Failed to solve: failed to read dockerfile: open Dockerfile: no such file or directory

rahulbha · May 2, 2025, 1:22pm

We have a Python DJango based application which I am trying to build using docker compose command. But I am running into the below error:

failed to solve: failed to read dockerfile: open Dockerfile: no such file or directory

The Dockerfile exists in the same folder where I am running the command from. This is the command I am running:

docker compose up -d --build

My docker version is 28.1.1. I tried running it on Windows machine as well as Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, but having the same error.

Can someone please help regarding this?

meyay · May 2, 2025, 2:44pm

Please share the content of your compose file, and the output of docker ls , so we can see if the file is actually named Dockerfile and aligns with what you configured in the compose file.

rahulbha · May 2, 2025, 3:28pm

Hi, on running the ‘docker ls’ command I get an error:

docker: unknown command: docker ls
Run ‘docker --help’ for more information

Below is content of the compose file:

version: "3.8"

services:
  web:
    build: ./
    command: ./init-scripts/web-dev.sh
    expose:
      - 8000
    ports:
      - 8050:8050
    volumes:
      - ./:/app
      - ${BATCH_INPUT_PATH}:/batches
    environment:
      - SECRET_KEY=${SECRET_KEY}
      - DEBUG=${DEBUG}
      - ALLOWED_HOSTS=${ALLOWED_HOSTS}
      - CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=${CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS}
      - CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=${CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS}
      - AUTO_MIGRATE=${AUTO_MIGRATE}
      - DB_NAME=${DB_NAME}
      - PGBOUNCER_HOST=${PGBOUNCER_HOST}
      - PGBOUNCER_PORT=${PGBOUNCER_PORT}
      - DB_PORT=${DB_PORT}
      - DB_USERNAME=${DB_USERNAME}
      - DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
      - REDIS_HOST=${REDIS_HOST}
      - REDIS_PORT=${REDIS_PORT}
      - RABBITMQ_HOST=${RABBITMQ_HOST}
      - RABBITMQ_PORT=${RABBITMQ_PORT}
      - RABBITMQ_USERNAME=${RABBITMQ_USERNAME}
      - RABBITMQ_PASSWORD=${RABBITMQ_PASSWORD}
      - DOCBUILDER_API_URL=${DOCBUILDER_API_URL}
      - UTILITY_API_URL=${UTILITY_API_URL}
      - ICAP_API_URL=${ICAP_API_URL}
      - FRONTEND_URL=${FRONTEND_URL}
      - DEFINITION_VERSIONS=${DEFINITION_VERSIONS}
      - DEFAULT_DEFINITION_VERSION=${DEFAULT_DEFINITION_VERSION}
      - DATACAP_API_BASE_URL=${DATACAP_API_BASE_URL}
      - DATACAP_APP=${DATACAP_APP}
      - DATACAP_USER=${DATACAP_USER}
      - DATACAP_PASSWORD=${DATACAP_PASSWORD}
      - DATACAP_STATION=${DATACAP_STATION}
      - DATACAP_JOB=${DATACAP_JOB}
      - DATACAP_MILI_JOB=${DATACAP_MILI_JOB}
      - ENABLE_LDAP_AUTH=${ENABLE_LDAP_AUTH}
      - LDAP_SERVER_ADDRESS=${LDAP_SERVER_ADDRESS}
      - LDAP_SERVER_PORT=${LDAP_SERVER_PORT}
      - LDAP_BIND_DN=${LDAP_BIND_DN}
      - LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD=${LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD}
      - LDAP_USER_SEARCH_DN=${LDAP_USER_SEARCH_DN}
      - LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_DN=${LDAP_GROUP_SEARCH_DN}
      - LDAP_AUTH_USER_GROUP=${LDAP_AUTH_USER_GROUP}
      - LDAP_AUTH_SUPERUSER_GROUP=${LDAP_AUTH_SUPERUSER_GROUP}
      - SEND_EMAILS=${SEND_EMAILS}
      - EMAIL_HOST=${EMAIL_HOST}
      - EMAIL_PORT=${EMAIL_PORT}
      - EMAIL_HOST_USER=${EMAIL_HOST_USER}
      - EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=${EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD}
      - EMAIL_USE_TLS=${EMAIL_USE_TLS}
      - CLASSIFIER_API_URL=${CLASSIFIER_API_URL}
      - MAX_RETRY=${MAX_RETRY}
