# Express Install on my host **URL:** \ **Category:** Ziti Administration Console\ **Created:** [June 27, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619 "2022-06-27T18:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![skipb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/skipb/32/342_2.png) [@skipb](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/skipb)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/1 "2022-06-27T18:42:54Z")
Hey all – first time going through the express install on a cloud vm. Always used a local docker-compose solution thus far. I’ve installed OZ on my Ubuntu cloud host and have Ziti Controller/Ziti ER running. I have the env sourced. ubuntu@ip-172-31-0-105:~$ echo $ZITI\_HOME /home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105 Now installing ZAC on Controller on step 4 and I get the following error: ubuntu@ip-172-31-0-105:~$ createZacSystemdFile createZacSystemdFile: command not found Ok…so that doesn’t work…move on and start ZAC manually with the following: ```auto node "${ZITI_HOME}/ziti-console/server.js" and get this error? import express from 'express'; ^^^^^^^ SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:723:23) at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10) at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32) at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3) at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:831:12) at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:283:19) at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:623:3) Strange that neither will work although I would prefer the systemd to function. ``` ---
**Author:** ![TheLumberjack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/thelumberjack/32/113_2.png) [@TheLumberjack](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/TheLumberjack)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/2 "2022-06-28T01:29:05Z")
> [@skipb](#): > > createZacSystemdFile: command not found Can you re-run: ```auto source /dev/stdin <<< "$(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openziti/ziti/release-next/quickstart/docker/image/ziti-cli-functions.sh)"; ``` And the try? If that doesn't work, please let us know. I just ran it myself on my AWS ubuntu image and it works. I'm thinking you might have logged out and logged back in? The helper functions are not part of the .env file that gets generated expressInstall. Only a few functions are provided (like `zitiLogin`). You probably just need to source ziti-cli-functions.sh again **AND** the env sourced. Then you'll have createZacSystemdFile ---
**Author:** ![skipb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/skipb/32/342_2.png) [@skipb](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/skipb)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/3 "2022-06-28T13:13:56Z")
Yep…that worked…thanks Clint ---
**Author:** ![skipb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/skipb/32/342_2.png) [@skipb](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/skipb)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/4 "2022-06-28T13:22:17Z")
The Systemd service seems to be bouncing from activating to running continuously – found this in the logs: Jun 28 13:20:32 ip-172-31-0-105 systemd[1]: ziti-console.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Jun 28 13:20:32 ip-172-31-0-105 systemd[1]: ziti-console.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’. Jun 28 13:20:34 ip-172-31-0-105 systemd[1]: ziti-console.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 192. Jun 28 13:20:34 ip-172-31-0-105 systemd[1]: Stopped Ziti-Console. Jun 28 13:20:34 ip-172-31-0-105 systemd[1]: Started Ziti-Console. Jun 28 13:20:35 ip-172-31-0-105 node[40590]: /home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/server.js:1 Jun 28 13:20:35 ip-172-31-0-105 node[40590]: import express from ‘express’; Jun 28 13:20:35 ip-172-31-0-105 node[40590]: ^^^^^^^ Jun 28 13:20:35 ip-172-31-0-105 node[40590]: SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier Jun 28 13:20:35 ip-172-31-0-105 node[40590]: at Module.\_compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:723:23) Jun 28 13:20:35 ip-172-31-0-105 node[40590]: at Object.Module.\_extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10) Jun 28 13:20:35 ip-172-31-0-105 node[40590]: at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32) Jun 28 13:20:35 ip-172-31-0-105 node[40590]: at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12) Jun 28 13:20:35 ip-172-31-0-105 node[40590]: at Function.Module.\_load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3) Jun 28 13:20:35 ip-172-31-0-105 node[40590]: at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:831:12) Jun 28 13:20:35 ip-172-31-0-105 node[40590]: at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:283:19) Jun 28 13:20:35 ip-172-31-0-105 node[40590]: at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:623:3) ---
**Author:** ![TheLumberjack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/thelumberjack/32/113_2.png) [@TheLumberjack](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/TheLumberjack)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/5 "2022-06-28T17:17:49Z")
I would guess you didn’t run npm install properly. stop the service, then run: ```auto sudo apt install npm nodejs -y ``` and then run ```auto npm install ``` make sure that succeeds. then run ```auto node "${ZITI_HOME}/ziti-console/server.js" ``` does that final command run? ---
**Author:** ![skipb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/skipb/32/342_2.png) [@skipb](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/skipb)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/6 "2022-06-28T17:40:49Z")
Ok…this is what I got back on that: ubuntu@ip-172-31-0-105:~$ npm install npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/ubuntu/package.json’ npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/ubuntu/package.json’ npm WARN ubuntu No description npm WARN ubuntu No repository field. npm WARN ubuntu No README data npm WARN ubuntu No license field. ---
**Author:** ![skipb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/skipb/32/342_2.png) [@skipb](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/skipb)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/7 "2022-06-28T17:44:35Z")
deleted the lock file and tried again: ubuntu@ip-172-31-0-105:~$ npm install npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/ubuntu/package.json’ npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file. npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/home/ubuntu/package.json’ ---
**Author:** ![TheLumberjack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/thelumberjack/32/113_2.png) [@TheLumberjack](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/TheLumberjack)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/8 "2022-06-28T17:54:28Z")
WARN is fine. you didn’t run ```auto node "${ZITI_HOME}/ziti-console/server.js" ``` ? ---
**Author:** ![TheLumberjack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/thelumberjack/32/113_2.png) [@TheLumberjack](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/TheLumberjack)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/9 "2022-06-28T17:55:07Z")
Also you’re running ```auto ubuntu@ip-172-31-0-105:~$ npm install ``` but you’re not in the ziti-console folder ---
**Author:** ![skipb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/skipb/32/342_2.png) [@skipb](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/skipb)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/10 "2022-06-28T18:02:11Z")
Ok…ran it from the ziti-console directory and got a bit more logging…same output when running server.js tho ---
**Author:** ![TheLumberjack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/thelumberjack/32/113_2.png) [@TheLumberjack](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/TheLumberjack)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/11 "2022-06-28T18:31:48Z")
I’d suggest you delete the ziti-console folder, reclone and try again and follow the steps exactly 🙂 . There’s something goofy going on I think!? Can you please cd to $ZITI\_HOME/ziti-console and run “node server.js” and provide all the output here, formatted inside a code block. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![skipb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/skipb/32/342_2.png) [@skipb](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/skipb)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/12 "2022-06-29T18:50:07Z")
I ran npm install and get these errors…not sure how to fix them. ```auto ubuntu@ip-172-31-0-105:~/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console$ npm install > @openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs@0.9.2 install /home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/node_modules/@openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs > node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build node-pre-gyp ERR! install response status 403 Forbidden on https://ziti-npm.s3.amazonaws.com/ziti_sdk_nodejs/v0.9.2/Release/ziti_sdk_nodejs-v0.9.2-node-v64-linux-x64.tar.gz node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for @openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs@0.9.2 and node@10.19.0 (node-v64 ABI, glibc) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error response status 403 Forbidden on https://ziti-npm.s3.amazonaws.com/ziti_sdk_nodejs/v0.9.2/Release/ziti_sdk_nodejs-v0.9.2-node-v64-linux-x64.tar.gz make: Entering directory '/home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/node_modules/@openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs/build' CC(target) Release/obj.target/ziti_sdk_nodejs/src/ziti-add-on.o In file included from ../src/ziti-add-on.c:17: ../src/ziti-nodejs.h:23:10: fatal error: uv_mbed/uv_mbed.h: No such file or directory 23 | #include | ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. make: *** [ziti_sdk_nodejs.target.mk:144: Release/obj.target/ziti_sdk_nodejs/src/ziti-add-on.o] Error 1 make: Leaving directory '/home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/node_modules/@openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs/build' gyp ERR! build error gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2 gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/share/nodejs/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23) gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13) gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:248:12) gyp ERR! System Linux 5.13.0-1029-aws gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/node-gyp" "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/node_modules/@openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs/build/Release/node-v64-linux-x64/ziti_sdk_nodejs.node" "--module_name=ziti_sdk_nodejs" "--module_path=/home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/node_modules/@openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs/build/Release/node-v64-linux-x64" "--napi_version=5" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v64" gyp ERR! cwd /home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/node_modules/@openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs gyp ERR! node -v v10.19.0 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v6.1.0 gyp ERR! not ok node-pre-gyp ERR! build error node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/usr/bin/node /usr/bin/node-gyp build --fallback-to-build --module=/home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/node_modules/@openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs/build/Release/node-v64-linux-x64/ziti_sdk_nodejs.node --module_name=ziti_sdk_nodejs --module_path=/home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/node_modules/@openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs/build/Release/node-v64-linux-x64 --napi_version=5 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v64' (1) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.cmd.on (/home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/node_modules/@mapbox/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:89:23) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:982:16) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5) node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 5.13.0-1029-aws node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/node_modules/@openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v10.19.0 node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v1.0.9 node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok Failed to execute '/usr/bin/node /usr/bin/node-gyp build --fallback-to-build --module=/home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/node_modules/@openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs/build/Release/node-v64-linux-x64/ziti_sdk_nodejs.node --module_name=ziti_sdk_nodejs --module_path=/home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/ip-172-31-0-105/ziti-console/node_modules/@openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs/build/Release/node-v64-linux-x64 --napi_version=5 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v64' (1) npm WARN io.netfoundry.zac@0.4.1 No repository field. npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs@0.9.2 (node_modules/@openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs): npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs@0.9.2 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build` npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1 audited 490 packages in 6.391s 28 packages are looking for funding run `npm fund` for details found 3 vulnerabilities (1 low, 1 moderate, 1 high) run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details ``` ---
**Author:** ![TheLumberjack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/thelumberjack/32/113_2.png) [@TheLumberjack](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/TheLumberjack)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/13 "2022-06-29T19:12:52Z")
Looks like @jeremy.tellier pushed an update that fixes this. could you try `npm install` again? ---
**Author:** ![TheLumberjack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/thelumberjack/32/113_2.png) [@TheLumberjack](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/TheLumberjack)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/express-install-on-my-host/619/14 "2022-06-30T00:27:01Z")
If you still have troubles, make sure you are running node v16.15.1+. The easiest thing for that is to install nvm and let it install it for you. This guide was helpful: [https://heynode.com/tutorial/install-nodejs-locally-nvm/](https://heynode.com/tutorial/install-nodejs-locally-nvm/)