file not found in build context or excluded by .dockerignore: stat package.json: file does not exist

[francisrod01]

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- [ ] feature request
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- [ ] regression (a behaviour that used to work and stopped in a new release)

Minimal steps to reproduce

Container images are stored inside container registries. You can easily create a container registry and upload an image of your app to it in a single workflow using Visual Studio Code.

See it here: Tutorial: Deploy to Azure Container Apps using Visual Studio Code

Any log messages given by the failure

Step 4/10 : COPY ["package.json", "package-lock.json*", "npm-shrinkwrap.json*", "./"]
COPY failed: file not found in build context or excluded by .dockerignore: stat package.json: file does not exist
2022/06/05 20:24:24 Container failed during run: build. No retries remaining.
failed to run step ID: build: exit status 1

Expected/desired behavior

Create the container registry and Docker image.

Once the registry is created and the image is built successfully, you are ready to create the container app to host the published image.

OS and Version?

Linux debian 5.17.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 5.17.3-1 (2022-04-18) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Versions

• code - version: 1.67.2
• Docker (extension) - version: 1.22.2
• Azure Container Apps (extension) - version: 0.1.1

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[davidgristwood]

I'm getting exactly the same error so an update would be appreciated

[horihiro]

Moving all files/directories under src to the root directory can be a workaround.

[horihiro]

According to the implementation of vscode-docker, it seems that the Build image in Azure command uses the root of the workspace as a root directory for container-building even if Dockerfile is in a sub-directry.

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docker/blob/main/src/commands/registries/azure/tasks/scheduleRunRequest.ts
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docker/blob/main/src/utils/quickPickWorkspaceFolder.ts

So, package.json and other files under src need to be under the root of the workspace as long as this Dockerfile is used without any change.

[dacmsdev]

COPY ["src/package.json", "src/package-lock.json*", "src/npm-shrinkwrap.json*", "./"]

Above change got it to work.

[horihiro]

COPY ["src/package.json", "src/package-lock.json*", "src/npm-shrinkwrap.json*", "./"]

Above change got it to work.

And it is needed to change start command from node ./bin/www to node ./src/bin/www if the directory structure doesn't change because the above COPY instruction moves package.json from src to the project root.

[kendallroden]

I will look into this!

[mikeurnun]

Hi @kendallroden - Any updates on this one?

[tmacam]

COPY ["src/package.json", "src/package-lock.json*", "src/npm-shrinkwrap.json*", "./"]

Above change got it to work.

Not for me: it still failed :( My fault: in had the project inside another parent directory so I was one level deeper :)

BTW, this problem is also reported on MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs#101118

[samlaimeen]

Hi team, I am also facing the same issue after changing the COPY ["src/package.json", "src/package-lock.json*", "src/npm-shrinkwrap.json*", "./"]. Then I also tried to move the package.json and package-lock.json under the root dir. It worked. Hopefully it is useful for you as well @tmacam