I am using Payload CMS to build a site. Payload relies on MongoDB, which I am hosting in a Docker container.
The problem is that when the Node utility npx create-payload-app as instructed, and when I follow the prompts, the app does not created. No error messages are shown - it's merely that the folder that gets created by the process (i.e., my-app-name) is empty.
Here is what my MongoDB container looks like:
Here are the steps I am taking:
(1) Run npx create-payload-app in the VS Code interactive terminal:
(2) Enter the project name in the first prompt when the new CMD window launches:
(3) Select and enter payload-website from the menu:
(4) Enter the default MongoDB location:
The CMD prompt shows a message to the effect of "Creating <app_name> in location" and then quickly exits (too fast for me to do a screen capture).
An app folder gets created:
But it is empty (no scaffolding files). No MongoDB database gets created. And there are no error messages or error log files that I can see.
BTW, I've tried this with different MongoDB connection settings. Sometimes using "localhost" instead of the IP address; sometimes using the port (27017); sometimes with 127.0.0.1:27017, sometimes with localhost:27017, but to no avail.
What is going wrong?
For troubleshooting sake, below is the contents of the latest.json file (which is shown when I select the MongoDB image in VS Code and click Select, as shown):
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],
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"Created": "2023-08-17T20:33:59.266943225Z",
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"User": "",
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"StdinOnce": false,
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"JSYAML_VERSION=3.13.1",
"MONGO_PACKAGE=mongodb-org",
"MONGO_REPO=repo.mongodb.org",
"MONGO_MAJOR=7.0",
"MONGO_VERSION=7.0.0",
"HOME=/data/db"
],
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"/bin/sh",
"-c",
"#(nop) ",
"CMD [\"mongod\"]"
],
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"Volumes": {
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},
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"Entrypoint": [
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],
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"Labels": {
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}
},
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"User": "",
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"MONGO_PACKAGE=mongodb-org",
"MONGO_REPO=repo.mongodb.org",
"MONGO_MAJOR=7.0",
"MONGO_VERSION=7.0.0",
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],
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],
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},
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],
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},
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}
And here is what the (truncated) log for my MongoDB Docker container looks like:
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.950+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"NETWORK", "id":4915701, "ctx":"main","msg":"Initialized wire specification","attr":{"spec":{"incomingExternalClient":{"minWireVersion":0,"maxWireVersion":21},"incomingInternalClient":{"minWireVersion":0,"maxWireVersion":21},"outgoing":{"minWireVersion":6,"maxWireVersion":21},"isInternalClient":true}}}
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.950+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"CONTROL", "id":23285, "ctx":"main","msg":"Automatically disabling TLS 1.0, to force-enable TLS 1.0 specify --sslDisabledProtocols 'none'"}
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.950+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"NETWORK", "id":4648601, "ctx":"main","msg":"Implicit TCP FastOpen unavailable. If TCP FastOpen is required, set tcpFastOpenServer, tcpFastOpenClient, and tcpFastOpenQueueSize."}
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.951+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"REPL", "id":5123008, "ctx":"main","msg":"Successfully registered PrimaryOnlyService","attr":{"service":"TenantMigrationDonorService","namespace":"config.tenantMigrationDonors"}}
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.952+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"REPL", "id":5123008, "ctx":"main","msg":"Successfully registered PrimaryOnlyService","attr":{"service":"TenantMigrationRecipientService","namespace":"config.tenantMigrationRecipients"}}
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.952+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"CONTROL", "id":5945603, "ctx":"main","msg":"Multi threading initialized"}
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.952+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"TENANT_M", "id":7091600, "ctx":"main","msg":"Starting TenantMigrationAccessBlockerRegistry"}
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.952+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"CONTROL", "id":4615611, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"MongoDB starting","attr":{"pid":1,"port":27017,"dbPath":"/data/db","architecture":"64-bit","host":"2ec0a7300c28"}}
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.952+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"CONTROL", "id":23403, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Build Info","attr":{"buildInfo":{"version":"7.0.0","gitVersion":"37d84072b5c5b9fd723db5fa133fb202ad2317f1","openSSLVersion":"OpenSSL 3.0.2 15 Mar 2022","modules":[],"allocator":"tcmalloc","environment":{"distmod":"ubuntu2204","distarch":"x86_64","target_arch":"x86_64"}}}}
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.952+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"CONTROL", "id":51765, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Operating System","attr":{"os":{"name":"Ubuntu","version":"22.04"}}}
