cannot deploy server Deployment Failed during build process | Railway | Page 1

tidal fog Sep 20, 2023, 11:40 PM

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hi, i keep failing to deploy a server which works fine in local environment but not in productoin here. It is based out of github. I get the error message :
ERROR: failed to solve: process "/bin/bash -ol pipefail -c react-scripts build" did not complete successfully: exit code: 127
Error: Docker build failed

I have looked at guidance but cannot see any answers. Are three any guidance or videos showing how to deploy the server side of a frontend applicaiton? I have already deployed the database without issues, just this does not seem to work with the server.

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ashen crown Sep 20, 2023, 11:48 PM

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hello i am guidance

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please send your package.json

ashen crown Sep 22, 2023, 9:27 PM

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@tidal fog I'm still here if you need assistance and I have a good understanding of how to deploy react apps on railway

tidal fog Sep 23, 2023, 12:36 AM

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https://github.com/Eugenepython/FITNESS hi so sorry had missed your first message! the above is the link to my github which has the package jsons. I can deploy my server ok i think its just the backend where i start to have problems deploying. Going bed now but hopefully you can see something !

GitHub

GitHub - Eugenepython/FITNESS

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ashen crown Sep 23, 2023, 12:48 AM

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I see .env files and node_modules folders in your repo, please remove them from the repo and place the contents of this link into a .gitignore in the root of your repo
https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/node,react

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:00 PM

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hey thanks i tried this. i deleted the node modules, and i deleted the .env file, and i added a gitignore file with the content pasted in but it still fails.

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3.178 sh: 1: react-scripts: not found

Dockerfile:24

22 | # build phase

23 | COPY . /app/.

24 | >>> RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/45ed6e2b-d58e-4fa3-b34c-1733248e29a0-node_modules/cache,target=/app/node_modules/.cache npm run build

25 |

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ERROR: failed to solve: process "/bin/bash -ol pipefail -c npm run build" did not complete successfully: exit code: 127

Error: Docker build failed

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these are the last few logs prior to the failure

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is this all down to incompatibility with envrionmentalk variables?

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:01 PM

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i know, that was not meant to fix the build

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there is a few things we need to do before worrying about a build failing or succeeding

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you can go ahead and remove your repo from the railway service as we will be making a few changes and dont need railway rebuilding after every little change

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:06 PM

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so i changed the github repository as above, i can remove the server side form railway now

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:07 PM

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you have removed the github repo from your railway service?

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:08 PM

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YES. the database is still there, the server has been deleted

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:09 PM

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delete the remaining node_modules folders from your repo

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:10 PM

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from the server side as well as in root?

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:10 PM

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everywhere please

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:12 PM

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all gone from server and from root

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there is none n the client

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:13 PM

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okay create a new empty service in your project

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:16 PM

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ok ive just created a new empty service

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:17 PM

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this will be your backend, give it an applicable name and domain

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:19 PM

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ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:19 PM

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give things good names

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name your project and name that service

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:20 PM

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ok i named the service "Backend"

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from comfrotable-reward

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:20 PM

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what did you name the project

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:21 PM

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its called "sloppy-quince" i cannot rename it i think

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:22 PM

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it would be a crime if you couldnt rename it, just read that name outloud 💀

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click the settings button

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:22 PM

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just changed it "Workout"

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:23 PM

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perfect

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:23 PM

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ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:25 PM

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add these variables to the raw editor in the service variables

DB_USER=${{postgresql.PGUSER}}
DB_HOST=${{postgresql.PGHOST}}
DB_NAME=${{postgresql.PGDATABASE}}
DB_PASSWORD=${{postgresql.PGPASSWORD}}
DB_PORT=${{postgresql.PGPORT}}

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you also left this in your code, this is only gonna cause connection errors when on railway
https://github.com/Eugenepython/FITNESS/blob/main/Server/app.jsx#L12

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:28 PM

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const db = pgp('postgres://postgres:vienna1981@localhost:5432/fitness'); this line?

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ive added in the service variables, which should match the database i think

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:28 PM

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yep thats the line, remove it or comment it out

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show me a screenshot of your service variables please

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:29 PM

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but im using db elsewhere in the code?

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:29 PM

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you have also created a pool though

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https://github.com/Eugenepython/FITNESS/blob/main/Server/app.jsx#L29-L36
im not sure what your intentions are?

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:31 PM

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sorry two seconds let me check

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db.manyOrNone('SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = $1', [sessionTitle]) so i can use pool.query in stead of db and delete all references to db?

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:32 PM

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you are using db and pool in multiple places, please only use one database constructor type, this will involve some refactoring on your part

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:32 PM

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ah ok , i will look thgouh this now

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:33 PM

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sounds good, let me know when thats done!

