Question

How to specify which buildpack to use for a react app while deploying it as a static website in digitalocean app platform ?

Posted on October 23, 2024
App Platform
Asked by UltaAc

I had deployed my app earlier and it’s using

heroku/nodejs-engine v1.5.6
digitalocean/nodev0.4.0 (Node.js)
digitalocean/procfile v0.0.4 (Procfile)
digitalocean/custom v0.1.2 (Custom Build Command)

but now when I’m deploying the same app it’s using,

digitalocean/nodejs-appdetect v0.0.2
heroku/nodejs v0.260.4 (Node.js)
digitalocean/procfile v0.0.4 (Procfile)
digitalocean/custom v0.1.2 (Custom Build Command)

and the second one is running into error while the first one is not.

help needed to understand where can I specify the build to be done using the first method.

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Swarn Suvarna

DigitalOcean Employee

• December 3, 2024

Hello,

You can switch from legacy to new Nodejs buildpack by adding the following block to App spec.

features:
   - new-nodejs-buildpack=true

Documentation: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/how-to/migrate-nodejs-buildpack/

Thank you.

2ecb11fb55844788b00e618a2d2359 • October 24, 2024

We have the same problem. Today we try to deploy the same app that we uploaded a while ago with all the configuration exactly the same and it gives us an error code 127 in the build phase. We noticed that the same thing that they mention here happened with the versions in our case.

Travis Stacy • November 9, 2024

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