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Learning how to deploy the demo project to IBM API Connect on Bluemix (get-started) and get the following errors after run apic edit to start IBM Developer Toolkit local site:
Screenshot of the error
Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Just tried the same and I am not able to reproduce the issue, since the "apic edit" step works fine for me. I guess this is an issue related to your machine. The error is quite clear and it means that Express.js is not able to connect to that port. The first step is to check that port to see if it's blocked by the host system. However I see different ports in the error message, so the problem could be different (check your firewall settings). Moreover, I would try to install apic again running sudo npm install -g apiconnect and double check that the prerequisites are already installed. It could be throwing an error that you didn't notice.

Try publish in the interface 0.0.0.0:
export HOST=0.0.0.0
apic edit

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npm: pm2-windows-startup not working properly

I want my application to automatically restart on Windows reboot. I am using the pm2-windows-startup package provided by the npm. But, I am having an issue. When I restart the remote server and enter the pm2 list command in the cmd, it shows my application as online. However, when I hit the application's URL in my browser, I get a This site can’t be reached error.
I have followed the instructions provided by their official documentation.
pm2-windows-startup
The only way my application runs after a restart is by using the below commands:
pm2 kill
pm2 resurrect
The server has Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system.
I don't know why is this happening despite following all the instructions provided by the repository. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
You can try this other package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/pm2-windows-service
It install PM2 as a service where pm2-window-startup just wrote a startup string in registry.
If you want more informations, you have this post: Windows: Auto start PM2 and node apps

OpenSSH server wont install on azure Windows 10 VM

I'm trying to install OpenSSH-Server on multiple Windows 10 VM from Azure.
I added some rules on network security group (directly on portal.azure) : I allowed inbound traffic for port 22 and same for outbound.
After that I tried to install openSSH-server using the windows 10 interface, but it doesn't work (no error message, just jumping back into the app list).
I tried to add the rules to the firewall and retried to install openSSH-server, no success.
I also tried to install it using powershell but without success.
There is something I must be missing, here is the guide I followed for installing OpenSSH-server: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse
And here is the guide I followed for opening ports:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/nsg-quickstart-portal
Ok so I finally find out what was blocking the installation, the Windows update service was deactivated, by activating it I was able to install OpenSSH-Server, all good now !

Android studio socks proxy issue

Due to the political prohibitions (country related), unfortunately i am unable to connect to google servers normally, however i have to be able to develop android applications for educational purposes. So i decided to use socks proxy and redirect my traffic through tor so i can be able to get SDK and other API tools and get android studio running. Previously i did this and worked, but now after a fresh ubuntu install and getting the most recent android studio version and following the official instructions, i can't manage to get android studio connect to tor. I tried using the exact host name and port number with other applications and it worked. but i can't seem to find any realted topic to solve my own problem.
Host name: localhost
Port: 9150
Thank you in advance.
Apparently setting the proxy in android studio's settings was not enough.
Besides the starting script must be run like this:
$ torsocks -P 9150 /opt/android-studio/bin/studio.sh

npm install invalid protocol error

I am new to nodejs.
As I am trying to install ejs via npm on my local windows system. But it gives me error invalid protocol: 192.168.1.201. I have attached the screen shot.
Earlier I was using the same PC on a corporate proxy. But recently we have removed all proxies from the system. After removing all proxy settings everything is working fine. But still on few places I am getting this error message.
I have tried almost all possible commands to remove proxy from everywhere. But still I am not able to install ejs. I am also facing the same problem while installing express framework in nodejs.
Now the issue has been resolved. It was related to proxy settings. Earlier I tried to remove all the proxy from system but wasn't getting any success.
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Meteor support developing on Windows