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 8:37 PM

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thanks, yes it will take a me a little while i will let you know soon..

ashen crown Sep 24, 2023, 8:37 PM

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okie dokie

tidal fog Sep 24, 2023, 10:35 PM

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hi sorry. going to bed now. i tried to refractor the code without using db at all. however now i cannot use it locally properly. i add the .env file back in to try and get it working locally https://github.com/Eugenepython/FITNESS but im not sure the refractoring works as it doesnt seem to connect to the server here?

GitHub

GitHub - Eugenepython/FITNESS

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ashen crown Sep 25, 2023, 12:28 AM

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no problem we can continue later, but when you're back you would need these environment variables to be available locally to run the server
https://github.com/Eugenepython/FITNESS/blob/main/Server/app.jsx#L29-L35

tidal fog Sep 25, 2023, 5:09 AM

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hi i updated the code but made few changes. i remembered why is used pgp and the db object. Basically, without using it, the database was updated repeatedly and this caused problems when trying to connect to the server. For example using manyOrNone meant I could get the login name from the database without reopening the component and setting the login name back to blank. Without this the app just crashed when i tried to log in. So i had to keep it in.
I also deleted the node modules, but after deleting them i always have to install pg and also vite plug in and whenever i do, the node modules just keep coming back.. so not sure if they have to be deleted or if there is a way to delete them while keeping pg and vite plugin?
Sorry i realise it seems i pretty much ignored all you suggested, but this is how i can get my code to work locally and not otherwise. the .env file is still there, if the gitignore file is there does that mean i can keep it for production?

https://github.com/Eugenepython/FITNESS

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GitHub - Eugenepython/FITNESS

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ashen crown Sep 25, 2023, 2:45 PM

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I'm sorry but you are going to have to make your code work with all the suggestions I have made, otherwise you won't be able to run it on railway

tidal fog Sep 25, 2023, 8:19 PM

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So db has to go ? OK... Will take some more time to refractor then.... thanks

ashen crown Sep 25, 2023, 8:20 PM

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you can keep either db or pool, one has to go

tidal fog Sep 25, 2023, 8:21 PM

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Right, got it, will try and work it out..

ashen crown Sep 25, 2023, 8:21 PM

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sounds good

tidal fog Sep 27, 2023, 8:12 PM

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hi! sorry i got totally lost sorting out the code so instead i tried a simpler app to tryand see if icould deploy it. It seems to be deployed correctly (frontend, backend and database) and the app works perfectly in local environment. However when I try and run the gernarated domain https://favoritemoviesbackend-production.up.railway.app/ it fails and says aplication fails to respond. This is the code. https://github.com/Eugenepython/movies sorry again i thought id try a simpler way to try and get this into my head, but i do not understand here why everything seems deployed correctly, with the environmental variables etc but the production url does not work..

GitHub

GitHub - Eugenepython/movies

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ashen crown Sep 27, 2023, 8:18 PM

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for your backend

https://github.com/Eugenepython/movies/blob/main/Backend/backend.jsx#L4C1-L4C19
- use const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000; instead.
https://github.com/Eugenepython/movies/blob/main/Backend/package.json#L8
- do not use nodemon when on railway

for the frontend

https://github.com/brody192/vite-react-template
- copy the nixpacks.toml and Caddyfile from this repo into yours

tidal fog Sep 27, 2023, 9:07 PM

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Id forgotten about PORT ! Thanks i will make those changes..

tidal fog Sep 28, 2023, 9:27 AM

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Hi ! I did all the above, but adding the nixpacks,.toml and the caddyfile in (word for word) to frontend leads to the deploment of frontned failing. If i leave them out, the deployment succeeds but the railway url still leads to a https://favoritemoviesbackend-production.up.railway.app/ Application failed to respond. this is the latest code https://github.com/Eugenepython/movies im not sure if i need to adapt the two files for my own code?

GitHub

GitHub - Eugenepython/movies

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sleek mist Sep 28, 2023, 9:30 AM

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tidal fog Hi ! I did all the above, but adding the nixpacks,.toml and the caddyfile in (w...

i will look at this in 2hrs when im home

tidal fog Sep 28, 2023, 9:40 AM

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thanks!

ashen crown Sep 28, 2023, 3:11 PM

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the Caddyfile needs a capital C
the nixpacks.toml and Caddyfile need to be in the frontend folder

tidal fog Sep 28, 2023, 9:15 PM

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https://github.com/Eugenepython/movies unfortunately i still get an error 😦

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GitHub - Eugenepython/movies

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ashen crown Sep 28, 2023, 9:20 PM

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https://test-service2.up.railway.app/

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have you set the Movie-client root directory to /Frontend?

