# Ember-cli serve content without node

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-cli-serve-content-without-node/7440>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 4, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-cli-serve-content-without-node/7440 "2015-03-04T15:48:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![mestr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/mestr/32/9201_2.png) [@mestr](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/mestr)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-cli-serve-content-without-node/7440/1 "2015-03-04T15:48:40Z")

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Hello, i’m curious, can i use ember-cli and use only nginx to serve static files and restadapter for apis?

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**Author:** ![atsjj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/atsjj/32/14817_2.png) [@atsjj](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/atsjj)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-cli-serve-content-without-node/7440/2 "2015-03-04T17:43:28Z")

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Think of `ember-cli` as just a build tool, similar to GCC, Clang/LLVM. It isn’t required to _serve_ an Ember application; it has always just been HTML and JavaScript.

When you run the command `ember build`, it will produce all the HTML, CSS and JS required to run your Ember application in a browser. It is contained inside your project’s `dist` folder. The contents, however and wherever contained would be utilized by your specific NGINX configuration.

Does that clear things up for you?

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**Author:** ![mfeckie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/mfeckie/32/15198_2.png) [@mfeckie](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/mfeckie)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-cli-serve-content-without-node/7440/3 "2015-03-05T08:58:39Z")

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The super short answer is, yes.

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**Author:** ![mestr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/mestr/32/9201_2.png) [@mestr](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/mestr)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/ember-cli-serve-content-without-node/7440/4 "2015-04-20T16:20:23Z")

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Yes, i achieved, but the whole process is kind a pain in the ass using ember-cli, it’s much easier doing it without cli. Thanks anyway