Railway•2y ago

Nodejs server takes up too long to host

Hey, Im trying to host simple express nodejs server, after deployment it freezes on this build log, it took literally 8 minutes like that and after that it deployed, but why? it was never doing like that Project Id: 35d80b31-b3e7-44ab-b79d-a61fdf8d83f8

26 Replies

Percy•2y ago

Project ID: N/A

Percy•2y ago

You might find these helpful: - Deployment Failed during build process - Railway has spent 40 minutes on "Your deployment should be live soon" - is this normal - NodeJS web app issues

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yaviscoke•2y ago

maybe second one will help me

yaviscoke•2y ago

index.sh

yaviscoke•2y ago

this is build log that is where it freezes maybe I know the reason I have miltiple folder

project/
  client/
  console/
  server/

project/
  client/
  console/
  server/

so I try to host server/ so can it be the issue that railway also hosts client and console?

yaviscoke•2y ago

I've this in root directory

yaviscoke•2y ago

so maybe it should be fixing issue

#10 [stage-0  6/10] COPY . /app/.
#10 sha256:a892376723fdcf4dd1e580202c1c3f35b535da63aa2ad253b6a20b061fe0a5c9
#10 CACHED
 
#11 [stage-0  7/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/6cbde450-9e3a-4e0f-902b-648762901537-/root/npm,target=/root/.npm npm ci
#11 sha256:e0fcf73168c4ce3a90f33d77d6744adfb72858baba15ac9c7d8ac97d4db8014d
#11 CACHED
 
#9 [stage-0  5/10] RUN printf '\nPATH=/app/node_modules/.bin:$PATH' >> /root/.profile
#9 sha256:4601eb78ee915d1a9b6bd4468d4cfd3dd0700fd5f06ae94fea14f5ef0e404d8f
#9 CACHED
 
#12 [stage-0  8/10] COPY . /app/.
#12 sha256:1c0892267bd252fd9a54eddce188c5c2c14487f4997a5f928a68ca4db3f9f42f
#12 CACHED
 
#13 [stage-0  9/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/6cbde450-9e3a-4e0f-902b-648762901537-node_modules/cache,target=/app/node_modules/.cache node index.js
#13 sha256:7a6e93ed657539654cb59470f4bf000257142936e5f67c8885462908d3412b7d
 
#13 1.685 [START] Server Listens Port 8000
 
#13 4.196 [START] Database connected
 
#13 ...
 
#8 [stage-0  4/10] RUN nix-env -if .nixpacks/nixpkgs-293a28df6d7ff3dec1e61e37cc4ee6e6c0fb0847.nix && nix-collect-garbage -d
#8 sha256:8140e2522bbb55a00c2bf23712f267b5b893cdb2c2ecfa314e2afd5874ed7687
#8 CACHED
 
 
#13 [stage-0  9/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/6cbde450-9e3a-4e0f-902b-648762901537-node_modules/cache,target=/app/node_modules/.cache node index.js
#13 sha256:7a6e93ed657539654cb59470f4bf000257142936e5f67c8885462908d3412b7d

#10 [stage-0  6/10] COPY . /app/.
#10 sha256:a892376723fdcf4dd1e580202c1c3f35b535da63aa2ad253b6a20b061fe0a5c9
#10 CACHED
 
#11 [stage-0  7/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/6cbde450-9e3a-4e0f-902b-648762901537-/root/npm,target=/root/.npm npm ci
#11 sha256:e0fcf73168c4ce3a90f33d77d6744adfb72858baba15ac9c7d8ac97d4db8014d
#11 CACHED
 
#9 [stage-0  5/10] RUN printf '\nPATH=/app/node_modules/.bin:$PATH' >> /root/.profile
#9 sha256:4601eb78ee915d1a9b6bd4468d4cfd3dd0700fd5f06ae94fea14f5ef0e404d8f
#9 CACHED
 
#12 [stage-0  8/10] COPY . /app/.
#12 sha256:1c0892267bd252fd9a54eddce188c5c2c14487f4997a5f928a68ca4db3f9f42f
#12 CACHED
 
#13 [stage-0  9/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/6cbde450-9e3a-4e0f-902b-648762901537-node_modules/cache,target=/app/node_modules/.cache node index.js
#13 sha256:7a6e93ed657539654cb59470f4bf000257142936e5f67c8885462908d3412b7d
 
#13 1.685 [START] Server Listens Port 8000
 
#13 4.196 [START] Database connected
 
#13 ...
 
