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Docker Node Alpine Image Build Fails on node-gyp

I'm attempting to Dockerize a Vue.js application. I'm using the node:10.15-alpine Docker image as a base. The image build fails with the following error:

gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYTHON env variable.
gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.failNoPython (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:484:19)
gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:406:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at F (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:68:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at E (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:80:29)
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:89:16
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/index.js:42:5
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/mode.js:8:5
gyp ERR! stack     at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:154:21)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.9.125-linuxkit
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /app/node_modules/inotify
gyp ERR! node -v v10.15.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.4 (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.4: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! inotify@1.4.2 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the inotify@1.4.2 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

The application runs on my Ubuntu machine. And I've searched for a resolution online.

I tried:

FROM node:10.15-alpine
EXPOSE 8080
RUN mkdir -p /app/src
WORKDIR /app
COPY build/ config/ dist/ static/ .babelrc .postcssrc.js index.html /app/
COPY package*.json ./
RUN apk add --no-cache make gcc g++ python && \
  npm install --production --silent && \
  apk del make gcc g++ python
ADD src/ /app/src/
CMD ["npm", "start"]

This fails too. The error output is quite verbose and references C/C++ code.

Here's my current Dockerfile:

FROM node:10.15-alpine
EXPOSE 8080
RUN mkdir -p /app/src
WORKDIR /app
COPY build/ config/ dist/ static/ .babelrc .postcssrc.js index.html /app/
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm install
ADD src/ /app/src/
CMD ["npm", "start"]

Can anyone help me to resolve this issue with node-gyp? I'd like to be able to run the application from with a Docker container, but I need to get the image to build first.

Update

Since the build was working on my Ubuntu machine, I checked the node version. It was 8.12, so I switch to using the node:8.12-alpine image and the application now works with the following Dockerfile:

FROM node:8.12-alpine
RUN apk add g++ make python
EXPOSE 8080
RUN mkdir /app
WORKDIR /app
COPY . /app
RUN npm install
CMD ["npm", "start"]
Solution

  • Also stated in my post update, here's the Dockerfile I used to get things working:

    FROM node:8.12-alpine
RUN apk add g++ make py3-pip
EXPOSE 8080
RUN mkdir /app
WORKDIR /app
COPY . /app
RUN npm install
CMD ["npm", "start"]

    If your requirements demand your image minimize space, consider installing necessary packages with RUN apk add --no-cache --virtual [package-list] (instead of apk add [package-list]) and afterward clearing the cache in the image with RUN apk del .gyp.