docker-compose up throws error : "invalid mount config for type "bind": bind source path does not exist"

[Udit2206]

I am trying to install the repository according to the instructions given in the readme file.

System specs :

1. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
2. Docker version 20.10.3, build 48d30b5
3. docker-compose version 1.28.2, build 67630359

The steps I have followed are :

1. Installed docker from https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/
2. Added settings to manage docker as non-root user https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/linux-postinstall/
3. Installed docker-compose from https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

Then I cloned the repository and from inside the repository, I ran

1. docker-compose build
2. docker-compose up

The docker-compose build works fine, but on running docker-compose up, I am getting the following error :

Building with native build. Learn about native build in Compose here: https://docs.docker.com/go/compose-native-build/
Creating twlight_db_1 ... error

ERROR: for twlight_db_1  Cannot create container for service db: invalid mount config for type "bind": bind source path does not exist: /home/udit/Desktop/wiki/TWLight/conf/db/local.d

ERROR: for db  Cannot create container for service db: invalid mount config for type "bind": bind source path does not exist: /home/udit/Desktop/wiki/TWLight/conf/db/local.d
ERROR: Encountered errors while bringing up the project.

Already tried solutions :

1. reinstalling docker, docker-compose and the repository.

I tried googling a lot but was not able to get a solution to this issue.

Kindly advise on how to solve this issue . Thanks in advance !

[Udit2206]

Hi. Turns out that creating an empty folder as $PWD/conf/db/local.d solves the issue . I was expecting this folder to be non-empty and created during run-time, but creating an empty folder seems to solve the issue .