Docker run error -> EEXIST: file already exists, symlink '/app/node_modules' -> '/app/.build/node_modules'

Question

I'm trying to run a node-typescript app using Docker. The image builds fine using the following Dockerfile:

FROM lambci/lambda:build-nodejs6.10

# Create app directory
WORKDIR /app

# Install app dependencies
COPY package.json .
COPY yarn.lock .

RUN npm install --global yarn
RUN yarn install
RUN yarn global add serverless@~1.24.1

# Bundle app source
COPY . .

EXPOSE 8080
CMD [ "yarn", "run", "deploy" ]

But when I try to run it I get the following Error:

EEXIST: file already exists, symlink '/app/node_modules' -> '/app/.build/node_modules'

UPDATE: Apparently the same problem happens with Ember , but I'm not using it here.

Answer 1

I had the same issue, solved it by adding this

.build/

to the .dockerignore file, rebuild the docker image and the error is gone