Problems with docker volumes

[JJ]

Description of your issue:

I'm trying to use a Docker container for testing a repo, but I'm having lots of trouble doing it. Here's the latest report and here's my shippable.yml:

os:
    - linux

build:
  pre_ci:
    - mkdir -p /tmp/t
    - docker pull jjmerelo/perl6-doccer

  pre_ci_boot:
    options: "-v /tmp/t:$SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR/t"

  ci:
    - docker run -t -v /tmp/t:/test jjmerelo/perl6-doccer

What I'm trying to do is to, first, map a build container directory to an external directory, and then do the opposite: map that directory to a Docker directory, test, which is the one that's used inside the directory. I have checked out #2353 and pretty much followed it, but I don't know what happens. In this last case, it looks like it's simply not running the ci phase

[a-murphy]

The ci section isn't running because git_sync has already failed. Unfortunately, git clone can't clone your repository when there is already something there. Could you mount the directory somewhere other than $SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR and then copy your files from that location in the ci step? Or mount $SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR in pre_ci_boot instead of $SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR/t so the t folder doesn't exist before git clone? The voume mounts don't need to be exactly the same for multiple containers as long as they both contain the part you plan to share between them.

[JJ]

OK, I'll try that. Thanks!

[JJ]

I have tried this one, same thing

os:
    - linux

build:
  pre_ci:
    - docker pull jjmerelo/perl6-doccer

  pre_ci_boot:
    options: "-v $SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR:$SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR"

  ci:
    - docker run -t -v $SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR/t:/test jjmerelo/perl6-doccer

[a-murphy]

That pre_ci_boot section works for me. Do you have a link to a run where it failed?

[manishas]

@JJ do you still need help with this? If yes, can you point us to a failed build?

[JJ]

Not really. Loosk like Alpine based images do not work. I eventually used custom packages.