Truffle migrate --network ropsten always runs development network

Question

I am trying to deploy a simple contract to the Ropsten network using Truffle and Infura. I have set up the Ropsten network in the truffle-confug.js file but it seems truffle always uses the development network.

When I try to migrate the contract using truffle migrate --network ropsten I see the following error:

> [email protected] truffle /home/kuzdogan/Desktop/repos/simple-eth-server
> truffle "migrate" "ropsten"


Compiling your contracts...
===========================
> Everything is up to date, there is nothing to compile.


Could not connect to your Ethereum client with the following parameters:
    - host       > 127.0.0.1
    - port       > 7545
    - network_id > 5777
Please check that your Ethereum client:
    - is running
    - is accepting RPC connections (i.e., "--rpc" option is used in geth)
    - is accessible over the network
    - is properly configured in your Truffle configuration file (truffle-config.js)

Truffle v5.0.25 (core: 5.0.25)
Node v10.16.0

Here is my truffle-config.js

const config = require("./config.js")
const HDWalletProvider = require("truffle-hdwallet-provider");

module.exports = {

  networks: {

    ropsten: {
      provider: function() {
        return new HDWalletProvider(config.mnemonic, "https://ropsten.infura.io/v3/" + config.infuraKey)
      },
      network_id: 3
    }   
  },
}

What I've tried so far:

• Rename truffle-config.js to truffle.js
• Adding a development network. Then the URLs and parameters become the same as in truffle-config.js file
• Renaming ropsten network config to development. In this case the migrate command finishes execution silently, after Everything is up to date, there is nothing to compile.

I somehow have the feeling that the issue is with my Infura config. How can I debug this?

Answer 1

The problem is with the way I run truffle, nothing with truffle or the code.

I was using truffle as a local npm package. I set up a script in package.json as

"scripts": {
    ": "node_modules/.bin/truffle"
  },

and I was running the binary with

npm run truffle

The script runs normally when compiling:

npm run truffle compile

However, as the network flag is --network this command is not parsed by the npm. This could also be seen in the line above:

> truffle "migrate" "ropsten"

So simply run truffle globally or execute from node_modules/.bin/truffle

Answer 2

Seems like I had a problem with using function(), I ended up using fat arrow style:

    ropsten: {
        provider: () => new HDWalletProvider(mnemonic, url, 1),
        network_id: "3"
    }