      - RETRY_INTERVAL=${RETRY_INTERVAL}
      - SERVER_IP=${SERVER_IP}
      - SAVE_TRANSACTION_LOG=${SAVE_TRANSACTION_LOG}
      - DATACAP_CALLBACK_AWAITING=${DATACAP_CALLBACK_AWAITING}
    depends_on:
      - pgbouncer
      - redis
      - rabbitmq
    extra_hosts:
      - "localhost:host-gateway"
  daphne:
    build: ./
    command: daphne -b 0.0.0.0 -p 8001 app.asgi:application
    expose:
      - 8001
    environment:
      - SECRET_KEY=${SECRET_KEY}
      - DEBUG=${DEBUG}
      - ALLOWED_HOSTS=${ALLOWED_HOSTS}
      - CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=${CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS}
      - CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=${CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS}
      - AUTO_MIGRATE=${AUTO_MIGRATE}
      - DB_NAME=${DB_NAME}
      - PGBOUNCER_HOST=${PGBOUNCER_HOST}
      - PGBOUNCER_PORT=${PGBOUNCER_PORT}
      - DB_PORT=${DB_PORT}
      - DB_USERNAME=${DB_USERNAME}
      - DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
      - REDIS_HOST=${REDIS_HOST}
      - REDIS_PORT=${REDIS_PORT}
      - RABBITMQ_HOST=${RABBITMQ_HOST}
      - RABBITMQ_PORT=${RABBITMQ_PORT}
      - RABBITMQ_USERNAME=${RABBITMQ_USERNAME}
      - RABBITMQ_PASSWORD=${RABBITMQ_PASSWORD}
      - DOCBUILDER_API_URL=${DOCBUILDER_API_URL}
      - UTILITY_API_URL=${UTILITY_API_URL}
      - ICAP_API_URL=${ICAP_API_URL}
      - FRONTEND_URL=${FRONTEND_URL}
      - DATACAP_API_BASE_URL=${DATACAP_API_BASE_URL}
      - DEFINITION_VERSIONS=${DEFINITION_VERSIONS}
      - DEFAULT_DEFINITION_VERSION=${DEFAULT_DEFINITION_VERSION}
    depends_on:
      - web
    extra_hosts:
      - "localhost:host-gateway"
  worker:
    build: ./
    command: ./init-scripts/worker.sh
    volumes:
      - ./:/app
      - ${BATCH_INPUT_PATH}:/batches
      - ${SCRIPTS_INPUT_PATH}:/scripts
    environment:
      - SECRET_KEY=${SECRET_KEY}
      - DEBUG=${DEBUG}
      - ALLOWED_HOSTS=${ALLOWED_HOSTS}
      - CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=${CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS}
      - CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=${CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS}
      - AUTO_MIGRATE=${AUTO_MIGRATE}
      - DB_NAME=${DB_NAME}
      - PGBOUNCER_HOST=${PGBOUNCER_HOST}
      - PGBOUNCER_PORT=${PGBOUNCER_PORT}
      - DB_PORT=${DB_PORT}
      - DB_USERNAME=${DB_USERNAME}
      - DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
      - REDIS_HOST=${REDIS_HOST}
      - REDIS_PORT=${REDIS_PORT}
      - RABBITMQ_HOST=${RABBITMQ_HOST}
      - RABBITMQ_PORT=${RABBITMQ_PORT}
      - RABBITMQ_USERNAME=${RABBITMQ_USERNAME}
      - RABBITMQ_PASSWORD=${RABBITMQ_PASSWORD}
      - DOCBUILDER_API_URL=${DOCBUILDER_API_URL}
      - UTILITY_API_URL=${UTILITY_API_URL}
      - ICAP_API_URL=${ICAP_API_URL}
      - FRONTEND_URL=${FRONTEND_URL}
      - DEFINITION_VERSIONS=${DEFINITION_VERSIONS}
      - DEFAULT_DEFINITION_VERSION=${DEFAULT_DEFINITION_VERSION}
      - DATACAP_API_BASE_URL=${DATACAP_API_BASE_URL}
      - DATACAP_APP=${DATACAP_APP}
      - DATACAP_USER=${DATACAP_USER}
      - DATACAP_PASSWORD=${DATACAP_PASSWORD}
      - DATACAP_STATION=${DATACAP_STATION}
      - DATACAP_JOB=${DATACAP_JOB}
      - DATACAP_MILI_JOB=${DATACAP_MILI_JOB}
      - SEND_EMAILS=${SEND_EMAILS}
      - EMAIL_HOST=${EMAIL_HOST}
      - EMAIL_PORT=${EMAIL_PORT}
      - EMAIL_HOST_USER=${EMAIL_HOST_USER}
      - EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=${EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD}
      - EMAIL_USE_TLS=${EMAIL_USE_TLS}
      - CLASSIFIER_API_URL=${CLASSIFIER_API_URL}
      - MOCK_ASSEMBLY_APIS=${MOCK_ASSEMBLY_APIS}
