test a different theory

.tugboat/config.yml

@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ services:
         # Install GitHub Status Updater, which updates the status of GitHub check runs.
         - ./scripts/install_github_status_updater.sh
 
+        # Install & build vets-website early for next-build preview
+        # Build vets-website so assets are available (various widgets, fonts, etc)
+        - ./scripts/vets-web-setup.sh
+
       # Commands that import files, databases,  or other assets. When an
       # existing preview is refreshed, the build workflow starts here,
       # skipping the init step, because the results of that step will

scripts/next-start.sh

@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@ source ~/.bashrc
 cd next
 
 # Start the dev server. Vets-website assets will be available to the preview server after content-build builds them.
-APP_ENV=tugboat yarn dev
+# APP_ENV=tugboat yarn dev
+
+# Start the dev server. Vets-website assets need to be in place prior to this build.
+APP_ENV=tugboat yarn start

scripts/vets-web-setup.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"
+source ~/.bashrc
+
+# Installs & builds vets-website dependencies for next-build preview.
+if [ ! -d docroot/vendor/va-gov/vets-website ]; then
+  git clone --single-branch --depth 1 https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/vets-website.git docroot/vendor/va-gov/vets-website
+else
+  echo "Repo vets-website already cloned."
+fi
+
+cd docroot/vendor/va-gov/vets-website
+
+nvm use 14.15.1
+npm install -g yarn
+
+echo "Node $(node -v)"
+echo "NPM $(npm -v)"
+echo "Yarn $(yarn -v)"
+
+export NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+export PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=TRUE
+yarn install
+yarn build

tugboat.yml

@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ tasks:
     cmds:
       - drush va-gov-content-release:request:submit
 
-#  build-next:
-#    desc: build next.js preview server
-#    cmds:
-#      - composer va:next:build
+  build-next:
+    desc: build next.js preview server
+    cmds:
+      - composer va:next:build
 
   build:
     deps:
       - build-storybook
       - build-frontend
-#      - build-next
+      - build-next
 
   default:
     cmds: