Based on the technical details for the upcoming Magento 2.2 version it seems like you can generate static content without access to the DB, however it still seems to be trying to connect to the DB in my case.
develop branchphp bin/magento app:config:dumpenv.php file to env2.phpphp bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -l en_US -t Magento/blank -fDeploy using quick strategy
[DomainException]
Default website is not defined
setup:static-content:deploy [-f|--force] [-s|--strategy [STRATEGY]] [-a|--area [AREA]] [--exclude-area [EXCLUDE-AREA]] [-t|--theme [THEME]] [--exclude-theme [EXCLUDE-THEME]] [-l|--language [LANGUAGE]] [--exclude-language [EXCLUDE-LANGUAGE]] [-j|--jobs [JOBS]] [--symlink-locale] [--content-version CONTENT-VERSION] [--refresh-content-version-only] [--no-javascript] [--no-css] [--no-less] [--no-images] [--no-fonts] [--no-html] [--no-misc] [--no-html-minify] [--] [<languages>]...
If you rename the env.php file back it works fine. Am I missing something here?
I think I need to set the settings that Magento is trying to get from the DB in the env.php file of my build machine so it doesn't need to query the database but I'm not sure how.
Take a look on deployment pipeline docs: http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.2/config-guide/deployment/pipeline/
It looks like you should have config.php to deploy static content.
I had a look at the docs (as I link in the original issue) but they don't mention anything I haven't tried unfortunately, I do have the default config.php file you get after installing Magento but I perhaps I need to tweak it for building?
@jahvi Before you run static content deploy, dump your configuration to file by app:config:dump. This will write additional config to config.php file that is needed to generate static view files.
@misha-kotov Thanks, I ran the app:config:dump command and my config.php file got updated, however I'm still getting the Default website is not defined error when I try to generate static assets.
Do you have a website defined in Stores > Settings > All Stores?

Yes, this is how it looks in my config.php file:
<?php
return array (
...
'scopes' =>
array (
'websites' =>
array (
'admin' =>
array (
'website_id' => '0',
'code' => 'admin',
'name' => 'Admin',
'sort_order' => '0',
'default_group_id' => '0',
'is_default' => '0',
),
'base' =>
array (
'website_id' => '1',
'code' => 'base',
'name' => 'Main Website',
'sort_order' => '0',
'default_group_id' => '1',
'is_default' => '1',
),
),
'groups' =>
array (
0 =>
array (
'group_id' => '0',
'website_id' => '0',
'code' => 'default',
'name' => 'Default',
'root_category_id' => '0',
'default_store_id' => '0',
),
1 =>
array (
'group_id' => '1',
'website_id' => '1',
'code' => 'main_website_store',
'name' => 'Main Website Store',
'root_category_id' => '2',
'default_store_id' => '1',
),
),
'stores' =>
array (
'admin' =>
array (
'store_id' => '0',
'code' => 'admin',
'website_id' => '0',
'group_id' => '0',
'name' => 'Admin',
'sort_order' => '0',
'is_active' => '1',
),
'default' =>
array (
'store_id' => '1',
'code' => 'default',
'website_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'name' => 'Default Store View',
'sort_order' => '0',
'is_active' => '1',
),
),
),
...
);
We're looking into this issue.
@jahvi - Bug confirmed and internal issue MAGETWO-70318 has been created. We'll let you know if we have any additional questions.
Hi @jahvi , the issue has been fixed and will be delivered in one of the nearest releases. Thank you!
Thanks looking forward to checking it out
@jahvi we can provide a patch for 2.2 RC1.1 if you need to check it on your instance
@mslabko is it merged to develop branch? Where we can get it?
@mslabko Yes please, where can we get it from?
@jahvi , @ihor-sviziev
No, it is not merged to develop branch - it can be found in nearest RC's
Here is a patch which can be applied for 2.2.0-RC1.3
https://gist.github.com/mslabko/51a03854bab2d1719fdeca26f99d8469
Magento will be releasing updated versions of the RC every week on Friday. The new RC1.4 will be available by the end of the day (US).
@mslabko I tried pulling the latest code from develop and applied the patch, I followed the same steps as the original issue but this time I got:
[BadMethodCallException]
Missing required argument $sources of Magento\Deploy\Source\SourcePool.
Am I missing something?
Nevermind, installed from scratch and applied the patch again seems to work, thanks!
I still have the problem in the current 2.2.0.0 Version. When will the fix released?
@boehsermoe It was fixed in 2.2.0. If you're still experiencing this issue, please open a new issue with steps to reproduce on clean Magento.
@misha-kotov take a look at documentation for this feature https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.2/config-guide/deployment/pipeline/