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Dokku Remote Rejected (pre-receive hook declined) MEAN (yo

When I attempt to push to my Dokku droplet, I get this error:

git push dokku master
Counting objects: 965, done.
Delta compression using up to 8 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (945/945), done.
Writing objects: 100% (965/965), 242.54 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 965 (delta 668), reused 0 (delta 0)
To dokku@xxxxxxxx.com:xxxxxxxx.com
 ! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)
error: failed to push some refs to 'dokku@xxxxxxxx.com:xxxxxxxx.com'

I’m not sure what to do now, since there isn’t a log of problems…

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Ripan • February 9, 2021

You need to remove .deploy.lock file if exists in your application folder

rm -rf /home/dokku/YOUR_APP_NAME/.deploy.lock

Derrick James • April 24, 2015

Check on the stack trace just below the following lines, you’ll be able to see the error;

-----> Waiting for 35 seconds ...
remote: App container failed to start!!
=====> yourAppName container output:
       /app/.meteor/heroku_build/app/programs/server/node_modules/fibers/future.js:245
        					throw(ex);``` 

If the error is, Error: MONGO_URL must be set in environment. Then it's evident that you haven't created your database for the app.

If the error is, Error: ROOT_URL must be set in environment. Then you'll need to set-up your root_url in the environment.
This resource might be of help, [Dokku on DigitalOcean](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpD9AOcWlgc)

Been running into this problem but figured out. Hope this helps. :)
Richard Standbrook • April 5, 2015

Check memory usage on the box. I’ve often seen it complain like that when its struggled to build the instance. Or try clearing the git repo on the server.

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