Cannot deploy an example Node8 application to AppEngine standard: An internal error occurred

Ernesto Alejo

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Jul 30, 2018, 4:23:36 PM7/30/18

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I am trying to deploy a hello world example to App Engine Standard to try Node 8 and it fails every time with an internal error.

The full code (a simple hello world copied from the getting started) is here:

https://github.com/ernestoalejo/gae-node8-test

When I run gcloud app deploy it returns an error: Error Response: [13] An internal error occurred.

I have tried the following things from GitHub issues and documents:

- Adding node_modules to skip_files: not supported, gcloud asks to remove them and move the code to the .gcloudignore.

- Running: gcloud config set app/use_deprecated_preparation True

- Removing any other file: I have only the files you see in the repository.

- I am the only person with access to it, and I have Owner permissions.

- I am logged in with my account in gcloud.

The project is completely new and has a billing account active for other projects.

What can I try to fix the issue? Or should I open a ticket in the issue tracker?

The verbose logging (with my personal data redacted for this forum) does not say anything useful either:

 ✗ gcloud app deploy --project=MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE --verbosity debug
DEBUG: Running [gcloud.app.deploy] with arguments: [--project: "MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE", --verbosity: "debug"]
DEBUG: API endpoint: [https://appengine.googleapis.com/], API version: [v1]
Services to deploy:

descriptor:      [MY_DIRECTORY_HERE/app.yaml]
source:          [MY_DIRECTORY_HERE]
target project:  [MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE]
target service:  [default]
target version:  [20180730t220515]
target url:      [https://MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE.appspot.com]