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and make sure you dont have any build or start commands set in the service settings

tidal fog Sep 28, 2023, 9:22 PM

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it was set to frontend

ashen crown Sep 28, 2023, 9:22 PM

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capital F /Frontend

tidal fog Sep 28, 2023, 9:22 PM

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but i did have npm run dev as start command

ashen crown Sep 28, 2023, 9:22 PM

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yeah remove that please

tidal fog Sep 28, 2023, 9:23 PM

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deleting it now... to leave blank

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it still fails to deploy.... ive got no environmental variables in my frontend could that be a problem?

ashen crown Sep 28, 2023, 9:25 PM

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i dont either

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please provide logs https://bookmarklets.up.railway.app/log-downloader/

tidal fog Sep 28, 2023, 9:33 PM

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sorry not sure how to use that link....

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the logs on deployment i copied and pasted below:

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it seems to be some kind of eror wit a docker

📎 logs.odt

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the deployment is successful without the caddyfile and the nitpix but i get Application failed to respond

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with the caddfile and the nitpix i get unsuccessful deployment and sill get Application failed to respond as well

ashen crown Sep 28, 2023, 9:45 PM

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i dont have anything to open odt files, could you please take a look at the log downloader i sent

tidal fog Sep 28, 2023, 9:55 PM

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got it i think

📎 build_logs_movie-client_1695938085.log

ashen crown Sep 28, 2023, 9:58 PM

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looks like docker themselves are having issues, not much we can do here but wait

tidal fog Sep 28, 2023, 9:59 PM

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ah so it is an outside problem for railway you think?

ashen crown Sep 28, 2023, 10:00 PM

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yes it is

tidal fog Sep 28, 2023, 10:09 PM

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Ah ok... hopefully gets sorted soon then lol

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Thanks very much

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 12:31 PM

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testing if discord is working...

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 2:15 PM

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why? what happened to discord?

torpid surge Sep 29, 2023, 2:16 PM

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ashen crown why? what happened to discord?

seems like discord as down some hours ago

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 2:17 PM

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unfortunate

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 3:08 PM

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ah yeah it failed earlier right after i sent the message to test it lol

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further to my last message.. the app is now successful but i get a failure message relating to CORS

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this was my client logs

📎 deployment_logs_movie-client_1696000265.log

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it works locally but not in production and im not sure why the CORs affects it as ive triedvarious things with it in code

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 3:13 PM

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does your backend has the cors middleware?

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 3:14 PM

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yes cors is in the backend

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app.use(
cors({
origin: 'https://movie-client-production.up.railway.app',
methods: 'GET,HEAD,PUT,PATCH,POST,DELETE',
credentials: true,
})
); i tried thisin backend (it works locally with the other url)

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 3:15 PM

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send me the link to your frontend please

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 3:16 PM

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https://github.com/Eugenepython/movies/tree/main/Frontend this is frontend in github

GitHub

movies/Frontend at main · Eugenepython/movies

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ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 3:17 PM

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I'd like the railway url please

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 3:17 PM

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oh sorry here it is https://movie-client-production.up.railway.app/

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its fairly simple. pressing "submit" starts the communication with backend and should stroe the input in database

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 3:26 PM

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okay will look shortly

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https://github.com/Eugenepython/movies/blob/main/Backend/backend.jsx#L41

that should just be PORT not PG_PORT

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 3:39 PM

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just changed it to const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;.... still get that error message though 😭

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 3:41 PM

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can you share the deployment logs for the backend

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 3:43 PM

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📎 deployment_logs_movie-server_1696002189.log

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 3:44 PM

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please do no use pm2 on railway, your start command should only be node backend.jsx

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also, ive ignored it for a while, but why .jsx? your file extension should just be .js

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 3:45 PM

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ive always used jsx out of habit

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in react

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but youre right this just vanilla javascript

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k ill change to js for backend and all references too and ill switch the start

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 3:47 PM

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sounds good

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 4:00 PM

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sorry, this time it got worse, the deployment crashed

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📎 deployment_logs_movie-server_1696003222.log

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after the change from jsx to js, and the change in start command

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 4:01 PM

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you dont have express in your dependencies
npm install express

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 4:03 PM

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oh sorry wa ssure i had installed those,

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installed again and pushed

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ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 4:06 PM

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deployment logs again please

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 4:07 PM

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oh hang on wrong file..

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📎 deployment_logs_movie-server_1696003682.log

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 4:08 PM

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Error: Cannot find module 'dotenv'
please make sure you have all modules installed

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 4:08 PM

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oh right just seen that, re installing here

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📎 deployment_logs_movie-server_1696004000.log

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doesnt seem to be recognising the port

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neither the 'port' i console logged but didnt use nor the process.env.PORT

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 4:17 PM

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do you have a PORT service variable set?

