Error deploying docpad DocPad site to Heroku

Question

I was following along to a tutorial and downloaded the prebuilt site. Made minor changes on November 18, 2013 as shown in my github commits. And then pushed to Heroku but getting errors.

This is the result that I got when I ran heroku logs

2013-11-18T20:17:28.227721+00:00 heroku[api]: Enable Logplex by jgallardo720@gmail.com
2013-11-18T20:17:28.283130+00:00 heroku[api]: Release v2 created by jgallardo720@gmail.com
2013-11-18T20:26:28.114070+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info code= desc="Blank app" method=GET path=/ host=nodehipster.herokuapp.com fwd="98.173.1.66" dyno= connect= service= status=502 bytes=
2013-11-18T20:26:28.263173+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info code= desc="Blank app" method=GET path=/favicon.ico host=nodehipster.herokuapp.com fwd="98.173.1.66" dyno= connect= service= status=502 bytes=
2013-11-18T20:26:28.571363+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info code= desc="Blank app" method=GET path=/favicon.ico host=nodehipster.herokuapp.com fwd="98.173.1.66" dyno= connect= service= status=502 bytes=
2013-11-18T20:30:18.395751+00:00 heroku[router]: at=info code= desc="Blank app" method=GET path=/ host=nodehipster.herokuapp.com fwd="98.173.1.66" dyno= connect= service= status=502 bytes=
2013-11-18T20:34:16+00:00 heroku[slug-compiler]: Slug compilation started
2013-11-18T20:34:44.265581+00:00 heroku[api]: Scale to web=1 by jgallardo720@gmail.com
2013-11-18T20:34:44.302566+00:00 heroku[api]: Add PATH config by jgallardo720@gmail.com
2013-11-18T20:34:44.333763+00:00 heroku[api]: Release v3 created by jgallardo720@gmail.com
2013-11-18T20:34:44.413127+00:00 heroku[api]: Deploy 8fbd235 by jgallardo720@gmail.com
2013-11-18T20:34:44.432473+00:00 heroku[api]: Release v4 created by jgallardo720@gmail.com
2013-11-18T20:34:44+00:00 heroku[slug-compiler]: Slug compilation finished
2013-11-18T20:34:47.265386+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Starting process with command `node_modules/docpad/bin/docpad-server`
2013-11-18T20:34:49.200112+00:00 app[web.1]: info: Environment: development
2013-11-18T20:34:49.193219+00:00 app[web.1]: info: Welcome to DocPad v6.54.8 (global installation: /app/node_modules/docpad)
2013-11-18T20:34:49.195637+00:00 app[web.1]: info: Contribute: http://docpad.org/docs/contribute
2013-11-18T20:34:49.197908+00:00 app[web.1]: info: Plugins: cleanurls, coffeescript, eco, ghpages, grunt, highlightjs, livereload, marked, nodesass, partials, related, sass, text
2013-11-18T20:34:49.337179+00:00 app[web.1]: info: DocPad listening to http://localhost:40142/ on directory /app/out
2013-11-18T20:34:49.381385+00:00 app[web.1]: info: LiveReload listening to new socket on channel /docpad-livereload
2013-11-18T20:34:49.394435+00:00 app[web.1]: info: Generating...
2013-11-18T20:34:50.953986+00:00 app[web.1]: warning:
2013-11-18T20:34:50.953986+00:00 app[web.1]:   Rendering the extension "md" to "html" on "posts/inception-of-this-site.html.md" didn't do anything.
2013-11-18T20:34:50.953986+00:00 app[web.1]:   Explanation here: http://docpad.org/extension-not-rendering
2013-11-18T20:34:50.960356+00:00 app[web.1]:   Rendering the extension "md" to "html" on "posts/my-project-brvtally.html.md" didn't do anything.
2013-11-18T20:34:50.960356+00:00 app[web.1]: warning:
2013-11-18T20:34:50.960356+00:00 app[web.1]:   Explanation here: http://docpad.org/extension-not-rendering
2013-11-18T20:34:51.581577+00:00 app[web.1]:     /app/node_modules/docpad-plugin-nodesass/node_modules/node-bourbon/assets/stylesheets/bourbon-deprecated-upcoming:7, in mixin `box-shadow`
2013-11-18T20:34:51.581577+00:00 app[web.1]:     /app/src/documents/styles/style.css.scss:48
2013-11-18T20:34:51.581577+00:00 app[web.1]: WARNING: box-shadow is deprecated and will be removed in the next major version release
