API connect dev toolkit fails to start DataPower gateway #13
Description
OS: Mac Catalina 10.15.7
Node version: 10.23.0 (using nvm)
IBM API-connect version: API Connect: v5.0.8.6-iFix (npm package verion: apiconnect v4.0.29)
I am trying to carry out the steps described in the api connect tutorial
I would like to use the API designer locally and test it using datapower gateway. I run into issues at the step where I hit the play button
I always get this error
Service apiconnect started but did not initialize within the timeout period. Dumping log buffer. Invalid app (app is not a file or a directory ), try sl-run --help.
same thing happens when I run apic start to try to start the GW via the apic cli
steps
- I run
apic edit - API-C console comes up in browser
- I hit the play button to start the gateway, If docker images don't exist locally it downloads the base images and builds the images successfully
Building datapower-mgmt-server-lite
.....
Successfully built 1cfea0880318
Successfully tagged ibm-apiconnect-toolkit/datapower-mgmt-server-lite:1.1.10
....
Building datapower-api-gateway
....
Successfully built 73fa564f22e6
Successfully tagged ibm-apiconnect-toolkit/datapower-api-gateway:1.1.10
but this is as far as I ever get, the Docker containers never start and thus API gateway never configures itself with the DP gateway. I see this error after a few seconds
It seems that the issue has to do the the package strongloop witch does the process management and coordinates among the processes
in .apiconnect/strong-pm/start.log I see:
Unexpected exit with 1 from Runner: commit apiconnect/local-directory
Start Runner: commit apiconnect/local-directory
Invalid app (app is not a file or a directory ), try `sl-run --help`.
the really odd thing is that I had it working a few days ago...
why it doesn't work now is my unsolved mystery