Install Discourse for development using Docker

dsims · March 31, 2023, 4:20pm

Same, it errors when trying to bake the admin user profile. It works after adding a step to yarn install before creating the admin as suggested by @zergov. I went ahead and created a PR to add it: DEV: Yarn install to avoid error creating the admin user. by dsims · Pull Request #20866 · discourse/discourse · GitHub

GregorSondermeier · April 4, 2023, 11:23am

Follow-up:
Docker Rootless mode causes the same permission mapping issues on Linux as Docker Desktop. The workaround I posted will work with this configuration, too.

However, I’m not super confident with the workaround, so I switched to a native Docker installation on my Linux system, added my non-sudo user to the docker group and now the permissions are mapped correctly inside the container and I can run docker commands without sudo.

david · April 5, 2023, 5:51pm

Thanks @dsims, I just merged the PR

Boost · May 1, 2023, 9:23am

I get this far when using podman (trying to run d/boot_dev --init):

Installing gems...
Error response from daemon: environment variable "RAILS_ENV" badly formed, must be key=value

I guess I’ll need to use the native development environment approach as I’m not going to install docker on my Fedora desktop as it has been really broken for years now (with random stuff like pushing not working) and podman works so much better without any hassle (for projects that support it).

volanar · June 28, 2023, 8:51pm

error
error Could not write file “/src/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/yarn-error.log”: “EACCES: permission denied, open ‘/src/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/yarn-error.log’”
error An unexpected error occurred: “EACCES: permission denied, mkdir ‘/src/app/assets/javascripts/node_modules’”.

frocm · October 6, 2023, 1:28pm

Why do I get this error following by d/boot_dev --init?

3.0" has incorrect peer dependency "@uppy/core@^3.2.1".
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
$ ../run-patch-package
patch-package 8.0.0
Applying patches...
@ember/jquery@2.0.0 ✔
babel-plugin-debug-macros@0.3.4 ✔
content-tag@1.1.1 ✔
ember-source@3.28.12 ✔
ember-this-fallback@0.3.1 (1 initial) ✔
ember-this-fallback@0.3.1 (2 themes) ✔
virtual-dom@2.1.1 ✔
Done in 101.54s.
Migrating database...
rake aborted!
Discourse::Utils::CommandError: /src/lib/discourse.rb:138:in `exec': node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1080
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module 'esbuild'
Require stack:
- /src/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/build.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1077:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:922:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1143:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:121:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/src/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/build.js:3:17)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1256:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1310:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1119:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:960:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [ '/src/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/build.js' ]
}

Node.js v18.17.1
/src/lib/discourse.rb:172:in `execute_command'
/src/lib/discourse.rb:138:in `exec'
/src/lib/discourse.rb:34:in `execute_command'
/src/lib/discourse_js_processor.rb:119:in `build_theme_transpiler'
/src/lib/tasks/assets.rake:313:in `block in <main>'
Tasks: TOP => db:migrate => assets:precompile:theme_transpiler
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

simon · October 6, 2023, 5:51pm

Possibly related to this: Install Discourse for development using Docker - #239 by zergov

Maybe try going to the /var/www/discourse directory and running:

yarn install

matenauta · October 10, 2023, 12:53pm

Does anybody have some benchmarks about it?

I give a search in this topic but I didn’t found this specifically. I wonder if someone tried the normal and docker installation to compare between them

syl · October 12, 2023, 8:52pm

A few hints for those who are trying to use the procedure described in this topic:

Step 1 didn’t work for me. In order to install Docker, I had to use the “convenience script” describe here: Install Docker Engine on Ubuntu | Docker Docs
You need sudo for all commands
There seems to be a missing step 3: you need to create an admin user account. To create a new admin, run the following command: sudo d/rails admin:create
As stated in the topic, if you use WSL, symlinks to the Windows file system won’t work. If you try anyway, you’ll break the install and end up with missing gems. To get your gems back, run: sudo d/bundle install

lenkobeta · October 21, 2023, 2:41pm

Hello.

I’m trying to install the development in a Debian 12.

