Dokku: Tar error on deployment: Directory renamed before its status could be extracted

[benwilkins]

My initial deploy to the server succeeded without any problem. But anytime I try to deploy after that, I get the following error:

remote: tar: node-v8.1.3-linux-x64/bin: Directory renamed before its status could be extracted
remote: tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

Any advice on how to fix this?

Here's the Dokku info:

-----> uname: Linux linus 4.4.0-21-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 18 18:33:37 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
-----> memory:
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            990         196         431           3         362         751
Swap:          1023         109         914
-----> docker version:
Client:
 Version:      17.10.0-ce
 API version:  1.33
 Go version:   go1.8.3
 Git commit:   f4ffd25
 Built:        Tue Oct 17 19:04:16 2017
 OS/Arch:      linux/amd64

Server:
 Version:      17.10.0-ce
 API version:  1.33 (minimum version 1.12)
 Go version:   go1.8.3
 Git commit:   f4ffd25
 Built:        Tue Oct 17 19:02:56 2017
 OS/Arch:      linux/amd64
 Experimental: false
-----> docker daemon info:
Containers: 5
 Running: 1
 Paused: 0
 Stopped: 4
Images: 18
Server Version: 17.10.0-ce
Storage Driver: overlay2
 Backing Filesystem: extfs
 Supports d_type: true
 Native Overlay Diff: false
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Plugins:
 Volume: local
 Network: bridge host macvlan null overlay
 Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file logentries splunk syslog
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: 06b9cb35161009dcb7123345749fef02f7cea8e0
runc version: 0351df1c5a66838d0c392b4ac4cf9450de844e2d
init version: 949e6fa
Security Options:
 apparmor
 seccomp
  Profile: default
Kernel Version: 4.4.0-21-generic
Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 1
Total Memory: 990.8MiB
Name: linus
ID: HL5G:L4NU:6X7H:PICU:C7A3:KYH5:VCXD:BQYQ:UMCT:4K3Q:JORL:REX4
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode (client): true
Debug Mode (server): false
Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
 127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false

WARNING: No swap limit support
-----> sigil version: 0.4.0
-----> herokuish version:
herokuish: 0.3.32
buildpacks:
  heroku-buildpack-multi     v1.0.0
  heroku-buildpack-ruby      v168
  heroku-buildpack-nodejs    v99
  heroku-buildpack-clojure   v77
  heroku-buildpack-python    v99
  heroku-buildpack-java      v53
  heroku-buildpack-gradle    v23
  heroku-buildpack-scala     v78
  heroku-buildpack-play      v26
  heroku-buildpack-php       v122
  heroku-buildpack-go        v72
  heroku-buildpack-erlang    fa17af9
  buildpack-nginx            v8
-----> dokku version: 0.10.5
-----> dokku plugins:
plugn: 0.3.0
  00_dokku-standard    0.10.5 enabled    dokku core standard plugin
  20_events            0.10.5 enabled    dokku core events logging plugin
  apps                 0.10.5 enabled    dokku core apps plugin
  build-env            0.10.5 enabled    dokku core build-env plugin
  certs                0.10.5 enabled    dokku core certificate management plugin
  checks               0.10.5 enabled    dokku core checks plugin
  common               0.10.5 enabled    dokku core common plugin
  config               0.10.5 enabled    dokku core config plugin
  docker-options       0.10.5 enabled    dokku core docker-options plugin
  domains              0.10.5 enabled    dokku core domains plugin
  enter                0.10.5 enabled    dokku core enter plugin
  git                  0.10.5 enabled    dokku core git plugin
  logs                 0.10.5 enabled    dokku core logs plugin
  named-containers     0.10.5 enabled    dokku core named containers plugin
  nginx-vhosts         0.10.5 enabled    dokku core nginx-vhosts plugin
  plugin               0.10.5 enabled    dokku core plugin plugin
  proxy                0.10.5 enabled    dokku core proxy plugin
  ps                   0.10.5 enabled    dokku core ps plugin
  repo                 0.10.5 enabled    dokku core repo plugin
  shell                0.10.5 enabled    dokku core shell plugin
  ssh-keys             0.10.5 enabled    dokku core ssh-keys plugin
  storage              0.10.5 enabled    dokku core storage plugin
  tags                 0.10.5 enabled    dokku core tags plugin
  tar                  0.10.5 enabled    dokku core tar plugin

[josegonzalez]

Seems maybe docker-related, and nothing we can do about it: https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/19647

I would try:

• not using tar-based deploys (seems strange since it sounds like you're just shipping the docker image contents around...)
• switching the way you're creating tars to bsdtar (whatever that means)
• switching to aufs from overlayfs

[gstanden]

I know this thread is a bit stale, but in case it helps anyone, using the "--absolute-names" switch on tar can workaround this (it worked for me on a 4.1.12-112.14.13.el7uek.x86_64 Oracle Linux kernel): https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2004-04/msg00021.html (there are some caveats to using this parameter on tar so have a look at man page first before using). HTH Gil

[lemongao]

@gstanden

Your answer helps me solve such problem . Thanks very much.

[josegonzalez]

@lemongao mind making a pull request to our tar deploy docs outlining the fix?