      - CUSTOMS_API_BASE_URL=${CUSTOMS_API_BASE_URL}
      - DSC_API_BASE_URL=${DSC_API_BASE_URL}
      - DSC_API_CLIENT_ID=${DSC_API_CLIENT_ID}
      - DSC_API_CLIENT_SECRET=${DSC_API_CLIENT_SECRET}
      - FREIGHT_API_CLIENT_ID=${FREIGHT_API_CLIENT_ID}
      - FREIGHT_API_CLIENT_SECRET=${FREIGHT_API_CLIENT_SECRET}
      - CUSTOMS_API_KEY=${CUSTOMS_API_KEY}
      - EDM_API_KEY=${EDM_API_KEY}
      - MAX_RETRY=${MAX_RETRY}
      - RETRY_INTERVAL=${RETRY_INTERVAL}
      - TIMESTAMP_API_BASE_URL=${TIMESTAMP_API_BASE_URL}
      - DHL_API_KEY=${DHL_API_KEY}
      - SERVER_IP=${SERVER_IP}
      - USA_API_BASE_URL=${USA_API_BASE_URL}
      - USA_API_KEY=${USA_API_KEY}
      - SAVE_TRANSACTION_LOG=${SAVE_TRANSACTION_LOG}
      - FCM_CLIENT_ID=${FCM_CLIENT_ID}
      - FCM_CLIENT_SECRET=${FCM_CLIENT_SECRET}
    depends_on:
      - web
    extra_hosts:
      - "localhost:host-gateway"
    deploy:
      replicas: ${WORKER_REPLICAS}
  celery:
    build: ./
    command: ./init-scripts/celery.sh
    volumes:
      - ./:/app
      - ${BATCH_INPUT_PATH}:/batches
    environment:
      - SECRET_KEY=${SECRET_KEY}
      - DEBUG=${DEBUG}
      - ALLOWED_HOSTS=${ALLOWED_HOSTS}
      - CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=${CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS}
      - CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=${CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS}
      - AUTO_MIGRATE=${AUTO_MIGRATE}
      - DB_NAME=${DB_NAME}
      - PGBOUNCER_HOST=${PGBOUNCER_HOST}
      - PGBOUNCER_PORT=${PGBOUNCER_PORT}
      - DB_PORT=${DB_PORT}
      - DB_USERNAME=${DB_USERNAME}
      - DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
      - REDIS_HOST=${REDIS_HOST}
      - REDIS_PORT=${REDIS_PORT}
      - RABBITMQ_HOST=${RABBITMQ_HOST}
      - RABBITMQ_PORT=${RABBITMQ_PORT}
      - RABBITMQ_USERNAME=${RABBITMQ_USERNAME}
      - RABBITMQ_PASSWORD=${RABBITMQ_PASSWORD}
      - DOCBUILDER_API_URL=${DOCBUILDER_API_URL}
      - UTILITY_API_URL=${UTILITY_API_URL}
      - ICAP_API_URL=${ICAP_API_URL}
      - FRONTEND_URL=${FRONTEND_URL}
      - DATACAP_API_BASE_URL=${DATACAP_API_BASE_URL}
      - DEFINITION_VERSIONS=${DEFINITION_VERSIONS}
      - DEFAULT_DEFINITION_VERSION=${DEFAULT_DEFINITION_VERSION}
    depends_on:
      - web
    extra_hosts:
      - "localhost:host-gateway"
  celery_beat:
    build: ./
    command: ./init-scripts/celery_beat.sh
    volumes:
      - ./:/app
    environment:
      - SECRET_KEY=${SECRET_KEY}
      - DEBUG=${DEBUG}
      - ALLOWED_HOSTS=${ALLOWED_HOSTS}
      - CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS=${CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS}
      - CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=${CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS}
      - AUTO_MIGRATE=${AUTO_MIGRATE}
      - DB_NAME=${DB_NAME}
      - PGBOUNCER_HOST=${PGBOUNCER_HOST}
      - PGBOUNCER_PORT=${PGBOUNCER_PORT}
      - DB_PORT=${DB_PORT}
      - DB_USERNAME=${DB_USERNAME}
      - DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
      - REDIS_HOST=${REDIS_HOST}
      - REDIS_PORT=${REDIS_PORT}
      - RABBITMQ_HOST=${RABBITMQ_HOST}
      - RABBITMQ_PORT=${RABBITMQ_PORT}
      - RABBITMQ_USERNAME=${RABBITMQ_USERNAME}
      - RABBITMQ_PASSWORD=${RABBITMQ_PASSWORD}
      - DOCBUILDER_API_URL=${DOCBUILDER_API_URL}
      - UTILITY_API_URL=${UTILITY_API_URL}
      - ICAP_API_URL=${ICAP_API_URL}
      - FRONTEND_URL=${FRONTEND_URL}
      - DATACAP_API_BASE_URL=${DATACAP_API_BASE_URL}
      - DEFINITION_VERSIONS=${DEFINITION_VERSIONS}
      - DEFAULT_DEFINITION_VERSION=${DEFAULT_DEFINITION_VERSION}
    depends_on:
      - web
    extra_hosts:
