closes #4831

src/meta/css.js

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 				Meta.css[destination] = result.css;
 
 				// Save the compiled CSS in public/ so things like nginx can serve it
-				if (nconf.get('isPrimary') === 'true') {
+				if (nconf.get('isPrimary') === 'true' && (nconf.get('local-assets') === undefined || nconf.get('local-assets') !== false)) {
 					return Meta.css.commitToFile(destination, function() {
 						if (typeof callback === 'function') {
 							callback(null, result.css);

src/meta/js.js

@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 				winston.verbose('[meta/js] ' + target + ' minification complete');
 				minifier.kill();
 
+				function done() {
+					if (typeof callback === 'function') {
+						callback();
+					}
+				}
+
 				if (process.send && Meta.js.target['nodebb.min.js'] && Meta.js.target['acp.min.js']) {
 					process.send({
 						action: 'js-propagate',
@@ -161,11 +167,12 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 					});
 				}
 
-				Meta.js.commitToFile(target, function() {					
-					if (typeof callback === 'function') {
-						callback();
-					}
-				});
+				if (nconf.get('local-assets') === undefined || nconf.get('local-assets') !== false) {
+					return Meta.js.commitToFile(target, done);
+				} else {
+					emitter.emit('meta:js.compiled');
+					return done();
+				}
 
 				break;
 			case 'error':

src/meta/sounds.js

@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 				fs.readdir(path.join(__dirname, '../../public/uploads/sounds'), next);
 			},
 			function(uploaded, next) {
-				uploaded = uploaded.map(function(filename) {
+				uploaded = uploaded.filter(function(filename) {
+					return !filename.startsWith('.');
+				}).map(function(filename) {
 					return path.join(__dirname, '../../public/uploads/sounds', filename);
 				});
 
@@ -93,6 +95,21 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 						return;
 					}
 
+					if (nconf.get('local-assets') === false) {
+						// Don't regenerate the public/sounds/ directory. Instead, create a mapping for the router to use
+						Meta.sounds._filePathHash = filePaths.reduce(function(hash, filePath) {
+							hash[path.basename(filePath)] = filePath;
+							return hash;
+						}, {});
+
+						winston.verbose('[sounds] Sounds OK');
+						if (typeof next === 'function') {
+							return next();
+						} else {
+							return;
+						}
+					}
+
 					// Clear the sounds directory
 					async.series([
 						function(next) {
@@ -121,8 +138,8 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 								winston.error('[sounds] Could not initialise sounds: ' + err.message);
 							}
 
-							if (typeof callback === 'function') {
-								callback();
+							if (typeof next === 'function') {
+								next();
 							}
 						});
 					});

src/routes/meta.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 var path = require('path');
+var nconf = require('nconf');
 
 var meta = require('../meta');
 
@@ -29,6 +30,16 @@ function sendACPStylesheet(req, res) {
 	res.type('text/css').status(200).send(meta.css.acpCache);
 }
 
+function sendSoundFile(req, res, next) {
+	var resolved = meta.sounds._filePathHash[path.basename(req.path)];
+
+	if (resolved) {
+		res.status(200).sendFile(resolved);
+	} else {
+		next();
+	}
+}
+
 module.exports = function(app, middleware, controllers) {
 	app.get('/stylesheet.css', middleware.addExpiresHeaders, sendStylesheet);
 	app.get('/admin.css', middleware.addExpiresHeaders, sendACPStylesheet);
@@ -42,4 +53,8 @@ module.exports = function(app, middleware, controllers) {
 	app.get('/robots.txt', controllers.robots);
 	app.get('/manifest.json', controllers.manifest);
 	app.get('/css/previews/:theme', controllers.admin.themes.get);
+
+	if (nconf.get('local-assets') === false) {
+		app.get('/sounds/*', middleware.addExpiresHeaders, sendSoundFile);
+	}
 };