Docker Build fails in GCP Cloud Build - but successful in localhost

Question

The following Dockerfile fails at npm install --production in GCP Cloud Build

FROM node:10.15.3-slim 

RUN sh -c 'apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential && apt-get install -y python'

COPY src /home/$user/
WORKDIR /home/$user

RUN npm install --production

CMD [ "npm", "start" ]

This is the package.json

{
    "name": "generic-cloud-node-sql",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "private": true,
    "scripts": {
        "start": "node ./bin/www",          
    },
    "dependencies": {
        "@google-cloud/bigquery": "^4.0.0",
        "@google-cloud/storage": "^2.5.0",
        "body-parser": "*",
        "cron": "^1.7.1",
        "dateformat": "^3.0.2",
        "express": "*",
        "form-data": "*",
        "multer": "^1.4.1",
        "njwt": "*",
        "promise-mysql": "^3.3.1",
        "request": "^2.88.0",
        "request-ip": "^2.1.3",
        "throw.js": "*",
        "bcrypt": "^3.0.6",
        "winston": "*",
        "winston-gke": "*"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "chai": "^4.2.0",
        "mocha": "^5.2.0",
        "chai-http": "*"
    }
}

It fails when it tries to install bcrypt with the message

Step #1: > bcrypt@3.0.6 install /home/node_modules/bcrypt Step #1: > node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build Step #1: Step #1: node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download Step #1: node-pre-gyp ERR: Completion callback never invoked. Step #1. node-pre-gyp ERR: System Linux 4.15:0-1044-gcp Step #1: node-pre-gyp ERR. command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/home/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" Step #1: node-pre-gyp ERR. cwd /home/node_modules/bcrypt Step #1. node-pre-gyp ERR: node -v v10.15:3 Step #1: node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.12.0 Step #1: node-pre-gyp ERR! This is a bug in `node-pre-gyp`. Step #1: node-pre-gyp ERR! Try to update node-pre-gyp and file an issue if it does not help:

But the above Dockerfile and package.json works successfully when I run docker build locally.

• No node_modules copied to the docker image
• No package_lock.json copied to the docker image
• The build process started to fail without any of the relevant files changed (Dockerfile, package.json etc)

What could be the issue?

Answer 1

This looks like more like an issue with node-pre-gyp than with Cloud Build. I found this issue on GitHub that matches the issue that you are experiencing. It's definitely worth looking.