`docker-compose up` gives this error in project dir.

[hemangjoshi37a]

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command I ran : docker-compose up Error I got :

ERROR: The Compose file is invalid because:
Service backend has neither an image nor a build context specified. At least one must be provided.

When I asked chatGPT this question it gave me following answer.

It looks like the backend service in your docker-compose.yaml file does not have an image or build specified. You must specify either an image or a build in your service configuration in order to create the service.

You can specify an image like this:

services:
  backend:
    image: my-backend-image

Or you can specify a build like this:

services:
  backend:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile.backend

In the example above, context specifies the build context, and dockerfile specifies the path to the Dockerfile.

Make sure to include either an image or a build in the backend service configuration in your docker-compose.yaml file.

[kostiak]

'docker-compose' is the old way of doing that. Can you try 'docker compose up --build' please. Also what's the version of your docker?

[fozziethebeat]

@kostiak is correct. docker-compose might work but the really important part is --build since all the images have to be built locally.

[fozziethebeat]

I'm going to mark this I'm going to mark this as closed after verifying that the main README includes the --build flag.

[hemangjoshi37a]

Also what's the version of your docker?

sudo docker version

Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:           20.10.8
 API version:       1.41
 Go version:        go1.16.6
 Git commit:        3967b7d
 Built:             Fri Jul 30 19:54:09 2021
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           default
 Experimental:      true

Server: Docker Engine - Community
 Engine:
  Version:          20.10.8
  API version:      1.41 (minimum version 1.12)
  Go version:       go1.16.6
  Git commit:       75249d8
  Built:            Fri Jul 30 19:52:16 2021
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.4.9
  GitCommit:        e25210fe30a0a703442421b0f60afac609f950a3
 runc:
  Version:          1.0.1
  GitCommit:        v1.0.1-0-g4144b63
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

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'docker compose up --build'

this command gives me this error.

unknown flag: --build
See 'docker --help'.
Usage:  docker [OPTIONS] COMMAND
A self-sufficient runtime for containers

[kostiak]

@hemangjoshi37a Looks similar to #284 Update docker and try again.

[fozziethebeat]

Re-opening. Something we could do regarding documentation is specify which version of Docker is required. Would anyone like to update the main README with that qualification?

[hemangjoshi37a]

Looks similar to #284 Update docker and try again.

@kostiak Thanks for the suggestion brother.

Would anyone like to update the main README with that qualification?

@fozziethebeat Once I get it solved, I will fix readme.md. Assign me for that bugfix.

[fozziethebeat]

Thank you for helping improve the documentation.

[hemangjoshi37a]

Would anyone like to update the main README with that qualification?

@fozziethebeat Please review pull request : #453

[andrewm4894]

Maybe we can make a FAQ.md or something like that and build up some common stuff over time. I'll try pull something together.

[andrewm4894]

Or adding a GitHub discussion for each question (with FAQ tag) could be useful perhaps if we decide to turn on GitHub discussions

https://github.com/LAION-AI/Open-Assistant/issues/334

[ghost]

Hi, I was also having the same problem, I ran docker with sudo docker-compose up --build and it worked

[kostiak]

@sir-braz do not run docker-compose - that's the old way of running it.

Please try to run the following:

docker compose up --build

also, make sure to run it from the project's root directory. In your case ~/Documentos/Open-Assistant/.

[hemangjoshi37a]

This solved my issue. Closing.

   DOCKER_CONFIG=${DOCKER_CONFIG:/usr/local/lib/docker}
   mkdir -p $DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins
   curl -SL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.15.0/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 -o $DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins/docker-compose
   chmod +x $DOCKER_CONFIG/docker-compose
   sudo chmod +x $DOCKER_CONFIG/docker-compose
   sudo cp $DOCKER_CONFIG/docker-compose $DOCKER_CONFIG compose
   chmod +x $DOCKER_CONFIG/compose
   sudo chmod +x $DOCKER_CONFIG/compose
   sudo docker compose version