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Service ID: af744a5e-c6be-4615-b596-ecda25dd13ea Configuration: See below & attached screenshot

{
  "$schema": "https://railway.app/railway.schema.json",
  "build": {
    "builder": "NIXPACKS",
    "buildCommand": "pnpm ui build",
    "nixpacksPlan": {
      "providers": [
        "...",
        "go"
      ]
    }
  },
  "deploy": {
    "numReplicas": 1,
    "startCommand": "pnpm ui start",
    "restartPolicyType": "ALWAYS"
  }
}

{
  "$schema": "https://railway.app/railway.schema.json",
  "build": {
    "builder": "NIXPACKS",
    "buildCommand": "pnpm ui build",
    "nixpacksPlan": {
      "providers": [
        "...",
        "go"
      ]
    }
  },
  "deploy": {
    "numReplicas": 1,
    "startCommand": "pnpm ui start",
    "restartPolicyType": "ALWAYS"
  }
}

Build is succeeding, but for some reason, I see the following errors in the Deploy Logs:

/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found

/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found
/bin/bash: line 1: pnpm: command not found

Can I get some help on this? Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

114 Replies

Percy•2y ago

Project ID: af744a5e-c6be-4615-b596-ecda25dd13ea

gridonyx•2y ago

Since it looks like pnpm is not an available command, in reviewing the nixpacks documentation I believe you need to add a nixpacks.toml to your project repo, and within that include:

[phases.setup]
nixPkgs = ["...", "pnpm"]

[phases.setup]
nixPkgs = ["...", "pnpm"]

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Ah, makes sense. I'll try that out and let you know if that resolves my issue. Thank you!

Brody•2y ago

you can also specify nixPkgs in the railway.json file, this way you won't need two config files

gridonyx•2y ago

Oh nice, I'll keep note of that for myself PepoG

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

I have a monorepo set up with different configuration needs for each project. How would I create a railway.json to account for this?

Brody•2y ago

each directoy would need its own railway.json file with the appropriate configurations for that specific app, then just deployed two services and set the root directory appropriately, then railway will use the railway.json in that directory is this a JavaScript frontend with a Go backend?

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Yes, it is. The reason why I originally asked how to account for separate configurations is because I need scripts in the root package.json to run as codegen the API client library from a codegened swagger.json in the Go project. But I think it shouldn't be an issue to set the root directory to the ui directory as PNPM will still run the proper scripts from the root package.json, even within a workspace directory. I'll try it out and get back you. Thank @Brody!

Brody•2y ago

can you share your repo so I can get a better idea of what's going on?

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

It's a private repo. Is it possible to add you as a collaborator?

Brody•2y ago

for sure brody192

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Invite sent!

Brody•2y ago

that's a very peculiar repo you have there

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

lol, yes, it's a dApp we're building for a hackathon, so there's a lot of interesting things happening in there 😅

Brody•2y ago

as a go dev, I've never seen someone mix node and go in such a way

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Yeah, it took me a couple days to figure out how to get everything to play nicely together 🫠, but it's a nice DX since I codegen the API & smart contract clients so I don't have to think about typing in the front end 🥹🥹🥹 I'm still struggling to figure out the railway.json file though. Do you mind providing some guidance? Looking at https://backboard.railway.app/railway.schema.json but it's a bit hard to grok since I'm not well versed with JSON schema definitions Does this look right?

{
    "$schema": "https://railway.app/railway.schema.json",
    "build": {
      "builder": "NIXPACKS",
      "buildCommand": "pnpm ui build",
      "nixpacksPlan": {
        "providers": [
          "...",
          "go",
          "node"
        ],
        "phases": {
          "additionalProperties":{
            "nixPkgs": ["pnpm"]
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "deploy": {
      "numReplicas": 1,
      "startCommand": "pnpm ui start",
      "restartPolicyType": "ALWAYS"
    }
  }

{
    "$schema": "https://railway.app/railway.schema.json",
    "build": {
      "builder": "NIXPACKS",
      "buildCommand": "pnpm ui build",
      "nixpacksPlan": {
        "providers": [
          "...",
          "go",
          "node"
        ],
        "phases": {
          "additionalProperties":{
            "nixPkgs": ["pnpm"]
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "deploy": {
      "numReplicas": 1,
      "startCommand": "pnpm ui start",
      "restartPolicyType": "ALWAYS"
    }
  }

Brody•2y ago

do you use vscode?

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Yes, I do!

Brody•2y ago

is it telling you that that file is valid?

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Looks like it is

Brody•2y ago

use a setup phase instead also remove the 3 dots from the providers array

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

So like this?

Brody•2y ago

looks good to me

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Cool! Let me push and see if it works

Brody•2y ago

but I've never done a turbo/mono repo, or mixed node and go so I'm not too sure

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Also, it looks like you can specify the location of the Railway configuration file:

Brody•2y ago

indeed

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

I haven't either, this is my first time doing this haha

Brody•2y ago

just feel the need to say this.. setting the root directory to /ui and the railway config path to /ui/railway.json would be redundant

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Yeah, I have the root directory set to / and the configuration path as /ui/railway.json

Brody•2y ago

that doesn't seem correct

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Oh, why do you say that?

