Question

How to setup DO app platform with pnpm monorepo

Posted on May 1, 2024
DigitalOcean App Platform
Asked by SlavaMilin

I setup digital ocean app platform. Ran static site building with pnpm monorepo.

At first run all went great, but at second, when digital ocean took node_modules from cache I received error of empty node_modules folder. I tried install dependencies from building script as it’s describe in article, but this isn’t help. Is it any I can do to fix this currently?

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/reference/buildpacks/nodejs/#pnpm

pnpm 9.0.6 installed
[INFO] No file to start server
[INFO] either use 'docker run' to start container or add index.js or server.js
Project contains pnpm-lock.yaml, using pnpm
Reusing cached node_modules from pnpm-lock.yaml
Running custom build command: pnpm run setup && cd apps/private && pnpm run build

> app_name@1.0.0 setup /workspace
> pnpm install --production=false

Scope: all 6 workspace projects
? The modules directories will be removed and reinstalled from scratch. Proceed? (Y/n) ‣ true
> private@0.0.0 build /workspace/apps/private
> tsc && vite build

sh: 1: tsc: not found
ELIFECYCLE  Command failed.
WARN   Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install?
building: exit status 1
ERROR: failed to build: exit status 1

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Ivan Feliciano • May 15, 2024

I’m having a similar issue, and it’s not a monorepo:

[2024-05-15 02:56:15] ╭──────────── app build ───────────╼
[2024-05-15 02:56:15] │ ---> Node.js Buildpack
[2024-05-15 02:56:15] │ ---> Installing toolbox
[2024-05-15 02:56:15] │ ---> - jq
[2024-05-15 02:56:15] │ ---> - yj
[2024-05-15 02:56:16] │ ---> Getting Node version
[2024-05-15 02:56:16] │ ---> Resolving Node version
[2024-05-15 02:56:16] │ ---> Downloading and extracting Node v18.18.2
[2024-05-15 02:56:17] │ ---> Parsing package.json
[2024-05-15 02:56:17] │ ---> No file to start server
[2024-05-15 02:56:17] │ ---> either use 'docker run' to start container or add index.js or server.js
[2024-05-15 02:56:17] │ Project contains pnpm-lock.yaml, using pnpm
[2024-05-15 02:56:17] │ Installing node_modules using pnpm (from pnpm-lock.yaml)
[2024-05-15 02:56:17] │ unable to invoke layer creator
[2024-05-15 02:56:17] │ installing node_modules: exec: "pnpm": executable file not found in $PATH
[2024-05-15 02:56:17] │ ERROR: failed to build: exit status 1
[2024-05-15 02:56:18] │ 
[2024-05-15 02:56:18] │ 
[2024-05-15 02:56:18] │ For documentation on the buildpacks used to build your app, please see:
[2024-05-15 02:56:18] │ 
[2024-05-15 02:56:18] │    Node.js  v0.4.0  https://do.co/apps-buildpack-node
[2024-05-15 02:56:18] │ 
[2024-05-15 02:56:18] │  ✘ build failed

Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• May 8, 2024

Hi there,

Quick update here in case that anyone comes across this in the future.

DigitalOcean have updated the NodeJS buildpack for App Platform.

The buildpack now supports the PNPM package manager. For more information and configuration options, see the buildpack’s documentation page.

Hope that this helps!

Best,

Bobby

Actual Size Digital • May 7, 2024

We are also experiencing issues deploying our pnpm monorepo. For us, pnpm doesn’t seem to be installed before the node_modules are attempted to be installed.

[2024-05-07 16:49:04] ╭──────────── app build ───────────╼
[2024-05-07 16:49:04] │ ---> Node.js Buildpack
[2024-05-07 16:49:04] │ ---> Installing toolbox
[2024-05-07 16:49:04] │ ---> - jq
[2024-05-07 16:49:04] │ ---> - yj
[2024-05-07 16:49:05] │ ---> Getting Node version
[2024-05-07 16:49:05] │ ---> Resolving Node version
[2024-05-07 16:49:05] │ ---> Downloading and extracting Node v18.17.1
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │ ---> Parsing package.json
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │ ---> No file to start server
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │ ---> either use 'docker run' to start container or add index.js or server.js
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │ Project contains pnpm-lock.yaml, using pnpm
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │ Installing node_modules using pnpm (from pnpm-lock.yaml)
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │ unable to invoke layer creator
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │ installing node_modules: exec: "pnpm": executable file not found in $PATH
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │ ERROR: failed to build: exit status 1
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │ 
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │ 
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │ For documentation on the buildpacks used to build your app, please see:
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │ 
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │    Node.js  v0.4.0  https://do.co/apps-buildpack-node
[2024-05-07 16:49:06] │ 
✘ build failed