How to deploy api (nestjs) and web (nextjs) from monorepo

vinkaga

HOBBYOP

9 months ago

Hello,

I keep getting error

╭────────────────╮
│ Railpack 0.4.0 │
╰────────────────╯
 
↳ Detected Node
↳ Using npm package manager
↳ Installing npm@10.7.0 with Corepack
✖ 
No start command was found

The above error was for api deployment from the monorepo structured like this

root
|-- package.json
|-- apps
     |-- api
     |    |-- Dockerfile
     |    |-- railway.json
     |-- web
          |-- Dockerfile
          |-- railway.json

What am I doing wrong?

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vinkaga

HOBBYOP

9 months ago

Update:

1. I didn't create service specific package.json (more difficult to maintain).

I had changed build and start commands but did not realize that I had to apply those changes before they take effect.
Once I applied those changes, the no start command error went away.

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Railway

BOT

9 months ago

Hey there! We've found the following might help you get unblocked faster:

If you find the answer from one of these, please let us know by solving the thread!

vinkaga

HOBBYOP

9 months ago

I solved no start command issue by changing my .gitlab-ci.yml from

railway up --service api

cd apps/api && railway up --service api && cd ../..

But after that it's failing for docker issues. I haven't found a full solution yet. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

vinkaga

HOBBYOP

9 months ago

Looking at https://docs.railway.com/guides/monorepo#deploying-a-shared-monorepo, which reflects how my project is configured, I have the following questions

Is there railway up involved? Which service would it specify?
How do I exactly upload the code from .gitlab-ci.yml into railway?
Do I have separate build commands for each service?
Are the shared vars available during build?

vinkaga

HOBBYOP

9 months ago

Trying the approach in the document above.

.gitlab-ci.yml command

railway up --service api --detach

But back to no start command

↳ Detected Node
↳ Using npm package manager
↳ Installing npm@10.7.0 with Corepack
✖ 
No start command was found

.
 
To configure your start command, Railpack will check:
 
1. A "start" script in your package.json:
"scripts": {
"start": "node index.js"
}

irazvan2745

FREE

9 months ago

Hello,

You change the build and start commands to cd into the directories for each app in the monorepo

vinkaga

HOBBYOP

9 months ago

I don't have package.json in each app. Do I need to create one for each?

vinkaga

HOBBYOP

9 months ago

Update:

1. I didn't create service specific package.json (more difficult to maintain).

I had changed build and start commands but did not realize that I had to apply those changes before they take effect.
Once I applied those changes, the no start command error went away.

vinkaga

Update: 1\. I didn't create service specific package.json (more difficult to maintain). 1. I had changed build and start commands but **did not realize that I had to apply those changes before they take effect**. 2. Once I applied those changes, the `no start command` error went away.

noahd

EMPLOYEE

9 months ago

So to clarify. This solved your issue?

vinkaga

HOBBYOP

9 months ago

Yes, it's solved. Thanks.

Status changed to Solved noahd • 9 months ago

Welcome!