Npm install not working in Alpine Linux Docker container

Question

I am in an Alpine Linux Docker container and when I try to run npm install, npm hangs and kills itself! This is what the last line in the npm log looks like: https://imgur.com/T8KIojJ

Things I've tried:

• clearing the cache,
• excluding optional dependencies, and
• there is no package-lock.json in the folder.

Answer 1

It seems like your Docker container might not have enough memory or CPU resources to complete the npm install command. Possible solutions

1. Allocate More Memory and CPU: When you run your Docker container, you can specify the amount of memory and CPU it can use with the -m and --cpus flags. For example:

docker run -m 512m --cpus 2.0 your-image-name

2. The "Killed" message you're seeing is typically a sign that the npm process is being terminated by the system's Out-of-Memory (OOM) Killer. more context here

You might need to paste more information about your yml configuration