use webpack-node-externals

lib/webpack/server.config.js

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 import webpack from 'webpack'
 import VueSSRServerPlugin from 'vue-server-renderer/server-plugin'
+import nodeExternals from 'webpack-node-externals'
 import base from './base.config.js'
-import { each, uniq } from 'lodash'
-import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs'
+import { each } from 'lodash'
 import { resolve } from 'path'
 
 /*
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ export default function () {
     performance: {
       hints: false
     },
+    externals: [
+      nodeExternals({
+        // load non-javascript files with extensions, presumably via loaders
+        whitelist: [/\.(?!(?:js|json)$).{1,5}$/i]
+      })
+    ],
     plugins: (config.plugins || []).concat([
       new VueSSRServerPlugin({
         filename: 'server-bundle.json'
@@ -54,18 +60,6 @@ export default function () {
       })
     )
   }
-  // Externals
-  const nuxtPackageJson = require('../../package.json')
-  const projectPackageJsonPath = resolve(this.dir, 'package.json')
-  config.externals = Object.keys(nuxtPackageJson.dependencies || {})
-  if (existsSync(projectPackageJsonPath)) {
-    try {
-      const projectPackageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(projectPackageJsonPath))
-      config.externals = config.externals.concat(Object.keys(projectPackageJson.dependencies || {}))
-    } catch (e) {}
-  }
-  config.externals = config.externals.concat(this.options.build.vendor)
-  config.externals = uniq(config.externals)
 
   // Extend config
   if (typeof this.options.build.extend === 'function') {

package.json

@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@
     "webpack": "^2.5.1",
     "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "^2.8.1",
     "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.10.2",
-    "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.18.0"
+    "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.18.0",
+    "webpack-node-externals": "^1.6.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "ava": "^0.19.1",
@@ -120,8 +121,7 @@
     "nyc": "^10.3.2",
     "request": "^2.81.0",
     "request-promise-native": "^1.0.4",
-    "std-mocks": "^1.0.1",
-    "webpack-node-externals": "^1.6.0"
+    "std-mocks": "^1.0.1"
   },
   "collective": {
     "type": "opencollective",

yarn.lock

@@ -6248,7 +6248,7 @@ webpack-hot-middleware@^2.18.0:
 
 webpack-node-externals@^1.6.0:
   version "1.6.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-node-externals/-/webpack-node-externals-1.6.0.tgz#232c62ec6092b100635a3d29d83c1747128df9bd"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-node-externals/-/webpack-node-externals-1.6.0.tgz#232c62ec6092b100635a3d29d83c1747128df9bd"
 
 webpack-sources@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.5"