Webpack Hot Reload over NFS, WatchOptions, config

server.hot.reload.js

# Based on https://github.com/MacKentoch/react-redux-bootstrap-webpack-ssr-starter.git project...
# In order to work with edits that happen on a remote NFS/network drive, you need to use polling.
# See where watchOptions are set below for it to happen.

const path               = require('path');
const webpack            = require('webpack');
const express            = require('express');
const devMiddleware      = require('webpack-dev-middleware');
const hotMiddleware      = require('webpack-hot-middleware');
const config             = require('./webpack.hot.reload.config');
const chalk              = require('chalk');

const app       = express();
const compiler  = webpack(config);


app.use(devMiddleware(compiler, {
  publicPath: config.output.publicPath,
  historyApiFallback: true,
  watchOptions: {
    aggregateTimeout: 300,
    poll: 50
  },
}));

app.use(hotMiddleware(compiler, {
  watchOptions: {
    aggregateTimeout: 300,
    poll: 50
  }
}));