ERROR: invalid tag : invalid reference format

GitLab CI/CD
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Hello,
I have two server:

GitLab (172.20.2.57)   : GitLab Server
Runner (172.20.2.100)  : GitLab Runner and Docker Compose

I created a NodeJS Express project using the Create from template option. I named this project test. The Dockerfile of the project is as follows:

FROM node:lts-alpine as build-stage
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm install
COPY . .
RUN npm run build

# production stage
FROM nginx:stable-alpine as production-stage
COPY --from=build-stage /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
EXPOSE 80
CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]

The .gitlab-ci.yml of the project is as follows:

image: docker
services:
  - docker:dind
stages:
  - deploy
step-deploy-prod:
  stage: deploy
  script:
    - docker build -t app/test .
    - docker run -d -p 80:80 --rm --name todoapp app/test

To create a Runner, I went to Settings and then to CI/CD. Finally, the Runner settings are as follows:
R-0

And:

R-1
R-11371×718 50 KB

I ran the following command on the Runner server:

# gitlab-runner register --url http://172.20.2.57 --token glrt-x-ArBzXJcw3BsdYxKiX_
Output
Runner registered successfully. Feel free to start it, but if it's running already the config should be automatically reloaded!

I Clicked on Run Pipeline, but I got the following error:

Running with gitlab-runner 16.10.0 (81ab07f6)
  on Runner GKbcoS1ku, system ID: s_a88f5fe318c9
Preparing the "shell" executor
00:00
Using Shell (bash) executor...
Preparing environment
00:01
Running on Runner...
Getting source from Git repository
00:00
Fetching changes with git depth set to 20...
Reinitialized existing Git repository in /home/gitlab-runner/builds/GKbcoS1ku/0/hack3rcon/test/.git/
Checking out 2eda86c8 as detached HEAD (ref is master)...
Skipping Git submodules setup
Executing "step_script" stage of the job script
00:01
$ docker build -t /usr/src/app/test .
ERROR: invalid tag "/usr/src/app/test": invalid reference format
ERROR: Job failed: exit status 1

What is wrong?

Thanks you.

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That command is wrong. You should be providing a name for your Docker container image and a tag, eg:

docker build -t myapp:latest .

or replace latest with a version number:

docker build -t myapp:1.1 .

A google search for how to build a docker image from dockerfile: docker how to build an image from dockerfile - Google Search

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Hi,
Thank you so much for your reply.
I modified the Dockerfile as follows:

FROM node:latest as build-stage
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm install
COPY . .
RUN npm run build

# production stage
FROM nginx:latest as production-stage
COPY --from=build-stage /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
EXPOSE 80
CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]

And modified the .gitlab-ci.ym as follows:

image: docker
services:
  - docker:dind
stages:
  - deploy
step-deploy-prod:
  stage: deploy
  script:
    - docker build -t nginx:latest .
    - docker run -d -p 80:80 --rm --name todoapp nginx:latest

I got the following error:

$ docker build -t nginx:latest .
#0 building with "default" instance using docker driver
#1 [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile
#1 transferring dockerfile: 307B done
#1 DONE 0.0s
#2 [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/nginx:latest
#2 DONE 0.0s
#3 [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/node:latest
#3 DONE 0.0s
#4 [internal] load .dockerignore
#4 transferring context: 2B done
#4 DONE 0.0s
#5 [build-stage 1/6] FROM docker.io/library/node:latest
#5 DONE 0.0s
#6 [production-stage 1/2] FROM docker.io/library/nginx:latest
#6 CACHED
#7 [internal] load build context
#7 transferring context: 8.33kB 0.0s done
#7 DONE 0.0s
#8 [build-stage 3/6] COPY package*.json ./
#8 CACHED
#9 [build-stage 2/6] WORKDIR /app
#9 CACHED
#10 [build-stage 4/6] RUN npm install
#10 CACHED
#11 [build-stage 5/6] COPY . .
#11 DONE 0.1s
#12 [build-stage 6/6] RUN npm run build
#12 1.017 npm ERR! Missing script: "build"
#12 1.017 npm ERR! 
#12 1.018 npm ERR! To see a list of scripts, run:
#12 1.018 npm ERR!   npm run
#12 1.023 
#12 1.023 npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /root/.npm/_logs/2024-04-14T13_42_06_780Z-debug-0.log
#12 ERROR: process "/bin/sh -c npm run build" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1
------
 > [build-stage 6/6] RUN npm run build:
 ERR! Missing script: "build"
1.017 npm ERR! 
1.018 npm ERR! To see a list of scripts, run:
1.018 npm ERR!   npm run
1.023 
1.023 npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /root/.npm/_logs/2024-04-14T13_42_06_780Z-debug-0.log
------
Dockerfile:6
--------------------
   4 |     RUN npm install
   5 |     COPY . .
   6 | >>> RUN npm run build
   7 |     
   8 |     # production stage
--------------------
ERROR: failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c npm run build" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1
ERROR: Job failed: exit status 1
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That’s an npm error. I suggest using google or your favourite search engine to find out what the problem is and how to fix it.

This forum is for Gitlab and Gitlab only. This is a docker build problem related with your npm app. If this is an app you have downloaded, ask the people who provide and support that application for assistance.

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