When using cdk-nextjs with PNPM on windows, the deployment succeeds but server fails with 500 because it cannot find "next" package. This is because PNPM uses symlinks and the during deployment, cdk-nextjs uses Compress-Archive powershell commandlet which doesn't support symlinks.
Solution
Use fs.cpSync with dereference: true to get rid of symlinks and copy to a temporary location. Then use built in CDK Asset construct to upload.
Problem
When using cdk-nextjs with PNPM on windows, the deployment succeeds but server fails with 500 because it cannot find
"next"package. This is because PNPM uses symlinks and the during deployment, cdk-nextjs usesCompress-Archivepowershell commandlet which doesn't support symlinks.Solution
Use
fs.cpSyncwithdereference: trueto get rid of symlinks and copy to a temporary location. Then use built in CDK Asset construct to upload.