prod frontend restarting loop

[mTx87]

backend and postgresql is running. Backend with no issue available via localhost:8000.
Frontend keeps failing and restarting permanently with following errors:

Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: Prisma schema loaded from prisma/schema.prisma Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: Datasource "db": PostgreSQL database "vymanager_auth", schema "public" at "10.32.10.254:5432" Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: 12 migrations found in prisma/migrations Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: No pending migrations to apply. Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: [33B blob data] Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: Running in production mode Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: ✅ Production build already exists Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: > vymanager-temp@0.1.0 start Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: > next start Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: ▲ Next.js 16.1.1 Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: - Local: http://localhost:3000 Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: - Network: http://xx.xx.xx.xx:3000 Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: Jan 07 19:53:18 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: ✓ Starting... Jan 07 19:53:19 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: Error: Could not find a production build in the '.next' directory. Try building your app with 'next build' before starting the production server. https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/production-start-no-build-id Jan 07 19:53:19 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: at ignore-listed frames Jan 07 19:53:19 vyos conmon[233294]: conmon ea2a0e23168b67cc6547 <nwarn>: stdio_input read failed Input/output error Jan 07 19:53:19 vyos vymanager-frontend[233294]: [9B blob data] Jan 07 19:53:19 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: 🚀 Starting VyManager Frontend... Jan 07 19:53:19 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: ⏳ Waiting for PostgreSQL... Jan 07 19:53:19 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: ✅ PostgreSQL is ready! Jan 07 19:53:19 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: 📦 Generating Prisma Client... Jan 07 19:53:20 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: [177B blob data] Jan 07 19:53:20 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: For more information, see: https://pris.ly/prisma-config Jan 07 19:53:20 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: Jan 07 19:53:20 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: Prisma schema loaded from prisma/schema.prisma Jan 07 19:53:21 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: Jan 07 19:53:21 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: ✔ Generated Prisma Client (v6.19.1) to ./node_modules/@prisma/client in 192ms Jan 07 19:53:21 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: Jan 07 19:53:21 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: Start by importing your Prisma Client (See: https://pris.ly/d/importing-client) Jan 07 19:53:21 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: Jan 07 19:53:21 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: Tip: Need your database queries to be 1000x faster? Accelerate offers you that and more: https://pris.ly/tip-2-accelerate Jan 07 19:53:21 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: Jan 07 19:53:21 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: [45B blob data] Jan 07 19:53:21 vyos vymanager-frontend[233432]: 📋 Applying existing migrations...

any ideas? can provide .env file for frontend too if necessary

[MydsiIversen]

Do you use docker compose?

[mTx87]

Do you use docker compose?

no, individual docker containers with setup env variables and so on.
I have that directly on the vyos machine itself (as I did before with the old repo)

[tariqinaam]

The frontend needs to build the Next.js app before starting. it looks like its not building it. how is your dockerfile looks like?

[tariqinaam]

if you are using Dockerfile.frontend , try add next js build command here

VyManager/Dockerfile.frontend

Line 25 in ca0e314

RUN npm run build

[mTx87]

I'm using your image ghcr.io/community-vyprojects/vymanager-frontend:beta.
Dockerfile inside container looks like this.

# ---- Build Stage ----
FROM node:24-alpine AS builder

WORKDIR /app

# Install required system packages
RUN apk add --no-cache openssl

# Copy package files and prisma schema
COPY package*.json ./
COPY prisma ./prisma/

# Install dependencies
RUN npm install

# Copy rest of app source
COPY . .

# Generate Prisma Client in build stage
RUN npx prisma generate

# Build Next.js for production
RUN npm run build


# ---- Production Runtime Stage ----
FROM node:24-alpine AS runner

WORKDIR /app

# Install netcat for entrypoint checks
RUN apk add --no-cache netcat-openbsd

# Copy only necessary production artifacts
COPY --from=builder /app/package*.json ./
COPY --from=builder /app/node_modules ./node_modules
COPY --from=builder /app/prisma ./prisma
COPY --from=builder /app/.next ./.next
COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public

# Copy entrypoint script
COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh

EXPOSE 3000

ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]

[xTITUSMAXIMUSX]

@mTx87 Can you confirm that this is no longer happening with the latest commit of beta?