#8 [stage-0  4/10] RUN nix-env -if .nixpacks/nixpkgs-293a28df6d7ff3dec1e61e37cc4ee6e6c0fb0847.nix && nix-collect-garbage -d
#8 sha256:8140e2522bbb55a00c2bf23712f267b5b893cdb2c2ecfa314e2afd5874ed7687
#8 CACHED
 
 
#13 [stage-0  9/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/6cbde450-9e3a-4e0f-902b-648762901537-node_modules/cache,target=/app/node_modules/.cache node index.js
#13 sha256:7a6e93ed657539654cb59470f4bf000257142936e5f67c8885462908d3412b7d

Finn•2y ago

What's the table at the top loo like I can see that the logs say server started...

yaviscoke•2y ago

 
╔═════════ Nixpacks v1.4.0 ═════════╗
║ setup      │ nodejs-16_x, npm-8_x ║
║───────────────────────────────────║
║ install    │ npm ci               ║
║───────────────────────────────────║
║ build      │ node index.js        ║
║───────────────────────────────────║
║ start      │ npm run start        ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════╝

 
╔═════════ Nixpacks v1.4.0 ═════════╗
║ setup      │ nodejs-16_x, npm-8_x ║
║───────────────────────────────────║
║ install    │ npm ci               ║
║───────────────────────────────────║
║ build      │ node index.js        ║
║───────────────────────────────────║
║ start      │ npm run start        ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════╝

did u mean this?

==============
Using Nixpacks
==============
context: 829eb695b27261b6eea5850cfd6b9054
 
╔═════════ Nixpacks v1.4.0 ═════════╗
║ setup      │ nodejs-16_x, npm-8_x ║
║───────────────────────────────────║
║ install    │ npm ci               ║
║───────────────────────────────────║
║ build      │ node index.js        ║
║───────────────────────────────────║
║ start      │ npm run start        ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════╝
 
 
#1 [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile
 
#1 sha256:0e68aac7b6b10d589b2e7b571153ee5ee1ed50d7f76945ae0a935065136cb606
#1 transferring dockerfile: 2.40kB done
#1 DONE 0.0s
 
#2 [internal] load .dockerignore
#2 sha256:a138e020156693f6f4a877a0f4e52da1bdf66a0f293b37e9cc681f81f3b23d04
#2 transferring context: 2B done
#2 DONE 0.0s
 
#3 [internal] load metadata for ghcr.io/railwayapp/nixpacks:ubuntu-1675123887
#3 sha256:9d31f583d9ab20c30bd28e4ececbb10e93dd12feaa73c6ea2547339b1c8114f5
 
#3 DONE 0.3s
 
#4 [stage-0 1/8] FROM ghcr.io/railwayapp/nixpacks:ubuntu-1675123887@sha256:333533685bd20add1a7cf3f4c9142c9775e207bb13a0fb8150471182cfe78d5d
#4 sha256:cea519024678006fcf77fa980bab1c515e434288be34814c6a7883c5a535bc7a
#4 DONE 0.0s
 
#5 [stage-0 2/8] WORKDIR /app/
#5 sha256:8a2728349c4dca0cbfe99c7a43344101bf52e7b3fd086e87a928a471b6406ab9
#5 CACHED
 
#6 [internal] load build context
#6 sha256:c6646a0db83281fe80a4e3c46b3fc7570d9886664cc84ed0cd2a189558627935
 
