Webapps Error: Platform 'nodejs' version '18' is unsupported.

Question

Hello,

I am trying to a new node application on the app service (Linux) and I tried to use Node 18LTS and 16LTS and with both I get, once the application gets deployed by the deployment center connected to my Bitbucket repository, this error message from Oryx:

Command: oryx build /home/site/repository -o /home/site/wwwroot --platform nodejs --platform-version 18 -p virtualenv_name= --log-file /tmp/build-debug.log  -i /tmp/8db135f256a3433 -p compress_node_modules=tar-gz | tee /tmp/oryx-build.log

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Oryx Version: 0.2.20220825.1, Commit: 24032445dbf7bf6ef068688f1b123a7144453b7f, ReleaseTagName: 20220825.1

Build Operation ID: |iD25tv55Nl0=.65ebb469_

Repository Commit : 1a6349983b75b59e8a6b8963c22844b7b12a8f4e

Detecting platforms...

Error: Platform 'nodejs' version '18' is unsupported. Supported versions: 

Error: Platform 'nodejs' version '18' is unsupported. Supported versions:\n/bin/bash -c "oryx build /home/site/repository -o /home/site/wwwroot --platform nodejs --platform-version 18 -p virtualenv_name= --log-file /tmp/build-debug.log  -i /tmp/8db135f256a3433 -p compress_node_modules=tar-gz | tee /tmp/oryx-build.log ; exit $PIPESTATUS "

I am pretty much at a loss here since the real deployment does not even start since the pre-checks already fail.

Am I missing something during the basic setup or is there a general issue with the App Services?

Harry.

Answer 1

I found and solved the issue. Somehow in my deployment script preparing the environment I had SCM_ENABLE_DYNAMIC_INSTALL set to false. As soon as I switched it to true, everything started to work.