Couldn't install custom apps after custom image build

[elhananjair]

Description of the issue

Greetings I recently tried to build a custom image to install custom apps (HRMS, helpdesk) everything worked fine. I was experiencing docker on Fedora 41 KDE since I had problems with Podman. The first time I tried a week ago, things were fine and I could install both hrms and helpdesk after starting the containers.

But starting from recent changes to this git or maybe frappe repo, I am getting an error while building the image, although the build process ended fine I couldn't install hrms and helpdesk while installing erpnext just works fine.

Context information (for bug reports)

I am on Fedora Workstation 41 using Docker version 27.3.1, build ce12230

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Followed custom apps guide here
2. Created apps.json with the following content

   [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/frappe/erpnext",
      "branch": "version-15"
    },
     { 
      "url": "https://github.com/frappe/hrms",
      "branch": "version-15"
    },
    { 
      "url": "https://github.com/frappe/helpdesk",
      "branch": "main"
    }
   ]

   Then generated base64 string export APPS_JSON_BASE64=$(base64 -w 0 apps.json)

3. Building the image

    sudo docker build \
             --build-arg=FRAPPE_PATH=https://github.com/frappe/frappe \
             --build-arg=FRAPPE_BRANCH=version-15 \
             --build-arg=APPS_JSON_BASE64=$APPS_JSON_BASE64 \
             --tag=custom:15 \
             --file=images/layered/Containerfile .

   5. Using the image

      export CUSTOM_IMAGE=custom
      export CUSTOM_TAG=15
      export PULL_POLICY=never

      cp example.env .env and I edited the following parameters

      • FRAPPE_SITE_NAME_HEADER = erp
      • HTTP_PUBLISH_PORT = 8085

Created new compose file

    sudo docker compose -f compose.yaml \
         -f overrides/compose.mariadb.yaml \
         -f overrides/compose.redis.yaml \
         -f overrides/compose.noproxy.yaml \
         config > ./docker-compose.yml

Starting the containers docker compose --project-name testerp-f ./docker-compose.yml up -d

Creating site

sudo docker compose --project-name testerp exec backend bench new-site erp --mariadb-root-password 123 --admin-password 123123

Installing apps sudo docker compose -f ./docker-compose.yml --project-name testerp exec backend bench --site erp install-app erpnext sudo docker compose -f ./docker-compose.yml --project-name testerp exec backend bench --site erp install-app hrms sudo docker compose -f ./docker-compose.yml --project-name testerp exec backend bench --site erp install-app helpdesk