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 4:18 PM

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yes....

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 4:18 PM

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remove it

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 4:18 PM

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oh.... you mean environmental variables in the database or server on railway?

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 4:18 PM

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the service variables

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 4:20 PM

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ok sorry 2 mnins.. the railway dashboard is playing up and i cant see project anymore.... ill just refresh a few times

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its looking like i cannot access my projects anymore..

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 4:23 PM

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screenshot?

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 4:24 PM

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this is when i try and go into my project

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didnt happen until 5 mins ago

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 4:25 PM

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thats not ideal, issue with railway

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https://discord.com/channels/713503345364697088/846875565357006878

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 4:28 PM

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may have to leave it for a while.... are you saying i should remove all the envrionmental variables from the server side on railway?

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 4:29 PM

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nope never said anything like that

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keep an eye out in #🚨｜incidents

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 4:30 PM

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oh right didnt undertstand what you meant by the service variables and PORT service variable set

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 4:30 PM

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we'll come back to this when the incident is resolved

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 4:31 PM

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ah ok thanks

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see you later

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 4:40 PM

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resloved, if youre still around?

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 4:57 PM

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hey

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yup

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back here

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 4:57 PM

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okay, do you have a PORT service variable?

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 4:57 PM

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tbh not 100% sure what that means... in my code?

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const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000; this is my backend

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 4:58 PM

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this is where the service variables are located

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 5:06 PM

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these are the server variables

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should i just remove the variable for PG_PORT?

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 5:08 PM

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id like to note PG_PORT is not the same as PORT please dont confuse the two

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your variables are fine

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deployment logs please

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 5:08 PM

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AH ok i see

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📎 deployment_logs_movie-server_1696007344.log

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 5:15 PM

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try commenting out these lines
https://github.com/Eugenepython/movies/blob/main/Backend/backend.js#L7-L8

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 5:20 PM

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still an error just a different kind ol

📎 deployment_logs_movie-server_1696007980.log

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lol

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 5:20 PM

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thats the same error

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 5:20 PM

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ah ok sorry thought id seen difference

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 5:21 PM

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at this moment i am stumped, i will do some testing myself shortly and get back to you

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 5:23 PM

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i thought to console log the process.ENV.port but not sure it would even show up

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 5:28 PM

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ill look into this

tidal fog Sep 29, 2023, 5:31 PM

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thanks!

ashen crown Sep 29, 2023, 11:59 PM

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i made some changes and no longer got the port error
https://github.com/Eugenepython/movies/pull/1

tidal fog Sep 30, 2023, 8:21 AM

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hey thanks! did you add the frontend URL as process.env.FRONTEND_URL as the crucial change? does this automatically detect the frontendURL from the pool?

ashen crown Sep 30, 2023, 8:21 AM

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the frontend doesn't have anything to do with a pool

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add this in the raw editor of the backend's service variables, be sure to replace the needed text
FRONTEND_URL=https://${{<the frontends service name>.RAILWAY_PUBLIC_DOMAIN}}

tidal fog Sep 30, 2023, 9:30 AM

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added it to the raw editor (i have previosuly jst added environmental variables line by line) these are the new environemtnal variables as they appear now

tidal fog Sep 30, 2023, 9:47 AM

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the logs look very short for once and vaguel successful lol

tidal fog Sep 30, 2023, 10:12 AM

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i add in this variable as environmental variable

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📎 deployment_logs_movie-server_1696068865.log

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the logs look short for once

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console.log(prodFrontendURL); comes out as ${{https://movie-client-production.up.railway.app}}

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may be frontend url is stil incorrect im not sure

tidal fog Sep 30, 2023, 12:30 PM

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Still getting the cors error

ashen crown Sep 30, 2023, 3:18 PM

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that variable you added is incorrect, please read the text within the angle brackets

tidal fog Sep 30, 2023, 5:15 PM

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somewhat unbelievably... it now works! i just bought you 3 trains, thanks so much hope railway do something for you too!

ashen crown Sep 30, 2023, 5:15 PM

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awe thanks for the trains 🙂

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glad i could help!

tidal fog Sep 30, 2023, 5:27 PM

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so basically, the key was not to hard code the frontend url, but to take it as an environmental variable from the frontend service as FRONTEND.URL

ashen crown Sep 30, 2023, 5:29 PM

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yeah!

tidal fog Sep 30, 2023, 5:29 PM

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OK oool thanks again, hope this helps others too whn they ask!

#cannot deploy server Deployment Failed during build process

for your backend

for the frontend