Cant start runner

[baotran2207]

I got this error while trying to run --rm nightwatch

There was an error while starting the test runner:

Error: Cannot read source folder: /home/node/examples/tests
    at /usr/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/runner/run.js:200:21
    at /usr/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/runner/walk.js:97:18
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:82:15)

I could not find dir examples/tests, did i miss any step ?

ps: i am using docker-engine 1.7 and compose 1.3

[blueimp]

Hi @tranthanhbao2207
There is no examples/tests folder in the repo, so I guess you're trying to use your own folder structure.
By default the current working directory in nightwatch will be /home/node, so make sure your custom folders also map into /home/node.

Please also note that docker-compose.yml version 2 files are supported only by Compose 1.6.0+ and require a Docker Engine of version 1.10.0+.
See also https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/compose-versioning/

[bhajojo]

Can you please explain how this can be done

"so make sure your custom folders also map into /home/node."

[baotran2207]

@bhajojo i could not make it .May be there was problem at "volume" of nightwatch container.

[blueimp]

If your Nightwatch.js test files are in the ./testdirectory, you have to use the following volumes declaration (same as in the sample docker-compose.yml:

nightwatch:
    volumes:
      - ./test:/home/node

This way your test files will be available to the Nightwatch.js docker container.

[bhajojo]

My Test are stored in ./test folder only , but still i am getting the same exception

There was an error while starting the test runner:

Error: Cannot read source folder: /home/node/examples/tests
at /usr/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/runner/run.js:200:21
at /usr/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/runner/walk.js:97:18
at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:82:15)

[blueimp]

Another thing you can check is the permissions of the folder you are host-mounting.
e.g. is it owned by a user/group with ID 1000?
The Nightwatch.js process itself is run with this user/group ID in the Docker container.

[baotran2207]

After upgrading to latest version(1.17), i got
Waiting for app:80 to become available ... timeout
May be it is all about permissions

[blueimp]

That message actually means that your app is not starting, or not available on port 80 (HTTP).

[bhajojo]

I have got the solution

1. Copy the whole project in the directory "C://users/Username"
2. Put all the files of the projects (e.g. Pages folder,reports,TestData,nightwatch.json,specs ) inside the tests folder

I am able to successfully run the tests by performing above steps

Following error is not coming now
There was an error while starting the test runner:

Error: Cannot read source folder: /home/node/examples/tests
at /usr/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/runner/run.js:200:21
at /usr/lib/node_modules/nightwatch/lib/runner/walk.js:97:18
at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:82:15)

[baotran2207]

@bhajojo unfortunately , i do not use windows and my docker is not locally, it is a remotely one.

[baotran2207]

I got this err because i exec command "docker-compose" on my local pc. Volume takes the "specs" dir of remote server(which means null) , instead of from my local pc.