Brody•2y ago

just seems wrong lol

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Also, I'm getting these build errors

build_log.txt

Brody•2y ago

pnpm isnt even a nix package, bro just made it up and we trusted him thats kinda funny tbh railway will install pnpm for you if it detects a pnpm-lock.yaml, so make that happen, then you can remove the pnpm stuff from your railway.json file

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

LOL, @gridonyx, you did me dirty 😭

Brody•2y ago

anyway, i how to go mow the lawn before it rains, ill be back later i wish you good luck!

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

All good, found useful documentation here: https://nixpacks.com/docs/providers/node

Node | Nixpacks

App source + Nix packages + Docker = Image

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

I'll play around with it. Thanks @Brody!

Brody•2y ago

i was just looking at the source code lol https://github.com/railwayapp/nixpacks/blob/main/src/providers/node/mod.rs#L334

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Oof, good on you sir, this would give me a headache to read 🙀

gridonyx•2y ago

I was just going based off the nixpacks docs lmao, the only other thing in the docs is to use aptPkgs instead of nixPkgs Apologies for any confusion

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

All good! You don't need to configure anything for PNPM, per @Brody's message (https://discord.com/channels/713503345364697088/1121523128649142282/1121536675802271816), Nixpack automatically detects it

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Brody•2y ago

any luck?

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Having trouble with the build command...I can't even run node 🫠

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Brody•2y ago

how many total services are in this repo

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Brody•2y ago

and what folders are they located in

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

ui & api for the front end and back end respectively

Brody•2y ago

whats contracts for

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Those are smart contracts that'll be deployed to Fuji Testnet on Avalanche

Brody•2y ago

okay not applicable here

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Yeah, it's not relevant I got the UI running before is the weird part with the following config:

{
  "$schema": "https://railway.app/railway.schema.json",
  "build": {
    "builder": "NIXPACKS",
    "buildCommand": "pnpm app build",
    "watchPatterns": [
      "ui/**"
    ]
  },
  "deploy": {
    "numReplicas": 1,
    "startCommand": "pnpm app start",
    "restartPolicyType": "ALWAYS"
  }
}

{
  "$schema": "https://railway.app/railway.schema.json",
  "build": {
    "builder": "NIXPACKS",
    "buildCommand": "pnpm app build",
    "watchPatterns": [
      "ui/**"
    ]
  },
  "deploy": {
    "numReplicas": 1,
    "startCommand": "pnpm app start",
    "restartPolicyType": "ALWAYS"
  }
}

NOTE: ui used to be called app But bc I needed Go in the build step, I added providers and that's when the deployment stopped working

Brody•2y ago

i keep getting

ERR_PNPM_FETCH_404  GET https://registry.npmjs.org/@avalabs/k2-components/-/k2-components-4.10.0-alpha.9.tgz: Not Found

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Yes, bc that's a private package internal to our company 🥲

Brody•2y ago

well that makes it hard for me to test lol

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Yeah 😅 Let me create a minimal reproducible set up

Brody•2y ago

do you need to do anything with the go app before starting the ui app that would be awsome

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

I could also set up a VSCode live share and give you access to my terminal Which would be quicker

Brody•2y ago

id kinda need access to railway too, so minimal repo would be best ?

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

kk, I'll create a minimal repo Give me a second!

Brody•2y ago

pls answer question lol

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Ah, sorry, the Go app doesn't need to run to start the UI app, I just need to run a codegen to create a swagger.json file which I need to codegen the API client for the UI But running the codegen to create a swagger.json requires a Go environment as I'm using go-swagger to do it

Brody•2y ago

you sure have massively over complicated this

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Yes I did 🥲 https://github.com/iknowhtml/trustus-monorepo/tree/railway-minimal-repo Does this work? Do you want me to set up a separate Railway environment?

Brody•2y ago

so starting from the root directory, give me a list of commands id have to run to generate the swagger.json file, and start the ui (assuming i have npm, pnpm, go, node all installed already)

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

pnpm i
pnpm ui build
pnpm ui start

pnpm i
pnpm ui build
pnpm ui start

If this were a docker container, that's all you would need to do

Brody•2y ago

well it is a docker container lol i dont see how those commands generate a swagger.json file?

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

pnpm i runs preinstall & postinstall

Brody•2y ago

what triggers those to run

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Running pnpm i It's NPM non-sense lol

Brody•2y ago

ah cool i will run those exact commands loaclly

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Yes, let me know if you run into any issues You're not running Windows by chance are you? This set up assumes a unix-like environment

Brody•2y ago

yes i am idealy you set your app up so it can run whereever

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Ideally, but I didn't 🫠

Brody•2y ago

didnt do a lot of things lol

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

You're not running into any issue using Windows tho are you?

Brody•2y ago

downloading is slow as hell who ever said pnpm was faster

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

It's fast on fully maxed out Macbook Pro 🤣

Brody•2y ago

'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
│ operable program or batch file.

makes sense i can convert

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Sounds good! Appreciate it 🙂

Brody•2y ago

converting your funky scripts to bat too confusing https://test-service1.up.railway.app/ lol

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Wait, so what did you change to get it deployed?