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DEBUG: No bucket specified, retrieving default bucket.
DEBUG: Using bucket [gs://staging.MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE.appspot.com].
Beginning deployment of service [default]...
INFO: Using .gcloudignore file at [MY_DIRECTORY_HERE/.gcloudignore].
DEBUG: Skipping file [.gcloudignore]
DEBUG: Skipping file [node_modules]
DEBUG: Could not call git with args ('config', '--get-regexp', 'remote\\.(.*)\\.url'): Command '['git', 'config', '--get-regexp', 'remote\\.(.*)\\.url']' returned non-zero exit status 1
INFO: Could not find any remote repositories associated with [MY_DIRECTORY_HERE]. Cloud diagnostic tools may not be able to display the correct source code for this deployment.
DEBUG: Skipping upload of [app.yaml]
INFO: Incremental upload skipped 0.12% of data
DEBUG: Uploading 3 files to Google Cloud Storage
DEBUG: Using [16] threads
╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
╠═ Uploading 3 files to Google Cloud Storage                ═╣
╚INFO: Uploading [MY_DIRECTORY_HERE/package.json] to [e797836ead99bb17d904f095d47bb8fc898d6b0b]
INFO: Uploading [MY_DIRECTORY_HERE/package-lock.json] to [31b9da26f964547405a99396be8344d874510485]
INFO: Uploading [MY_DIRECTORY_HERE/index.js] to [36b22d58849f14aeba64a7de65c97a24d3635c09]
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
File upload done.
INFO: Manifest: [{u'package.json': {u'sourceUrl': u'https://storage.googleapis.com/staging.MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE.appspot.com/e797836ead99bb17d904f095d47bb8fc898d6b0b', u'sha1Sum': 'e797836ead99bb17d904f095d47bb8fc898d6b0b'}, u'app.yaml': {u'sourceUrl': u'https://storage.googleapis.com/staging.MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE.appspot.com/0194d0bc89622e761091db0d4222785fb5073d57', u'sha1Sum': '0194d0bc89622e761091db0d4222785fb5073d57'}, u'package-lock.json': {u'sourceUrl': u'https://storage.googleapis.com/staging.MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE.appspot.com/31b9da26f964547405a99396be8344d874510485', u'sha1Sum': '31b9da26f964547405a99396be8344d874510485'}, u'index.js': {u'sourceUrl': u'https://storage.googleapis.com/staging.MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE.appspot.com/36b22d58849f14aeba64a7de65c97a24d3635c09', u'sha1Sum': '36b22d58849f14aeba64a7de65c97a24d3635c09'}}]
DEBUG: Converted YAML to JSON: "{
  "runtime": "nodejs8"
}"
DEBUG: Operation [apps/MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE/operations/a71ec693-f953-4c19-891d-2cb027419f94] not complete. Waiting to retry.
Updating service [default]...⠛DEBUG: Operation [apps/MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE/operations/a71ec693-f953-4c19-891d-2cb027419f94] not complete. Waiting to retry.                                                                                                   
Updating service [default]...⠹DEBUG: Operation [apps/MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE/operations/a71ec693-f953-4c19-891d-2cb027419f94] complete. Result: {                                                                                                               
    "metadata": {
        "target": "apps/MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE/services/default/versions/20180730t220515", 
        "method": "google.appengine.v1.Versions.CreateVersion", 
        "user": "MY_EMAIL_HERE", 
        "insertTime": "2018-07-30T20:05:20.408Z", 
        "endTime": "2018-07-30T20:05:23.049Z", 
        "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.appengine.v1.OperationMetadataV1"
    }, 
    "done": true, 
    "name": "apps/MY_PROJECT_CODE_HERE/operations/a71ec693-f953-4c19-891d-2cb027419f94", 
    "error": {
        "message": "An internal error occurred.", 
        "code": 13
    }
}
Updating service [default]...failed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
DEBUG: (gcloud.app.deploy) Error Response: [13] An internal error occurred.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/calliope/cli.py", line 848, in Execute
    resources = calliope_command.Run(cli=self, args=args)
  File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/calliope/backend.py", line 770, in Run
    resources = command_instance.Run(args)
  File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/surface/app/deploy.py", line 90, in Run
    parallel_build=False)
  File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/command_lib/app/deploy_util.py", line 598, in RunDeploy
    flex_image_build_option=flex_image_build_option)
  File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/command_lib/app/deploy_util.py", line 407, in Deploy
    extra_config_settings)
  File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/api_lib/app/appengine_api_client.py", line 206, in DeployService
    poller=done_poller)
  File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/api_lib/app/operations_util.py", line 315, in WaitForOperation
    sleep_ms=retry_interval)
  File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/api_lib/util/waiter.py", line 254, in WaitFor
    sleep_ms, _StatusUpdate)
  File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/api_lib/util/waiter.py", line 316, in PollUntilDone
    sleep_ms=sleep_ms)
  File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/core/util/retry.py", line 229, in RetryOnResult
    if not should_retry(result, state):
  File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/api_lib/util/waiter.py", line 310, in _IsNotDone
    return not poller.IsDone(operation)
  File "/usr/lib/google-cloud-sdk/lib/googlecloudsdk/api_lib/app/operations_util.py", line 184, in IsDone
    encoding.MessageToPyValue(operation.error)))
OperationError: Error Response: [13] An internal error occurred.
ERROR: (gcloud.app.deploy) Error Response: [13] An internal error occurred.

Steren Giannini

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Jul 30, 2018, 8:25:09 PM7/30/18

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Thanks for the feedback.

I do not see what is wrong with your code, so I will open an internal bug for investigation. We should at least provide a better error message.

I will keep this thread up to date when I learn more.

Steren

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Steren Giannini

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Jul 30, 2018, 8:30:26 PM7/30/18

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I can successfully deploy your app to my project.

Would you mind sending me privately your project ID ?

Giacomo Graziosi

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Jul 31, 2018, 10:44:21 AM7/31/18

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I have the same problem and other people are reporting it on GitHub https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-getting-started/issues/172

Steren Giannini

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Thanks for the report.

We can reproduce the issue when creating new projects and we are actively investigating the issue.

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 7:44 AM Giacomo Graziosi <g.gra...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have the same problem and other people are reporting it on GitHub https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-getting-started/issues/172

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Jason Collins

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Jul 31, 2018, 5:55:02 PM7/31/18

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This issue should be fixed now. We apologize for any inconvenience and will make adjustments to avoid this problem in the future.

