Question

My app deployment wit go 1.24.1 is failing

Posted on April 24, 2025
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Asked by Paul Adeyenuwo

I am trying to deploy and I’m getting the error:

[2025-04-24 04:32:32] │ INFO[0033] Executing 0 build triggers                   
[2025-04-24 04:32:32] │ INFO[0033] Building stage 'alpine:latest' [idx: '1', base-idx: '-1'] 
[2025-04-24 04:32:32] │ error building image: error building stage: failed to optimize instructions: failed to get files used from context: failed to get fileinfo for /kaniko/0/app/.env: lstat /kaniko/0/app/.env: no such file or directory
[2025-04-24 04:32:32].

I am using golang:1.24-alpine but it’s not working. Can you help me check wha’t going on? Locally, the app works properly.

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Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• April 24, 2025

Hi there,

Looks like the build is failing because it can’t find your .env file during the Docker build. In local dev, the file is probably there, but in the remote build context (like with DigitalOcean’s App Platform), only files explicitly added get included.

If your Dockerfile has something like COPY . ., but .env is in your .dockerignore, it won’t be copied. Either remove .env from .dockerignore or pass environment variables another way, like through the App Platform’s “Environment Variables” section (which is actually the recommended way).

- Bobby

alexdo

Site Moderator

• April 24, 2025

Heya, @pauladeyenuwo

On top of what’s mentioned you can check our docs on How to Use Environment Variables in App Platform:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/how-to/use-environment-variables/

Regards