Resolving this issue with Passenger

Question

http://nodejs-resume.example.me/

When the site loads,

/usr/local/dh/passenger/helper-scripts/node-loader.js:37
GLOBAL.PhusionPassenger = exports.PhusionPassenger = new EventEmitter();
^

ReferenceError: GLOBAL is not defined
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/dh/passenger/helper-scripts/node-loader.js:37:1)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1108:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1137:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:973:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:813:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:76:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47

I have modified my .htaccess to use node 15.5.0 I am hosting with DreamHost VPS

Answer 1

I believe this error is because the uppercase GLOBAL alias for global was deprecated as of nodejs v14 (or some version near that). As warned here:

The version of Passenger running on DreamHost servers does not currently function with Node.js versions 14+.

you need to use a version of node older than v14 in order for passenger to work. I downgraded node to v13 and this solved the issue for me.

Answer 2

Please change the Object name GLOBAL to global in the mentioned file. Then restart the web Server(eg. nginx, appache). In my case this was fixed my issue.