Does Meteor support developing on Windows? I did not see any downloads or mention of Windows in the docs.
The "Quick Start" assumes you are on *Nix OS.
Meteor 1.1+: official Windows support launched on https://win.meteor.com/
Meteor 1.0+: there is an official Windows preview.
Meteor 0.8 and older: see http://win.meteor.com/
Proof, Meteor running on Windows.
Edit: See Tom's answer.
Old answer below.
No, this is not yet supported on windows. If you try to install in you will receive the following error:
Sorry, this OS is not supported yet.
As a workaround you can run a linux box in a VM and use that as a server to run meteor but still do all development from within windows. I've done this using VirtualBox to run Ubuntu with no GUI. Here's the steps:
Install VirtualBox
Grab Ubuntu ISO
Setup Ubuntu VM using VirtualBox (just follow the wizard steps)
Install samba on VM to enable file access from windows. This article was a great help.
Install ssh using Ubuntu Software Center. This was helpful.
Shutdown VM and run from a DOS prompt using vboxheadless -startvm "VM Name"
You can then use a ssh client (I'm using cygwin) to connect to the box to run commands e.g. ssh user#box_ip_address
Can browse and edit files using windows file share e.g. \\box_ip_address\share
Can run meteor apps within local browser, just replace the localhost in the address that meteor assigns with the ip address of the box.
I just tried to install it with curl on Windows 7, and got:
Sorry, this OS is not supported yet.
A substantial update as the existing answers to this question are very out of date.
Official Windows support can be found at https://github.com/meteor/meteor/wiki/Preview-of-Meteor-on-Windows
Unofficial Windows support for Meteor can be found on http://win.meteor.com/
There are 3 solutions outlined on win.meteor.com, one native MSI installer, and 2 virtualized solutions based on Vagrant:
1) MSI Installer:
Stephen Darnell has picked up where Tom Wijsman graciously left off.
This solution is the most straight forward way to get Meteor running
on Windows with an MSI Installer provided. There are some trade-offs
because this is a fork and can lag behind the latest version as
Stephen can update to and test the latest version.
2) Vagrant Shell Provisioning
Gabriel Pugliese has posted a guide for how to provision Meteor on
Linux with Vagrant's Shell Provisioning. These may be more accessible
to users familier with Linux and Shell scripts. This solution is
easier to tweak through the straight forward shell commands than the
Chef alternative.
3) Vagrant Chef Provisioning
Matthew Sullivan is maintaining a set of Vagrant files, Chef cookbook,
and guide for provisioning Meteor on Linux with Vagrant. This Chef
solution is a slightly more automated and configurable than the shell
solution, however likely not as simple to tweak beyond the provided
configuration parameters as the Shell solution.
GitHub Repos and details can be found on win.meteor.com. The three authors are very responsive on the Meteor-talk Google Group.
A bit of history:
Unofficial Windows support for Meteor was started by Tom Wijsman, and was supported by Tom until 0.5.9. Versions 0.6.0 and later are by Stephen Darnell, Gabriel Pugliese, and Matt Sullivan.
I do not see Nitrous.io mentioned here.
I am using Nitrous.io together with Nitrous Desktop, which allows you to use your favourite text editor (in my case, Sublime Text).
There is a quick tutorial here and Discover Meteor also deals with this in chapter 2.
It sounds like Windows is not supported yet. If you want to play with it, I would suggest grabbing VirtualBox and installing your favorite flavor of Linux on it.
I downloaded the above .msi installer and installed to c:\Meteor
Add the c:\Meteor directory you just made to your PATH environment variable.
Run the following command: npm install Meteor-Test-Installer
Add the C:\Meteor\bin\node_modules\npm\bin directory you just made to your PATH environment variable.
Log below from my DOS screen:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\mike>cd\
C:\>cd meteor
C:\Meteor>cd C:\Meteor\bin\node_modules\npm\bin
C:\Meteor\bin\node_modules\npm\bin>meteor create try-meteor
try-meteor: created.
To run your new app:
cd try-meteor
meteor
C:\Meteor\bin\node_modules\npm\bin>curl
‘curl’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\Meteor\bin\node_modules\npm\bin>cd try-meteor
C:\Meteor\bin\node_modules\npm\bin\try-meteor>meteor
[[[[[ C:\Meteor\bin\node_modules\npm\bin\try-meteor ]]]]]
Initializing mongo database… this may take a moment.
Running on: http://localhost:3000/
Open http://localhost:3000/ in broswer ... Voila !!
Hello World!
Welcome to try-meteor.
If you get error like this below :
{
[[[[[ D:\sms\Apps\Meteor\bin\node_modules\npm\bin\try-meteor ]]]]]
Unexpected mongo exit code 127. Restarting.
Unexpected mongo exit code 127. Restarting.
////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////
meteor is out of date. Please run:
meteor update
////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////
Unexpected mongo exit code 127. Restarting.
Can't start mongod. Check for other processes listening on port 3002 or other me
teors running in the same project.
}
Update the MondoDB folder with the latest mogodb files from the mongodb site.
I've found that new coders who are also new to Meteor might have installed it correctly, but are having trouble figuring out how to open and run it. So I'll just address that issue in this post.
1) I assume you went here: http://win.meteor.com/ and downloaded the MSI installer
2) I assume you then created a newapp in meteor and then ran meteor
3) If steps 1 & 2 are complete, you should see this in your command line:
Initializing mongo database... this may take a moment.
=> Meteor server running on: http://localhost:3000/
4) Open Chrome and type in the local host address: http://localhost:3000/
5) Open your newapp folder - should be located in your Meteor folder wherever its installed on your hard drive
6) Open your newapp.html, newapp.css, and newapp.js files in your favorite editor (like Sublime Text 2)
7) Begin editing these files as you like and watch your page automatically update, as Meteor is designed to do.
Voila!! You're building with Meteor. Enjoy!!
As of two days ago, a preview version is available here:
https://github.com/meteor/meteor/wiki/Preview-of-Meteor-on-Windows
Recent check of their site and checking their FAQ, you'll find the Meteor Development Roadmap. They host it on Trello and after the 1.0 launch, you'll see "Official Windows Support." So, it's on the map - now we wait!
https://trello.com/board/meteor-roadmap/508721606e02bb9d570016ae
Using linux in VM you probably want meteorite which isn't easy if you are as bad as I am to Linux... Here's how (thank you johntday Unable to install meteorite on Ubuntu VM):
Here are my Install Steps
Update and Upgrade your Ubuntu Depending on how up-to-date your image is, this may take a while.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Install curl sudo apt-get install curl
Install node http://lucidservices.com/2013/09/17/install-node-on-ubuntu/
Install meteor curl https://install.meteor.com | sh
Install meteorite sudo -H npm install -g meteorite
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