Bug Report

What is the expected behavior?

Load the webpage using SSR.

What is the current behavior?

An error pops up when trying to to open up the browser:

Error: No NgModule metadata found for '[object Object]'.
    at NgModuleResolver.resolve (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler.umd.js:11967:27)
    at CompileMetadataResolver.getNgModuleMetadata (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler.umd.js:10609:47)
    at JitCompiler._loadModules (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler.umd.js:23932:55)
    at JitCompiler._compileModuleAndComponents (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler.umd.js:23913:40)
    at JitCompiler.compileModuleAsync (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler.umd.js:23873:41)
    at CompilerImpl.compileModuleAsync (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/bundles/platform-browser-dynamic.umd.js:195:35)
    at /Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/@nguniversal/express-engine/bundles/express-engine.umd.js:109:25
    at new ZoneAwarePromise (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/zone.js/dist/zone-node.js:891:29)
    at getFactory (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/@nguniversal/express-engine/bundles/express-engine.umd.js:95:12)
    at View.engine (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/@nguniversal/express-engine/bundles/express-engine.umd.js:74:13)
    at View.render (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:135:8)
    at tryRender (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/express/lib/application.js:640:10)
    at Function.render (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/express/lib/application.js:592:3)
    at ServerResponse.render (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:1008:7)
    at app.get (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/out/src/ng-app.js:31:17)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/Users/shynet/Documents/Git/nodejs-angular-starter/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)

What modules are related to this issue?

- [ ] aspnetcore-engine
- [ ] common
- [X] express-engine
- [ ] hapi-engine
- [ ] module-map-ngfactory-loader

Minimal reproduction with instructions:

I’m running my own custom server and build which includes the following changes to angular.json:

       "server": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:server",
          "options": {
            "outputPath": "dist/server",
            "main": "src/main.server.ts",
            "tsConfig": "src/tsconfig.server.json",
            "bundleDependencies": "all"
          },
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "fileReplacements": [{
                "replace": "src/environments/environment.ts",
                "with": "src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
              }]
            }
          }
        }

I set “bundleDependencies” to “all” in order for the server side to include the node_modules.

I’m not using the webpack as mentioned in the tutorial because my own server uses some NPM modules like bcrypt which cannot be compiled using webpack.

This is my code: https://github.com/shy2net/nodejs-angular-starter/tree/feature/angular-universal

You can simply clone it, and run the following to start it:

npm install
npm run build
npm start

What is the use-case or motivation for changing an existing behavior?

My own server cannot use webpack as mentioned in the tutorial and I cannot make it work as it should.

Environment:

@nguniversal versions

• aspnetcore-engine:
• common:
• express-engine:
• hapi-engine:
• module-map-ngfactory-loader:

<!--
Angular CLI: 6.0.8
Node: 8.11.3
OS: darwin x64
Angular: 6.1.7
... animations, common, compiler, core, forms, http
... platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, platform-server
... router

Package                      Version
------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect    0.6.8 (cli-only)
@angular-devkit/core         0.6.8 (cli-only)
@angular-devkit/schematics   0.6.8 (cli-only)
@schematics/angular          0.6.8 (cli-only)
@schematics/update           0.6.8 (cli-only)
rxjs                         6.3.2
typescript                   2.9.2
-->

Is there anything else we should know?