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Elixir
This is an Elixir engine used to launch Elixir apps on Nanobox.
Usage
To use the Elixir engine, specify elixir as your engine in your boxfile.yml.
run.config:
engine: elixir
Build Process
When preparing your runtime, this engine compiles code by doing the following:
> mix local.hex --force
> mix local.rebar --force
> mix deps.get --force
> mix deps.compile --force
> mix compile --force
Helper Scripts
This engine provides helper scripts to make managing your Elixir application easier.
node-attach
The node-attach helper facilitates connecting to an Elixir node that was started with elixir-start.
node-attach
node-start
The node-start helper ensures that nodes are started with credentials sufficient to cluster and attach to after they are running.
# Examples
node-start mix phoenix.server
node-start mix run —no-halt
Configuration Options
This engine exposes configuration options through the boxfile.yml, a yaml config file used to provision and configure your app's infrastructure when using Nanobox. This engine makes the following options available.
Overview of Boxfile Configuration Options
run.config:
engine.config:
# Elixir Settings
runtime: elixir-1.5
runtime
Specifies which Elixir runtime to use. The following runtimes are available:
- elixir-1.5
run.config:
engine.config:
runtime: elixir-1.5
erlang_runtime
Specifies which Erlang runtime to use. The following runtimes are available:
- erlang-18
- erlang-19
- erlang-20
run.config:
engine.config:
erlang_runtime: erlang-20
postgresql_client_version
Specifies what version of the PostgreSQL client to use:
NOTE: The engine will try to detect the correct version first.
- 9.3
- 9.4
- 9.5
- 9.6
- 10
run.config:
engine.config:
postgresql_client_version: 9.6
Help & Support
This is an Elixir engine provided by Nanobox. If you need help with this engine, you can reach out to us in the Nanobox Slack channel (access can be requested at slack.nanoapp.io). If you are running into an issue with the engine, feel free to create a new issue on this project.