2013-11-18T20:34:51.581577+00:00 app[web.1]:
2013-11-18T20:34:51.595182+00:00 app[web.1]:   Rendering the extension "md" to "html" on "posts/inception-of-this-site.html.md" didn't do anything.
2013-11-18T20:34:51.595182+00:00 app[web.1]: warning:
2013-11-18T20:34:51.595182+00:00 app[web.1]:   Explanation here: http://docpad.org/extension-not-rendering
2013-11-18T20:34:51.608794+00:00 app[web.1]: warning:
2013-11-18T20:34:51.608794+00:00 app[web.1]:   Rendering the extension "md" to "html" on "posts/my-project-brvtally.html.md" didn't do anything.
2013-11-18T20:34:51.608794+00:00 app[web.1]:   Explanation here: http://docpad.org/extension-not-rendering
2013-11-18T20:34:52.071146+00:00 app[web.1]: SCSS does not appear to be available on your system
2013-11-18T20:34:52.071146+00:00 app[web.1]: warning: Something went wrong while rendering: styles/style.css.scss
2013-11-18T20:34:52.082835+00:00 app[web.1]:     at SassPlugin.render (/app/node_modules/docpad-plugin-sass/out/sass.plugin.js:96:25)
2013-11-18T20:34:52.082835+00:00 app[web.1]:     at Task.<anonymous> (/app/node_modules/docpad/node_modules/event-emitter-grouped/out/lib/event-emitter-grouped.js:38:23)
2013-11-18T20:34:52.081587+00:00 app[web.1]: SCSS does not appear to be available on your system
2013-11-18T20:34:52.082835+00:00 app[web.1]: Error: SCSS does not appear to be available on your system
2013-11-18T20:34:52.081587+00:00 app[web.1]: warning: Something went wrong while rendering: styles/zurb-foundation.css.scss
2013-11-18T20:34:52.082835+00:00 app[web.1]:     at ambi (/app/node_modules/docpad/node_modules/ambi/out/lib/ambi.js:23:18)
2013-11-18T20:34:52.082835+00:00 app[web.1]:     at b (domain.js:183:18)
2013-11-18T20:34:52.082835+00:00 app[web.1]:     at Domain.run (domain.js:123:23)
2013-11-18T20:34:52.082835+00:00 app[web.1]:     at fire (/app/node_modules/docpad/node_modules/taskgroup/out/lib/taskgroup.js:159:23)
2013-11-18T20:34:52.082835+00:00 app[web.1]:     at ambi (/app/node_modules/docpad/node_modules/ambi/out/lib/ambi.js:23:18)
2013-11-18T20:34:52.082978+00:00 app[web.1]:     at process._tickFromSpinner (node.js:390:15)
2013-11-18T20:34:52.082835+00:00 app[web.1]:     at Task.fire (/app/node_modules/docpad/node_modules/taskgroup/out/lib/taskgroup.js:166:25)
2013-11-18T20:34:52.082835+00:00 app[web.1]:     at process._tickDomainCallback (node.js:459:13)
2013-11-18T20:35:22.933177+00:00 heroku[router]: at=error code=H12 desc="Request timeout" method=GET path=/ host=nodehipster.herokuapp.com fwd="98.173.1.66" dyno=web.1 connect=2ms service=30000ms status=503 bytes=0
2013-11-18T20:34:49.543710+00:00 heroku[web.1]: State changed from starting to up
2013-11-18T20:38:47.093255+00:00 heroku[router]: at=error code=H12 desc="Request timeout" method=GET path=/ host=nodehipster.herokuapp.com fwd="98.173.1.66" dyno=web.1 connect=2ms service=30000ms status=503 bytes=0

While reading the documentation from docpad on deploying to Heroku I did not notice that I needed to run heroku config:add NODE_ENV=production from the terminal. But still no success.

The logs mention http://docpad.org/extension-not-rendering, which is just a conversation between people complaining about this issue. And someone suggests a plugin for windows (I am on a mac).

And then another person says that he solved this by adding *.min.css files to a folder called static.

But where are those files in the first place, and where should I create this static file. and am I missing anything else?

Answer 1

Both the sass and nodesass plugins are installed, which will conflict with each other.

The sass pugin will not run on Heroku, unless you manually install sass via a custom buildpack yourself. The nodesass plugin should.

Try just uninstalling the sass plugin docpad uninstall sass and try the deploy again.