#6 transferring context: 210.79kB done
#6 DONE 0.0s
 
#7 [stage-0  3/10] COPY .nixpacks/nixpkgs-293a28df6d7ff3dec1e61e37cc4ee6e6c0fb0847.nix .nixpacks/nixpkgs-293a28df6d7ff3dec1e61e37cc4ee6e6c0fb0847.nix
#7 sha256:76c1b34a8bf59010972f89335b1cba97089f01c31b03fa12f1cbf3e33e5c8b88
#7 CACHED
 
#8 [stage-0  4/10] RUN nix-env -if .nixpacks/nixpkgs-293a28df6d7ff3dec1e61e37cc4ee6e6c0fb0847.nix && nix-collect-garbage -d
#8 sha256:8140e2522bbb55a00c2bf23712f267b5b893cdb2c2ecfa314e2afd5874ed7687
#8 CACHED
 
#10 [stage-0  6/10] COPY . /app/.
#10 sha256:a892376723fdcf4dd1e580202c1c3f35b535da63aa2ad253b6a20b061fe0a5c9
#10 CACHED
 
#11 [stage-0  7/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/6cbde450-9e3a-4e0f-902b-648762901537-/root/npm,target=/root/.npm npm ci
#11 sha256:e0fcf73168c4ce3a90f33d77d6744adfb72858baba15ac9c7d8ac97d4db8014d
#11 CACHED
 
#9 [stage-0  5/10] RUN printf '\nPATH=/app/node_modules/.bin:$PATH' >> /root/.profile
#9 sha256:4601eb78ee915d1a9b6bd4468d4cfd3dd0700fd5f06ae94fea14f5ef0e404d8f
#9 CACHED
 
#12 [stage-0  8/10] COPY . /app/.
#12 sha256:1c0892267bd252fd9a54eddce188c5c2c14487f4997a5f928a68ca4db3f9f42f
#12 CACHED
 
#13 [stage-0  9/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/6cbde450-9e3a-4e0f-902b-648762901537-node_modules/cache,target=/app/node_modules/.cache node index.js
#13 sha256:7a6e93ed657539654cb59470f4bf000257142936e5f67c8885462908d3412b7d
 
#13 1.685 [START] Server Listens Port 8000
 
#13 4.196 [START] Database connected
 
#13 ...
 
#8 [stage-0  4/10] RUN nix-env -if .nixpacks/nixpkgs-293a28df6d7ff3dec1e61e37cc4ee6e6c0fb0847.nix && nix-collect-garbage -d
#8 sha256:8140e2522bbb55a00c2bf23712f267b5b893cdb2c2ecfa314e2afd5874ed7687
#8 CACHED
 
 
#13 [stage-0  9/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/6cbde450-9e3a-4e0f-902b-648762901537-node_modules/cache,target=/app/node_modules/.cache node index.js
#13 sha256:7a6e93ed657539654cb59470f4bf000257142936e5f67c8885462908d3412b7d
 
BuildImage timeout, Retrying...

==============
Using Nixpacks
==============
context: 829eb695b27261b6eea5850cfd6b9054
 
╔═════════ Nixpacks v1.4.0 ═════════╗
║ setup      │ nodejs-16_x, npm-8_x ║
║───────────────────────────────────║
║ install    │ npm ci               ║
║───────────────────────────────────║
║ build      │ node index.js        ║
║───────────────────────────────────║
║ start      │ npm run start        ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════╝
 
 
#1 [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile
 
#1 sha256:0e68aac7b6b10d589b2e7b571153ee5ee1ed50d7f76945ae0a935065136cb606
#1 transferring dockerfile: 2.40kB done
#1 DONE 0.0s
 
#2 [internal] load .dockerignore
#2 sha256:a138e020156693f6f4a877a0f4e52da1bdf66a0f293b37e9cc681f81f3b23d04
#2 transferring context: 2B done
#2 DONE 0.0s
 
#3 [internal] load metadata for ghcr.io/railwayapp/nixpacks:ubuntu-1675123887
#3 sha256:9d31f583d9ab20c30bd28e4ececbb10e93dd12feaa73c6ea2547339b1c8114f5
 