      - "localhost:host-gateway"
  nginx:
    build:
      context: ./nginx
      args:
        CONFIG_FILE: nginx.dev.conf.template
    ports:
      - ${PORT}:8080
    volumes:
      - ${BATCH_INPUT_PATH}:/app/batches
    environment:
      - WEB_HOST=web:8000
      - DAPHNE_HOST=daphne:8001
    depends_on:
      - web
  postgres:
    build:
      context: ./postgres
    expose:
      - 5432
    ports:
      - ${DB_HOST_BIND_PORT}:5432
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
      - ./postgres/postgresql.conf:/etc/postgresql/postgresql.conf:ro
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_DB=${DB_NAME}
      - POSTGRES_USER=${DB_USERNAME}
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U ${DB_USERNAME} -d ${DB_NAME} -h localhost"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 5
      start_period: 15s
    command: postgres -c config_file=/etc/postgresql/postgresql.conf
  pgbouncer:
    build:
      context: ./pgbouncer
    ports:
      - "${PGBOUNCER_PORT}:6432"
    environment:
      - POSTGRESQL_HOST=${DB_HOST}
      - POSTGRESQL_PORT=${DB_PORT}
      - POSTGRESQL_DATABASE=${DB_NAME}
      - POSTGRESQL_USERNAME=${DB_USERNAME}
      - POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
      - PGBOUNCER_DATABASE=${DB_NAME}
      - PGBOUNCER_PORT=${PGBOUNCER_PORT}
      - PGBOUNCER_LISTEN_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0
      - PGBOUNCER_AUTH_TYPE=trust
      - PGBOUNCER_POOL_MODE=${PGBOUNCER_POOL_MODE}
      - PGBOUNCER_MAX_CLIENT_CONN=${PGBOUNCER_MAX_CLIENT_CONN}
      - PGBOUNCER_DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE=${PGBOUNCER_DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE}
      - PGBOUNCER_MIN_POOL_SIZE=${PGBOUNCER_MIN_POOL_SIZE}
      - PGBOUNCER_RESERVE_POOL_SIZE=${PGBOUNCER_RESERVE_POOL_SIZE}
      - PGBOUNCER_MAX_DB_CONNECTIONS=${PGBOUNCER_MAX_DB_CONNECTIONS}
    depends_on:
      postgres:
        condition: service_healthy
  redis:
    build:
      context: ./redis
    ports:
      - ${REDIS_PORT}:6379
    volumes:
      - redis_data:/data
  rabbitmq:
    build:
      context: ./rabbitmq
    ports:
      - ${RABBITMQ_PORT}:5672
      - ${RABBITMQ_DASHBOARD_PORT}:15672
    volumes:
      - rabbitmq_data:/var/lib/rabbitmq/
    environment:
      - RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER=${RABBITMQ_USERNAME}
      - RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS=${RABBITMQ_PASSWORD}
    hostname: ${RABBITMQ_SYSTEM_HOSTNAME}

volumes:
  postgres_data:
  redis_data:
  rabbitmq_data:

meyay · May 2, 2025, 4:23pm

My bad, it should have been just ls.

meyay · May 2, 2025, 4:33pm

I am not sure how much sense it makes that multiple services use the same Dockerfile from the current folder to build an image. I am not sure if using ./ of the context is correct, or only . should be used.

Also, we know now that in the folder where the compose file is located, a file named Dockerfile (exactly written like that) is expected to exist. At least that’s what the services web, daphne, worker,celery and celery_beat expect to find.

So either the file is not named Dockerfile, or using ./ as context is the problem.

rahulbha · May 5, 2025, 9:01am

Hi, please find attached the output of the ls command. Also I modified the docker-compose.yaml to use build . instead of ./ but still getting the same error.

rahulbha · May 5, 2025, 12:46pm

I was able to resolve the issue. Some of the services were missing the dockerfile inside the folders. Adding the dockerfiles resolved the issue

kylebehse · May 12, 2025, 9:11am

Make sure that you DO NOT have Dockerfile in your .gcloudignore file, or equivalent.

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