python - gcloud app deploy : This deployment has too many files

17

votes

I got the below error, when I tried to deploy my GAE app through gcloud.

Updating service [default]...failed.                                                                  
ERROR: (gcloud.app.deploy) Error Response: [400] This deployment has too many files. New versions are limited to 10000 files for this app.

Details: [
  [
    {
      "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.BadRequest",
      "fieldViolations": [
        {
          "description": "This deployment has too many files. New versions are limited to 10000 files for this app.",
          "field": "version.deployment.files[...]"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
]

Is there any way to tackle this problem?

pythongoogle-app-engineflask

18

votes

If you really have more than the 10000 files quota in the service you're trying to deploy then you might have to reduce the number accordingly.

Other things to try:

you might be able to get a quota increase, see Getting error on GAE: Max number of files and blobs is 10000
delete whatever files are not actually needed, or just skip them during deployment see skip_files or, for the more recent cloud SDK versions, the .gcloudignore file.
if you have a lot of static files consider moving (some of) them to GCS instead, see Approaches for overcoming 10000 file limit on Google App Engine?
split the service into multiple smaller services - each with its own 10000 files limit.

Assuming you do not actually hit the files quota then the error usually indicates you have looping/circular referencing symlinks in your app directory. Which could also explain a path like the one you mentioned in a comment to this post: https://stackoverflow.com/a/42425048/4495081. You just have to fix the offending symlink(s). Again, a simple/consistent directory structure could help prevent such issues.

13

votes

gcloud app deploy writes a log file, and tells you where that log is early in its output. Examine that log. It'll tell you what's being uploaded.

Two common ways I've seen people get into trouble are

Using virtualenv, but not adding venv (or .venv, if that's the name you picked) to skip_files.
Using git, but forgetting to add .git to skip_files

2

votes

Maybe your need ignore some files in file .gcloudignore

/vendor/
/node_modules/
/.git/

This work for me!

1

votes

For python runtime 3.7, this error is solved by adding these files to a .gcloudingore not to skip_files in the app.yaml

1

votes

I was able to reduce my uploaded files by adding the google cloud sdk folder to .gcloudignore in the project root folder.

1

votes

Few things:

Sometimes the static folder can get a bit messy. Try deleting it and rerunning python manage.py collectstatic, this cut down about 2000 files for me.
Make sure your .gcloudignore file ignores the assets folder, given they've just been moved to static.
Ignore virtualenv folders, they're big

1

votes

As mentioned in some comment, virtualenv folder can have a lot of files.

I just added venv/ as a new line into .gcloudignore file.

0

votes

I made a request to Google Cloud support, and this is their official response to this issue:

Thank you for contacting Google Cloud Support. I understand you’re unable to deploy your app since you’re hitting a 10,000 file limit upload as indicated in the error message, let me know if I misunderstood.

GAE is unable to perform deployments with over 10,000 files. Please run the following command to see the number of files being deployed: find . -type f | wc -l. In case you see that the number is above 10,000; make sure to prevent unnecessary files from being deployed by using the app.yaml option skip_files [1]. This element helps you to indicate which files should not be uploaded [1].

If the error persists, there are two other ways to solve this problem:

If the files that you are using are static content, use Cloud Storage bucket to store your files. You can store them in a GCS bucket and serve them through App Engine [2]. When you create an app, App Engine creates a default bucket. To use it you will have to list the bucket in your project [3] and then declare Cloud Storage as a dependency by adding it to the app’s dependency files [4]. This will allow you to upload or download data from the buckets [5][6]. Please consider that using this alternative may impact your monthly expenses.

Increase the number of uploaded files by submitting a quota increase. To do so, I will require the following information which will be submitted to the product team so they can review it and make a decision on it: A business justification for this quota increase The new desired limit.

python - gcloud app deploy : This deployment has too many files

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