload admin interface is not being served in mono repo.

I don't get any error messages, and the logs look fine:

web:serve: cache bypass, force executing 25981d9f1524a6dc
web:serve: 
web:serve: > web@ serve /Users/user/deleteme/apps/web
web:serve: > cross-env NODE_ENV=production node ./server.js
web:serve: 
web:serve: [09:23:58] INFO (payload): Connected to Mongo server successfully!
web:serve: [09:23:58] INFO (payload): Starting Payload...
web:serve: [09:23:58] INFO (payload): Payload Admin URL: http://localhost:3000/admin
web:serve: Express server listening on port 3000

but when visiting /admin I get a 404, even though the logs say it should be served there.

Steps to Reproduce

See README in reproduction repo: https://github.com/MoSattler/payload-repro

[jmikrut]

Hey there - here's some info re: what's happening here.

In production, Payload serves the pre-built contents of the build folder directly for the admin panel.

Here's the line that mounts the corresponding Express route:

router.use(express.static(path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'build'), { redirect: false }));

You will see that it uses cwd(). This is not ideal for monorepos, but we can fix this by easily exposing a way for a user to define a build path via config. That way, you can provide a full path for both where Payload should build to, and where Payload should look to serve the pre-built path. This will be more explicit than simply relying on cwd (which is fine in most cases, but I could see how that would have strange side-effects in monorepos).

I will create a new feature for this right now. Give me a bit!

[jmikrut]

Annddd.... done. You should try and define the admin.buildPath property, with a full / absolute path to the build folder.

This is released in 1.6.9.

This should be a bit more bulletproof for monorepos. Let me know!

[MoSattler]

Thank you so much! Will check it out and let you know!

[danestves]

Hello @MoSattler I just solved this doing this on buildPath:

Works even locally

[MoSattler]

@jmikrut looks like it's working! Thank you so much!

In the end I opted to not go with the mono repo route, to keep things simple!

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