When I run the command…

d/boot_dev --init

… after a while the following error appears:

$ ../run-patch-package
patch-package 8.0.0
Applying patches...
@ember/jquery@2.0.0 ✔
babel-plugin-debug-macros@0.3.4 ✔
content-tag@1.1.2 ✔
ember-source@3.28.12 ✔
ember-this-fallback@0.4.0 (1 deprecation-name) ✔
ember-this-fallback@0.4.0 (2 themes) ✔
virtual-dom@2.1.1 ✔
Done in 70.39s.
Migrating database...
rake aborted!
Discourse::Utils::CommandError: /src/lib/discourse.rb:138:in `exec': node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1080
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module 'esbuild'
Require stack:
- /src/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/build.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1077:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:922:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1143:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:121:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/src/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/build.js:3:17)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1256:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1310:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1119:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:960:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [ '/src/app/assets/javascripts/theme-transpiler/build.js' ]
}

Node.js v18.17.1
/src/lib/discourse.rb:172:in `execute_command'
/src/lib/discourse.rb:138:in `exec'
/src/lib/discourse.rb:34:in `execute_command'
/src/lib/discourse_js_processor.rb:119:in `build_theme_transpiler'
/src/lib/tasks/assets.rake:313:in `block in <main>'
Tasks: TOP => db:migrate => assets:precompile:theme_transpiler
(See full trace by running task with --trace)```

Am I doing something wrong?

grant_vanderwaal · October 25, 2023, 9:56am

yarn install # this will reinstall everything including esbuild
# removing previously error installed container
docker stop discourse_dev
docker rm discourse_dev
d/boot_dev --init
# It will prompt you input admin email if succeed.

Darojax · November 15, 2023, 4:35pm

Hello. After having placed a symlink in the discourse/plugin directory and then restarting:

$ d/rails s

I get the following error:

https://github.com/rails/sprockets (at 3.x@f4d3dae) is not yet checked out. Run `bundle install` first

“Bundle install” does not resolve the issue. I’ve tried a bunch of things, but nothing seems to resolve this. If I remove the symlink in the plugins directory and restart, everything works fine again. I’ve tried it with different official plugins that I know are working on other discourse installations.

Anyone knows why this happens?

tgxworld · November 16, 2023, 12:33pm

Can you try d/bundle install instead?

Darojax · November 16, 2023, 2:10pm

I can run d/bundle install, that works and I can then start everything, but the plugin doesn’t appear installed in discourse.

So I run d/shutdown_dev; d/boot_dev but after that it gives the old error message again https://github.com/rails/sprockets (at 3.x@f4d3dae) is not yet checked out. Run `bundle install` first

vOv

tgxworld · November 20, 2023, 1:05am

I have improved this in

github.com/discourse/discourse

DEV: Always run bundle and yarn install while running `d/boot_dev`

discourse:main ← tgxworld:always_run_bundle_yarn_install

opened 01:03AM - 20 Nov 23 UTC

tgxworld

+7 -6

Why this change? Before this change, running `d/boot_dev` does not run `bundle …install` and `yarn install` unless the `--init` option is specified. However, this does not make sense because the user will end up having to run `d/bundle install` and `d/yarn install` manually after if the `--init` option is not used. We can simplify this by just always running `bundle install` and `yarn install` whenever `d/boot_dev` is used. What does this change do? This change changes the `d/boot_dev` script to always run `bundle install` and `yarn install`.

It is definitely confusing to keep having to run d/bundle install manually each time you boot the dev environment. In the mean time, you will unfortunately have to run d/bundle install each time you run d/boot_dev.

darkpixlz · November 28, 2023, 1:46am

I keep getting this error.

error Could not write file “/src/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/yarn-error.log”: “EACCES: permission denied, open ‘/src/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/yarn-error.log’”

error An unexpected error occurred: “EACCES: permission denied, mkdir ‘/src/app/assets/javascripts/node_modules’”.

Lilly · November 28, 2023, 2:14am

hmmm I think that is the same one as here - can’t find where it was resolved anywhere tho.

itsbhanusharma · November 28, 2023, 2:48am

Are you running this as a non-root user without sudo?

darkpixlz · November 28, 2023, 2:59am

It was the root user.

martyn_thomas · December 12, 2023, 9:54am

I’m trying to install Discourse Development in a WSL Docker - I’ve got as far as the congratulations screen, but without an admin account i’m stuck.

When i try and run d/rails admin:create i get the error stat bin/rails: no such file or directory: unknown

What am i missing?

Thanks

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