#3 DONE 0.3s
 
#4 [stage-0 1/8] FROM ghcr.io/railwayapp/nixpacks:ubuntu-1675123887@sha256:333533685bd20add1a7cf3f4c9142c9775e207bb13a0fb8150471182cfe78d5d
#4 sha256:cea519024678006fcf77fa980bab1c515e434288be34814c6a7883c5a535bc7a
#4 DONE 0.0s
 
#5 [stage-0 2/8] WORKDIR /app/
#5 sha256:8a2728349c4dca0cbfe99c7a43344101bf52e7b3fd086e87a928a471b6406ab9
#5 CACHED
 
#6 [internal] load build context
#6 sha256:c6646a0db83281fe80a4e3c46b3fc7570d9886664cc84ed0cd2a189558627935
 
#6 transferring context: 210.79kB done
#6 DONE 0.0s
 
#7 [stage-0  3/10] COPY .nixpacks/nixpkgs-293a28df6d7ff3dec1e61e37cc4ee6e6c0fb0847.nix .nixpacks/nixpkgs-293a28df6d7ff3dec1e61e37cc4ee6e6c0fb0847.nix
#7 sha256:76c1b34a8bf59010972f89335b1cba97089f01c31b03fa12f1cbf3e33e5c8b88
#7 CACHED
 
#8 [stage-0  4/10] RUN nix-env -if .nixpacks/nixpkgs-293a28df6d7ff3dec1e61e37cc4ee6e6c0fb0847.nix && nix-collect-garbage -d
#8 sha256:8140e2522bbb55a00c2bf23712f267b5b893cdb2c2ecfa314e2afd5874ed7687
#8 CACHED
 
#10 [stage-0  6/10] COPY . /app/.
#10 sha256:a892376723fdcf4dd1e580202c1c3f35b535da63aa2ad253b6a20b061fe0a5c9
#10 CACHED
 
#11 [stage-0  7/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/6cbde450-9e3a-4e0f-902b-648762901537-/root/npm,target=/root/.npm npm ci
#11 sha256:e0fcf73168c4ce3a90f33d77d6744adfb72858baba15ac9c7d8ac97d4db8014d
#11 CACHED
 
#9 [stage-0  5/10] RUN printf '\nPATH=/app/node_modules/.bin:$PATH' >> /root/.profile
#9 sha256:4601eb78ee915d1a9b6bd4468d4cfd3dd0700fd5f06ae94fea14f5ef0e404d8f
#9 CACHED
 
#12 [stage-0  8/10] COPY . /app/.
#12 sha256:1c0892267bd252fd9a54eddce188c5c2c14487f4997a5f928a68ca4db3f9f42f
#12 CACHED
 
#13 [stage-0  9/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/6cbde450-9e3a-4e0f-902b-648762901537-node_modules/cache,target=/app/node_modules/.cache node index.js
#13 sha256:7a6e93ed657539654cb59470f4bf000257142936e5f67c8885462908d3412b7d
 
#13 1.685 [START] Server Listens Port 8000
 
#13 4.196 [START] Database connected
 
#13 ...
 
#8 [stage-0  4/10] RUN nix-env -if .nixpacks/nixpkgs-293a28df6d7ff3dec1e61e37cc4ee6e6c0fb0847.nix && nix-collect-garbage -d
#8 sha256:8140e2522bbb55a00c2bf23712f267b5b893cdb2c2ecfa314e2afd5874ed7687
#8 CACHED
 
 
#13 [stage-0  9/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/6cbde450-9e3a-4e0f-902b-648762901537-node_modules/cache,target=/app/node_modules/.cache node index.js
#13 sha256:7a6e93ed657539654cb59470f4bf000257142936e5f67c8885462908d3412b7d
 
BuildImage timeout, Retrying...

that the whole logs

Finn•2y ago

Does your project need a build command? ( Is it pure js )?

yaviscoke•2y ago

yeah its pure

Finn•2y ago

Nice just set the environment variable NIXPACKS_BUILD_CMD to be empty

yaviscoke•2y ago

i was hosting it normally but what happened now idk

Finn•2y ago

In the environment variable tab

yaviscoke•2y ago

okay

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Nodejs server takes up too long to host