By olegagapov
I have a repo with Flask app which I copied from https://github.com/digitalocean/sample-flask.
For development purposes only, I’ve created a minimal Dockerfile.
Now, when I try to deploy the app to App Platform it tries to deploy it as Docker app, however I want to deploy it as Python app.
I’ve added .do/app.yaml and .do/deploy.template.yaml but no luck.
Just in case, here are my configs:
# app.yaml
name: backend
services:
- environment_slug: python
github:
branch: main
deploy_on_push: true
repo: simetrique/backend
name: backend
run_command: gunicorn --worker-tmp-dir /dev/shm --config gunicorn_config.py main:app
# deploy.template.yaml
spec:
name: backend
services:
- environment_slug: python
git:
branch: main
repo: https://github.com/simetrique/backend.git
name: backend
run_command: gunicorn --worker-tmp-dir /dev/shm --config gunicorn_config.py main:app
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Hi @olegagapov
If you have a Dockerfile in your repo root, it will be prioritized when creating the app via the UI. This is something we’re working on improving but here are some options in the mean time:
-
Rename
Dockerfileto e.g.Dockerfile.prodthen create the app via the UI. -
Create the app using doctl. In your repo, run:
doctl app create --spec .do/app.yaml. Since you don’t setdockerfile_pathin the spec, the Dockerfile will not be used. -
Since you have
deploy.template.yaml, create the app via the Deploy to DO button flow: click here to create. Note that this won’t work if your repo is private. If you want to make use of Auto Deploy on Push you will need to replace thegit:block indeploy.template.yamlwith thegithub:block similar toapp.yaml. So:
[label deploy.template.yaml] spec: name: backend services:
- environment_slug: python github: branch: main repo: simetrique/backend deploy_on_push: true name: backend run_command: gunicorn --worker-tmp-dir /dev/shm --config gunicorn_config.py main:app
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