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.952+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"CONTROL", "id":21951, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Options set by command line","attr":{"options":{"net":{"bindIp":"*"}}}}
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.953+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"STORAGE", "id":22270, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Storage engine to use detected by data files","attr":{"dbpath":"/data/db","storageEngine":"wiredTiger"}}
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.953+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"STORAGE", "id":22297, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Using the XFS filesystem is strongly recommended with the WiredTiger storage engine. See http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/prodnotes-filesystem","tags":["startupWarnings"]}
2023-08-29 14:38:25 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:25.953+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"STORAGE", "id":22315, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Opening WiredTiger","attr":{"config":"create,cache_size=3310M,session_max=33000,eviction=(threads_min=4,threads_max=4),config_base=false,statistics=(fast),log=(enabled=true,remove=true,path=journal,compressor=snappy),builtin_extension_config=(zstd=(compression_level=6)),file_manager=(close_idle_time=600,close_scan_interval=10,close_handle_minimum=2000),statistics_log=(wait=0),json_output=(error,message),verbose=[recovery_progress:1,checkpoint_progress:1,compact_progress:1,backup:0,checkpoint:0,compact:0,evict:0,history_store:0,recovery:0,rts:0,salvage:0,tiered:0,timestamp:0,transaction:0,verify:0,log:0],"}}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.367+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"STORAGE", "id":4795906, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"WiredTiger opened","attr":{"durationMillis":414}}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.367+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"RECOVERY", "id":23987, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"WiredTiger recoveryTimestamp","attr":{"recoveryTimestamp":{"$timestamp":{"t":0,"i":0}}}}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.376+00:00"},"s":"W", "c":"CONTROL", "id":22120, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Access control is not enabled for the database. Read and write access to data and configuration is unrestricted","tags":["startupWarnings"]}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.376+00:00"},"s":"W", "c":"CONTROL", "id":22178, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled is 'always'. We suggest setting it to 'never'","tags":["startupWarnings"]}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.376+00:00"},"s":"W", "c":"CONTROL", "id":5123300, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"vm.max_map_count is too low","attr":{"currentValue":65530,"recommendedMinimum":1677720,"maxConns":838860},"tags":["startupWarnings"]}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.378+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"NETWORK", "id":4915702, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Updated wire specification","attr":{"oldSpec":{"incomingExternalClient":{"minWireVersion":0,"maxWireVersion":21},"incomingInternalClient":{"minWireVersion":0,"maxWireVersion":21},"outgoing":{"minWireVersion":6,"maxWireVersion":21},"isInternalClient":true},"newSpec":{"incomingExternalClient":{"minWireVersion":0,"maxWireVersion":21},"incomingInternalClient":{"minWireVersion":21,"maxWireVersion":21},"outgoing":{"minWireVersion":21,"maxWireVersion":21},"isInternalClient":true}}}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.378+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"REPL", "id":5853300, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"current featureCompatibilityVersion value","attr":{"featureCompatibilityVersion":"7.0","context":"startup"}}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.378+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"STORAGE", "id":5071100, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Clearing temp directory"}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.379+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"CONTROL", "id":6608200, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Initializing cluster server parameters from disk"}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.379+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"CONTROL", "id":20536, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Flow Control is enabled on this deployment"}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.380+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"FTDC", "id":20625, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Initializing full-time diagnostic data capture","attr":{"dataDirectory":"/data/db/diagnostic.data"}}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.383+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"REPL", "id":6015317, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Setting new configuration state","attr":{"newState":"ConfigReplicationDisabled","oldState":"ConfigPreStart"}}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.383+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"STORAGE", "id":22262, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Timestamp monitor starting"}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.384+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"NETWORK", "id":23015, "ctx":"listener","msg":"Listening on","attr":{"address":"/tmp/mongodb-27017.sock"}}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.384+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"NETWORK", "id":23015, "ctx":"listener","msg":"Listening on","attr":{"address":"0.0.0.0"}}
2023-08-29 14:38:26 {"t":{"$date":"2023-08-29T18:38:26.384+00:00"},"s":"I", "c":"NETWORK", "id":23016, "ctx":"listener","msg":"Waiting for connections","attr":{"port":27017,"ssl":"off"}}
