1. Install the fibers node package on the server.
npm -g install fibers
2. Define the server methods in server.js.
server/server.js
Meteor.startup(function () { // Load future from fibers var Future = Npm.require("fibers/future"); // Load exec var exec = Npm.require("child_process").exec; // Server methods Meteor.methods({ runCode: function () { // This method call won't return immediately, it will wait for the // asynchronous code to finish, so we call unblock to allow this client // to queue other method calls (see Meteor docs) this.unblock(); var future=new Future(); var command="pwd"; exec(command,function(error,stdout,stderr){ if(error){ console.log(error); throw new Meteor.Error(500,command+" failed"); } future.return(stdout.toString()); }); return future.wait(); } }); });