SSR Fails with: Unknown option: '--app'

[CybrZr00]

Hi,

I was doing the exact (almost, not material) same thing independently and came across yours whilst trying to fix the above error.
Unfortunately, it seems you get the same error when using SSR. I don't suppose you know how this can be fixed? Google hasn't been my friend! Here's the error:

An unhandled exception occurred while processing the request.
AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (The NPM script 'build:ssr' exited without indicating success.
Output was:

angular-cli-netcore-ngrx-starter@0.0.0 build:ssr G:\angular-cli-netcore-ngrx-starter-master\angular-cli-netcore-ngrx-starter-master\ClientApp
npm run build -- --app=ssr --output-hashing=media "--watch"
Error output was: Unknown option: '--app')
System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(int millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
InvalidOperationException: The NPM script 'build:ssr' exited without indicating success.
Output was:
angular-cli-netcore-ngrx-starter@0.0.0 build:ssr G:\angular-cli-netcore-ngrx-starter-master\angular-cli-netcore-ngrx-starter-master\ClientApp
npm run build -- --app=ssr --output-hashing=media "--watch"
Error output was: Unknown option: '--app'

[chrisjwalk]

@CybrZr00 It looks like I updated to Angular 6 here without fully testing the SSR option. The problem here was the upgrade didn't copy over the "ssr" project to the new angular.json file, and the Angular CLI command line option has changed from "--app" to "--project". I've fixed this here with this commit: 067f02c However, the SSR project still doesn't build. Looks like this may not be fully supported with Angular 6 yet by looking at this PR / branch in Microsoft's https://github.com/aspnet/templating repo: aspnet/Templating#515 https://github.com/aspnet/templating/tree/kichalla/upgrade.angular.to.60/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Web.Spa.ProjectTemplates/content/Angular-CSharp/ClientApp Anyway, hope this gets you closer! Let me know if you figure it out. Thanks!

[chrisjwalk]

Sorry, I should have looked at that PR on MS's templating repo a bit better. Looks like my earlier fix didn't have the angular.json file setup correctly. I more or less merged the same changes commit f94203c and it seems to run in SSR mode now. Please try pulling the latest and it should hopefully work for you now.

[CybrZr00]

Thats excellent @chrisjwalk I totally missed the PR! I can confirm all seems to be working, and checking the page source shows server rendering working properly! Thank you!