Brody•2y ago

ui.railway.json

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

So it needed gcc??? That's really random lol

Brody•2y ago

go wanted it for some reason

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Oh, it's also not using providers Fascinating.

Brody•2y ago

but, in the railway service, leave root directory, build, and start commands all empty, then just set the config path to ui.railway.json it also installs go as a package instead of a provider, since node is the main thing in use and it only took me two tries to get that config right, I gave up on running it locally honestly, how the hell do you even write documentation for this type of thing

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

To be fair I have an incredibly specific use case that's probably rare af, but perhaps it could be added to a mixed environments section in the docs?

Brody•2y ago

I'd call this more of a "mushy environment"

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

lol, it is quite a mess 🥲

Brody•2y ago

I could have sworn there's a swagger package for node

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Maybe "spaghetti environment" is a more accurate description 🤣 Can it analyze Go code and produce a swagger.json?

Brody•2y ago

oh, then no also the resulting image is like 1 point something gigabytes not ideal the proper fix for the size would be a custom multi-stage dockerfile, but I'll leave that up to you

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

I made one of those actually LOL

#
# Build stage
#
FROM node:18.16.0 AS builder

#Update packages
RUN apt update

# Download Go.
RUN wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.20.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz

# Extract the Go archive and remove the archive file
RUN tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.20.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz \
    && rm go1.20.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz

# Add Go to the PATH
ENV PATH="/usr/local/go/bin:${PATH}"

# Check Go version
RUN go version

# Install `go-swagger`
RUN wget https://github.com/go-swagger/go-swagger/releases/download/v0.30.5/swagger_linux_amd64 -O /usr/local/bin/swagger
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/swagger
RUN swagger version

# Install PNPM
RUN corepack enable && \
corepack prepare [email protected] --activate

WORKDIR /app

COPY . .

ARG NPM_AUTH_TOKEN
ENV NPM_AUTH_TOKEN ${NPM_AUTH_TOKEN}

ARG NPM_AUTH_TOKEN
ENV NPM_AUTH_TOKEN ${NPM_AUTH_TOKEN}

RUN pnpm install

RUN pnpm ui build

#
# Run stage
#
FROM node:18.16.0 as runner

WORKDIR /app/ui

COPY --from=builder /app/ui .

ARG PORT
ENV PORT=${PORT}

EXPOSE ${PORT}

ENTRYPOINT ["pnpm","start"]

#
# Build stage
#
FROM node:18.16.0 AS builder

#Update packages
RUN apt update

# Download Go.
RUN wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.20.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz

# Extract the Go archive and remove the archive file
RUN tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.20.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz \
    && rm go1.20.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz

# Add Go to the PATH
ENV PATH="/usr/local/go/bin:${PATH}"

# Check Go version
RUN go version

# Install `go-swagger`
RUN wget https://github.com/go-swagger/go-swagger/releases/download/v0.30.5/swagger_linux_amd64 -O /usr/local/bin/swagger
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/swagger
RUN swagger version

# Install PNPM
RUN corepack enable && \
corepack prepare [email protected] --activate

WORKDIR /app

COPY . .

ARG NPM_AUTH_TOKEN
ENV NPM_AUTH_TOKEN ${NPM_AUTH_TOKEN}

ARG NPM_AUTH_TOKEN
ENV NPM_AUTH_TOKEN ${NPM_AUTH_TOKEN}

RUN pnpm install

RUN pnpm ui build

#
# Run stage
#
FROM node:18.16.0 as runner

WORKDIR /app/ui

COPY --from=builder /app/ui .

ARG PORT
ENV PORT=${PORT}

EXPOSE ${PORT}

ENTRYPOINT ["pnpm","start"]

Brody•2y ago

there was an attempt at least

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

Just didn't want to figure out how to use it on Railway, and also couldn't run the image locally bc I can't build it on ARM, and had to switch to a different platform, but then I can't run that image bc it's not built for ARM 🫠😭

Brody•2y ago

you know go has an official docker image right? you're installing go into the node layer

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

You know what, that probably would've made more sense lol I am a front end engineer. I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to this stuff LMAO

Brody•2y ago

and railway will automatically build with a Dockerfile if it finds one present

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

I'll try Docker if I can't figure this out Why is the platform merging my configuration?

Brody•2y ago

have you gotten my config file to work?

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

No, it doesn't work 😿 But I swear it has something to do with providers

Brody•2y ago

remove all deploys and put all the service settings back to normal the only non default settings you need to set is the railway config path

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

I'm going to delete the service and re-create it. Something funky is definitely happening

Brody•2y ago

Brody•2y ago

haha

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

"Turn it off and on" Honestly works every time 😂

Brody•2y ago

true

iknowhtmlOP•2y ago

IT WORKED. What an ordeal ☠️ Thank you so much for your help @Brody, you're awesome 🫰🥹

Brody•2y ago

no problem, sorry I took so long to get you a config file lol

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