I’m facing an issue while running my docker container for a NestJS project since yesterday for unknown reasons, I can build and run start:prod or start:dev without any issue locally, but when it comes to deploying it to prod (running the container on docker), I’m getting this error:
The error :
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1080
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'typescript'
Require stack:
- /usr/src/app/node_modules/nestjs-i18n/dist/utils/typescript.js
- /usr/src/app/node_modules/nestjs-i18n/dist/utils/index.js
- /usr/src/app/node_modules/nestjs-i18n/dist/services/i18n.service.js
- /usr/src/app/node_modules/nestjs-i18n/dist/i18n.module.js
- /usr/src/app/node_modules/nestjs-i18n/dist/index.js
- /usr/src/app/dist/translation/translation.service.js
- /usr/src/app/dist/mylerz/mylerz.service.js
- /usr/src/app/dist/orders/order.service.js
- /usr/src/app/dist/wallet/wallet.service.js
- /usr/src/app/dist/users/user.service.js
- /usr/src/app/dist/notification/notification.service.js
- /usr/src/app/dist/app.service.js
- /usr/src/app/dist/app.controller.js
- /usr/src/app/dist/app.module.js
- /usr/src/app/dist/main.js
at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1077:15)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:922:27)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1143:19)
at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:121:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/src/app/node_modules/nestjs-i18n/dist/utils/typescript.js:4:12)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1256:14)
at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1310:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1119:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:960:12)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1143:19) {
code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
requireStack: [
'/usr/src/app/node_modules/nestjs-i18n/dist/utils/typescript.js',
'/usr/src/app/node_modules/nestjs-i18n/dist/utils/index.js',
'/usr/src/app/node_modules/nestjs-i18n/dist/services/i18n.service.js',
'/usr/src/app/node_modules/nestjs-i18n/dist/i18n.module.js',
'/usr/src/app/node_modules/nestjs-i18n/dist/index.js',
'/usr/src/app/dist/translation/translation.service.js',
'/usr/src/app/dist/mylerz/mylerz.service.js',
'/usr/src/app/dist/orders/order.service.js',
'/usr/src/app/dist/wallet/wallet.service.js',
'/usr/src/app/dist/users/user.service.js',
'/usr/src/app/dist/notification/notification.service.js',
'/usr/src/app/dist/app.service.js',
'/usr/src/app/dist/app.controller.js',
'/usr/src/app/dist/app.module.js',
'/usr/src/app/dist/main.js'
]
}
Node.js v18.17.1
My Dockerfile:
FROM node:alpine AS development
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm install
COPY . .
RUN npm run build
FROM node:alpine AS production
ARG NODE_ENV=production
ENV NODE_ENV=${NODE_ENV}
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm install -omit=dev
COPY . .
COPY --from=development /usr/src/app/dist ./dist
RUN npm run postinstall
CMD [ "node", "dist/main.js" ]
My package.json :
{
"name": "backend",
"version": "0.0.1",
"description": "",
"author": "",
"private": true,
"license": "UNLICENSED",
"scripts": {
"prebuild": "rimraf dist",
"build": "nest build",
"format": "prettier --write "src/**/*.ts" "test/**/*.ts"",
"start": "nest start",
"start:dev": "nest start --watch",
"start:debug": "nest start --debug --watch",
"start:prod": "node dist/main",
"lint": "eslint "{src,apps,libs,test}/**/*.ts" --fix",
"test": "jest",
"test:watch": "jest --watch",
"test:cov": "jest --coverage",
"test:debug": "node --inspect-brk -r tsconfig-paths/register -r ts-node/register node_modules/.bin/jest --runInBand",
"test:e2e": "jest --config ./test/jest-e2e.json",
"postinstall": "patch-package"
},
"dependencies": {
"@nestjs/cache-manager": "^2.1.0",
"@nestjs/common": "^10.1.2",
"@nestjs/config": "^3.0.0",
"@nestjs/core": "^10.1.2",
"@nestjs/event-emitter": "^2.0.0",
"@nestjs/jwt": "^10.1.0",
"@nestjs/mapped-types": "*",
"@nestjs/mongoose": "^10.0.1",
"@nestjs/passport": "^10.0.0",
"@nestjs/platform-express": "^10.1.2",
"@nestjs/schedule": "^3.0.1",
"@nestjs/swagger": "^7.1.4",
"@sentry/minimal": "^6.19.7",
"@sentry/node": "^7.60.1",
"@sentry/tracing": "^7.60.1",
"@types/multer": "^1.4.7",
"@types/passport-jwt": "^3.0.9",
"axios": "^1.4.0",
"bcrypt": "^5.1.0",
"buffer-to-stream": "^1.0.0",
"cache-manager": "^5.2.3",
"class-transformer": "^0.5.1",
"class-validator": "^0.14.0",
"date-fns": "^2.30.0",
"mongoose": "^7.4.1",
"mongoose-unique-validator": "^4.0.0",
"nestjs-i18n": "^10.2.6",
"passport": "^0.6.0",
"passport-facebook": "^3.0.0",
"passport-jwt": "^4.0.1",
"passport-local": "^1.0.0",
"passport-strategy": "^1.0.0",
"patch-package": "^8.0.0",
"randomstring": "^1.3.0",
"reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
"rimraf": "^5.0.1",
"rxjs": "^7.8.1",
"slugify": "^1.6.6",
"uuid": "^9.0.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@nestjs/cli": "^10.1.10",
"@nestjs/schematics": "^10.0.1",
"@nestjs/testing": "^10.1.2",
"@types/buffer-to-stream": "^1.0.0",
"@types/cron": "^2.4.0",
"@types/express": "^4.17.17",
"@types/jest": "29.5.3",
"@types/node": "^20.4.5",
"@types/randomstring": "^1.1.8",
"@types/supertest": "^2.0.12",
"@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.2.0",
"@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.2.0",
"eslint": "^8.46.0",
"eslint-config-prettier": "^8.9.0",
"eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.0",
"jest": "29.6.2",
"postinstall-postinstall": "^2.1.0",
"prettier": "^3.0.0",
"source-map-support": "^0.5.21",
"supertest": "^6.3.3",
"ts-jest": "29.1.1",
"ts-loader": "^9.4.4",
"ts-node": "^10.9.1",
"tsconfig-paths": "4.2.0",
"typescript": "^5.1.6"
},
"jest": {
"moduleFileExtensions": [
"js",
"json",
"ts"
],
"rootDir": "src",
"testRegex": ".*\.spec\.ts$",
"transform": {
"^.+\.(t|j)s$": "ts-jest"
},
"collectCoverageFrom": [
"**/*.(t|j)s"
],
"coverageDirectory": "../coverage",
"testEnvironment": "node"
}
}
I searched about the issue on both Github Issues and SO but none of them provided me a solution about my specific issue.
2
Answers
You don’t have typescript installed inside your docker container, install it during the build by adding
RUN npm install -g typescriptin the DockerfileIt appears to be an issue with this package which you can see lists typescript as a devDependency. The thing is, devDependencies are not installed when
NODE_ENVis set to production which is why it works for you locally but not in Docker: you probably don’t have your environment set to "production" on your dev machine. And the package clearly imports from the typescript package meaning it should be a regular dependency not a devDependency. You may want to file a github issue if one doesn’t already exist.The solution in the meantime is to just install typescript some other way, e.g. by including it your project’s own dependencies.