[mTx87]

no difference with latest commit of beta. still looping.

Jan 24 16:36:39 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]: No pending migrations to apply.
Jan 24 16:36:39 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]: [33B blob data]
Jan 24 16:36:39 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]: Running in production mode
Jan 24 16:36:39 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]: ✅ Production build already exists
Jan 24 16:36:39 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]:
Jan 24 16:36:39 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]: > vymanager-temp@0.1.0 start
Jan 24 16:36:39 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]: > next start
Jan 24 16:36:39 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]:
Jan 24 16:36:39 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]: ▲ Next.js 16.1.4
Jan 24 16:36:39 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]: - Local:         http://localhost:3000
Jan 24 16:36:39 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]: - Network:       http://XXXXXXXXXX:3000
Jan 24 16:36:39 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]:
Jan 24 16:36:39 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]: ✓ Starting...
Jan 24 16:36:40 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]: Error: Could not find a production build in the '.next' directory. Try building your app with 'next build' before starting the production server. https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/production-start-no-build-id
Jan 24 16:36:40 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]:     at ignore-listed frames
Jan 24 16:36:40 vyos conmon[2149582]: conmon 552ba247c7f6cef0b174 <nwarn>: stdio_input read failed Input/output error
Jan 24 16:36:40 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149582]: [9B blob data]
Jan 24 16:36:40 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149793]: 🚀 Starting VyManager Frontend...
Jan 24 16:36:40 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149793]: ⏳ Waiting for PostgreSQL...
Jan 24 16:36:40 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149793]: ✅ PostgreSQL is ready!
Jan 24 16:36:40 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149793]: 📦 Generating Prisma Client...
Jan 24 16:36:41 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149793]: [177B blob data]
Jan 24 16:36:41 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149793]: For more information, see: https://pris.ly/prisma-config
Jan 24 16:36:41 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149793]:
Jan 24 16:36:42 vyos vymanager-frontend[2149793]: Prisma schema loaded from prisma/schema.prisma

[xTITUSMAXIMUSX]

@mTx87 Have you checked to see if you have a .next directory in your frontend?

EDIT

I know what the issue is. You wont actually set any volumes from the frontend. I know you don't use docker compose but these are the settings I used and it is not crashing and looping.

services:
  frontend:
    image: ghcr.io/community-vyprojects/vymanager-frontend:beta
    container_name: vymanager-frontend
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    env_file:
      - .env
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - vymanager-network

networks:
  vymanager-network:
    driver: bridge

[mTx87]

I only include a volume for localtime, that's it.
I mentioned before running this directly on a vyos rolling 1.5 machine with built in container support.

vyos# show container name vymanager-frontend
 allow-host-networks
 environment BETTER_AUTH_SECRET {
     value xxxx
 }
 environment BETTER_AUTH_SECURE_COOKIES {
     value false
 }
 environment BETTER_AUTH_URL {
     value http://localhost:3000
 }
 environment DATABASE_URL {
     value postgresql://xxxxxxx@xxxxx:5432/vymanager_auth
 }
 environment NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL {
     value http://xxxx:8000
 }
 environment NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL {
     value http://localhost:3000
 }
 environment NODE_ENV {
     value production
 }
 environment TRUSTED_ORIGINS {
     value http://xxxx:3000,http://localhost:3000
 }
 environment VYMANAGER_ENV {
     value production
 }
 image ghcr.io/community-vyprojects/vymanager-frontend:beta
 volume localtime {
     destination /etc/localtime
     mode ro
     source /etc/localtime
 }
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