Observed result

erpnext installed fine helpdesk and hrms didn't installed

Expected result

both hrms and helpdesk applications should have installed without problem

Stacktrace / full error message if available

Could not find app "hrms": 
No module named 'hrms'
An error occurred while installing hrms: No module named 'hrms'
Traceback with variables (most recent call last):
  File "apps/frappe/frappe/commands/site.py", line 478, in install_app
    _install_app(app, verbose=context.verbose, force=force)
      context = {'sites': ['erp'], 'force': False, 'verbose': False, 'profile': False}
      apps = ('hrms',)
      force = False
      _install_app = <function install_app at 0x7f8024607ba0>
      filelock = <function filelock at 0x7f8024605300>
      exit_code = 0
      site = 'erp'
      app = 'hrms'
      err = ModuleNotFoundError("No module named 'hrms'")
  File "apps/frappe/frappe/installer.py", line 281, in install_app
    app_hooks = frappe.get_hooks(app_name=name)
      name = 'hrms'
      verbose = False
      set_as_patched = True
      force = False
      sync_jobs = <function sync_jobs at 0x7f8023998860>
      sync_for = <function sync_for at 0x7f8023999800>
      sync_customizations = <function sync_customizations at 0x7f8024f144a0>
      sync_fixtures = <function sync_fixtures at 0x7f8023999b20>
  File "apps/frappe/frappe/__init__.py", line 1651, in get_hooks
    hooks = _dict(_load_app_hooks(app_name))
      hook = None
      default = '_KEEP_DEFAULT_LIST'
      app_name = 'hrms'
  File "apps/frappe/frappe/utils/caching.py", line 59, in wrapper
    return_val = func(*args, **kwargs)
      args = ('hrms',)
      kwargs = {}
      args_key = ********
      func = <function _load_app_hooks at 0x7f8025e90ea0>
  File "apps/frappe/frappe/__init__.py", line 1623, in _load_app_hooks
    app_hooks = get_module(f"{app}.hooks")
      app_name = 'hrms'
      hooks = {}
      apps = ['hrms']
      app = 'hrms'
      types = <module 'types' from '/usr/local/lib/python3.11/types.py'>
  File "apps/frappe/frappe/__init__.py", line 1489, in get_module
    return importlib.import_module(modulename)
      modulename = 'hrms.hooks'
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
      name = 'hrms.hooks'
      package = None
      level = 0
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1204, in _gcd_import
      name = 'hrms.hooks'
      package = None
      level = 0
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load
      name = 'hrms.hooks'
      import_ = <function _gcd_import at 0x7f8027233d80>
      module = <exception while printing> Traceback (most recent call last):
          File "env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/traceback_with_variables/core.py", line 222, in _to_cropped_str
            raw = print_(obj)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^
          File "apps/frappe/frappe/utils/__init__.py", line 328, in dict_printer
            if key in v:
               ^^^^^^^^
        TypeError: argument of type 'object' is not iterable

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1126, in _find_and_load_unlocked
      name = 'hrms.hooks'
      import_ = <function _gcd_import at 0x7f8027233d80>
      path = None
      parent = 'hrms'
      parent_spec = None
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
      f = <function _gcd_import at 0x7f8027233d80>
      args = ('hrms',)
      kwds = {}
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1204, in _gcd_import
      name = 'hrms'
      package = None
      level = 0
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load
      name = 'hrms'
      import_ = <function _gcd_import at 0x7f8027233d80>
      module = <exception while printing> Traceback (most recent call last):
          File "env/lib/python3.11/site-packages/traceback_with_variables/core.py", line 222, in _to_cropped_str
            raw = print_(obj)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^
          File "apps/frappe/frappe/utils/__init__.py", line 328, in dict_printer
            if key in v:
               ^^^^^^^^
        TypeError: argument of type 'object' is not iterable

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1140, in _find_and_load_unlocked
      name = 'hrms'
      import_ = <function _gcd_import at 0x7f8027233d80>
      path = None
      parent = ''
      parent_spec = None
      spec = None
builtins.ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'hrms'

Additional resources on errors

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/47fc842a-bf75-4db5-be4e-49b732cda14a

[elhananjair]

EDIT: After a while, I tried the same deployment using Podman and it is working fine, I could install hrms and helpdesk. This issue seems to be happening on docker only.

[revant]

I don't use docker for deployment. I cannot replicate it under my k8s environment.

[elhananjair]

I don't use docker for deployment. I cannot replicate it under my k8s environment.

mm, I am not 100% sure but maybe SELinux is causing an issue with the building process, there is a message pop-up when I start the docker build command. It was working fine last week though without a problem. But gladly since Podman worked for me now I think I should shift to Podman or Kubernetes.

[revant]

Try following command from backend container.

ls -1 apps > sites/apps.txt

After that try install app again.

[elhananjair]

ls -1 apps > sites/apps.txt

I executed sudo docker exec -ti liyumfi_backend_1 /bin/bash to backend service and executed the command you have suggested, checking apps.txt it contains only erpnext and frappe therefore I added hrms.

Then I tried installing hrms (bench --site erp install-app hrms) and still the same error occurred.

[revant]

checking apps.txt it contains only erpnext and frappe

It means you don't have hrms in the image.

[elhananjair]

checking apps.txt it contains only erpnext and frappe

It means you don't have hrms in the image.

The problem is that it doesn't include HRMS while building a custom image. As I attached a video while building the image, it will show an error and skip HRMS and the helpdesk.