Ernesto Alejo

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Jul 31, 2018, 6:06:22 PM7/31/18

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I can deploy the hello world application now, but when I try to access it a 500 error is returned and this error is logged in Stackdriver:


"Error: Cannot find module '/srv/server.js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:547:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:474:25)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:693:10)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:191:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:612:3"

Steren Giannini

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Jul 31, 2018, 6:09:40 PM7/31/18

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Can you confirm that you did not modify the hello world sample?

I personally just deployed the hello world twice in new projects

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Ernesto Alejo

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Jul 31, 2018, 6:16:31 PM7/31/18

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I am deploying these files except the README:

https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-docs-samples/tree/master/appengine/hello-world/standard

This is the manifest the gcloud CLI logs in verbose mode, formatted to make it easier to read it, with the checksums:

[
  {
    "package.json": {
      "sourceUrl": "https://storage.googleapis.com/staging.MY_PROJECT_HERE.appspot.com/d08bd3f852ad0bcadbd02a251ad9cf403bd46a2a",
      "sha1Sum": "d08bd3f852ad0bcadbd02a251ad9cf403bd46a2a"
    },
    "app.yaml": {
      "sourceUrl": "https://storage.googleapis.com/staging.MY_PROJECT_HERE.appspot.com/8edb3cc262217cbeef5e3538ed42e6adbcadd46d",
      "sha1Sum": "8edb3cc262217cbeef5e3538ed42e6adbcadd46d"
    },
    "source-context.json": {
      "sourceUrl": "https://storage.googleapis.com/staging.MY_PROJECT_HERE.appspot.com/570820d5c715c0365680c0d7d122f2eb10ca8829",
      "sha1Sum": "570820d5c715c0365680c0d7d122f2eb10ca8829"
    },
    "index.js": {
      "sourceUrl": "https://storage.googleapis.com/staging.MY_PROJECT_HERE.appspot.com/019951bfec2488911cdd719aec263aabbeaf9fc6",
      "sha1Sum": "019951bfec2488911cdd719aec263aabbeaf9fc6"
    }
  }
]

Ernesto Alejo

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Jul 31, 2018, 6:22:06 PM7/31/18

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Also the error changed now:

Error: Cannot find module '/srv/app.js'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:547)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:474)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:693)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:191)
at (bootstrap_node.js:612)

Steren Giannini

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Jul 31, 2018, 6:25:30 PM7/31/18

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You probably renamed a file:

the sample uses app.js, but you are uploading index.js.

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Ernesto Alejo

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Jul 31, 2018, 6:34:47 PM7/31/18

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Thank you very much! It's working now. It would probably be better to document it somewhere though; I tried changing the main field in the package.json file too and it didn't work so I suppose it is a requirement to have a file called app.js in the root of your project.

Steren Giannini

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We are using the start script defined in package.json.

You can see that in the sample, the start script is "node app.js"

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Ernesto Alejo

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Jul 31, 2018, 7:28:16 PM7/31/18

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I just discovered it too. Also for future readers: if you don't have a start script in your package.json it uses "node server.js" by default.

Gerardo Lima

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It would've been great if this information was provided on the error message, @Steren ... I was not submitting my package.json by mistake (on .gcloudignore); the app could not start with and the only log error I had was this unrelated message.

Omair (Cloud Platform Support)

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Jan 21, 2019, 11:00:34 AM1/21/19

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Hi Gerardo,

You can create a feature request for better error reporting on issue tracker by following the this link.

Gerardo Barbosa Lima

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I don't think so ... it seems to be exclusive top google employees ...

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Omair (Cloud Platform Support)

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Hi,

My apologies, here is the correct link.

On Monday, January 21, 2019 at 12:17:38 PM UTC-5, Gerardo Lima wrote:

I don't think so ... it seems to be exclusive top google employees ...

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