server.install does not work in SolidStart site

[ian-pascoe]

When I try to deploy my solidstart site and add installs to the server function, they are not added.

To reproduce:

1. Use SolidStart example
2. Add server.install option
3. Check deployed code and see that install was not executed

[fwang]

You are right. server.install has no effect on SolidStart sites. SolidStart uses Nitro behind the scene. Nitro packages the lambda code into .output/server. And SolidStart uses it as is.

What packages are you trying to bundle into the server lambda code?

[ian-pascoe]

I am trying to have sentry packages installed for instrumentation. The sentry docs want your sentry init file to be called via NODE_OPTIONS=‘—import instrumentation.mjs’ which makes it get shaken during build

[fwang]

Can u check if it can be configured in app.config.ts to include specific npm packages in the server build output?

/cc @thdxr do u know if it's possible?

[ian-pascoe]

I have tried several config options but it keeps getting shaken. I am about to go the lambda layer route if I can’t figure it out

[fwang]

Just talked to @thdxr, he's working on some stuff in this area. He will fix this.

For context, SolidStart's server output looks like this:

We could inject server.install in package.json, and run npm install.