[Alpine] Starting the instance failed,...throw new Error('Spawned Mongo Instance PID is undefined');

[mbsophia]

hi,
thank you for this development, it is very interesting.
Unfortunatly, I did a basic test with Mongodb-memory-server which is working on my computer (windows), but when I do the test on gitlab ci , there is an error. if you have any ideas :-)

the stage on my ci is

test_env_var_dev:
  image: dockerproxy.tech.orange/node:16.5-alpine3.12
  stage: test
  script:
    - npm install
    - sleep 20
    - uname -a
    - cat /etc/os-release
    - ls -la /root/.cache/mongodb-binaries
    - node --inspect testMongodserverMemory.js

Which give the following result

$ npm install
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
added 647 packages, and audited 648 packages in 21s
44 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details
found 0 vulnerabilities
$ uname -a
Linux runner-ndqklj7-project-62502-concurrent-0dwq58 5.10.43-flatcar #1 SMP Tue Jun 15 19:46:57 -00 2021 x86_64 Linux
$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Alpine Linux"
ID=alpine
VERSION_ID=3.12.7
PRETTY_NAME="Alpine Linux v3.12"
HOME_URL="https://alpinelinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.alpinelinux.org/"
$ ls -la /root/.cache/mongodb-binaries
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      62824944 Jul 28 13:15 mongod-x64-alpine-4.0.25

$ node --inspect testMongodserverMemory.js
Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/e36e5b7e-f78b-4b2b-80d2-7387e33f9a0c
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector
Starting the instance failed, enable debug for more information
/builds/n_DqkLj7/0/di4b/projects/......../node_modules/mongodb-memory-server-core/lib/util/MongoInstance.js:233
            throw new Error('Spawned Mongo Instance PID is undefined');
                  ^
Error: Spawned Mongo Instance PID is undefined
    at MongoInstance._launchMongod (/builds/n_DqkLj7/0/di4b/projects/............../node_modules/mongodb-memory-server-core/lib/util/MongoInstance.js:233:19)
    at MongoInstance.<anonymous> (/builds/n_DqkLj7/0/di4b/projects/................/node_modules/mongodb-memory-server-core/lib/util/MongoInstance.js:147:39)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at fulfilled (/builds/n_DqkLj7/0/di4b/projects/.................../node_modules/tslib/tslib.js:114:62)

my test

const {MongoMemoryServer} = require('mongodb-memory-server');
let myPromise = new Promise(async function (myResolve, myReject) {
    console.log("before MongoMemoryServer create")
    let mongo = await MongoMemoryServer.create();
    if (mongo) {
        myResolve(mongo);
    } else {
        myReject(mongo);
    }
});
myPromise
    .then(async function (mongo) {
        console.log(mongo)
        await mongo.stop()
    })
    .catch(function (error) {
        console.log(error);
    })

[hasezoey]

Alpine linux is not supported, because mongodb does not provide binaries for this as can be seen in #347

current workaround for docker: #347 (comment)

btw, you did not provide what versions are used

[mbsophia]

hi hazeoey
thank you very much for your quick answer.
I have done several tests with diffirent image, and I found one image which is working with my ci : node:16-stretch

• node v16.5.0
• npm 7.19.1
• mongoose : 5.12.5
• mongodb-memory-server: 7.3.4

for your information, with node:16-buster I still have the following error:

Starting the instance failed, enable debug for more information
/builds/n_DqkLj7/0/di4b/projects/.............../node_modules/mongodb-memory-server-core/lib/util/MongoInstance.js:134
                    rej(new Error('Instance Exited before being ready and without throwing an error!'));
                        ^
Error: Instance Exited before being ready and without throwing an error!
    at MongoInstance.<anonymous> (/builds/n_DqkLj7/0/di4b/projects/................/node_modules/mongodb-memory-server-core/lib/util/MongoInstance.js:134:25)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:514:26)
    at MongoInstance.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at MongoInstance.closeHandler (/builds/n_DqkLj7/0/di4b/projects/...................../node_modules/mongodb-memory-server-core/lib/util/MongoInstance.js:278:14)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1067:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:453:11)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:672:12)

Thank you very much for your help

[hasezoey]

next time, please use code blocks for you output (Mastering Markdown)

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like the error says, for more information Enable Debug Logs

[fetahokey]

sudo apt-get install curl libcurl3 solving this

[duluca]

On CircleCI I've had success with using the node:bullseye image without having to configure it beyond what comes out of the box.