Unable to create Destination in SAP BTP LCNC Learning Journey

[nknight]

Learning journey - Utilize SAP Build for Low-Code/No-Code Applications and Automations for Citizen Developers. I am currently completing the second last unit "Getting visibility into your processes". I am following the prerequisite and up to the below on creating the destination:

Create Destination 

When trying to create the Destination, the screen freezes for several minutes, then returns the message below.

Cannot create destination for service instance SAP Build Process Automation automatically. You can create the destination manually.

Has anyone else faced this issue and if so, what are the steps for creating manually?

Regards

Nicole

[Margit_Wagner]

Hi @nknight
We highly appreciate your engagement in this matter and we thank you for bringing this to our attention. 
We are in the process of evaluating the problem and revert back to.
Please expect a delay in our response.
Kind regrds
Margit

[jannes_schofeld]

Hi @dhrubajyoti @Jarmo_Tuominen ,

unfortunately I cannot reproduce the issue. I have adjusted the instructions, can you try to execute these adjusted instructions?

• remove package-lock.json file from your project

• create a file .npmrc in the directory where the package.json resides
• add following line into the .npmrc file 

  registry=https://registry.npmjs.com/

• run command npm install in the terminal within the root directory of your project (where the package.json file resides)
• try to do the cf push again
• let us know the results

I took inspiration from the following question in the community https://answers.sap.com/questions/13544661/how-to-avoid-changes-in-package-lockjson-when-usin.html , but unfortunately as said cannot reproduce the issue myself.

Thanks and best regards,

Jannes

[Tiwari]

deleted package-lock.json and then created file .npmrc in the same directory where package.json resides. then ran npm install and then CF PUSH.. but again same error..

[Tiwari]

I had even tried replacing content http://nginx-redirector.repo-cache.svc.cluster.local/repository/appstudio-npm-group/ from package-lock.json with this URL. but, still it did'nt work.

[Tiwari]

someone has suggested on stackoverflow - npm config set proxy http://domain:8080 but, I am not sure as how to try this 😞

[Tiwari]

I may be wrong but the URL ( http://nginx-redirector.repo-cache.svc.cluster.local/repository/appstudio-npm-group/) may be causing this. this may be locally accessible from SAP network but not from outside. This is just a vague thought. I tried opening this link and it says that it is not reachable. this URL is generated in package-lock.json file.

[Tiwari]

i also added "engines": { "node": "16.11.1", "npm": "8.0.0" } in package.json but no luck 😞

[Tiwari]

Sorry Jannes .. I know it would be difficult for you as you are not able to reproduce this issue. I am also trying different options to check and let you know so that something can trigger some thoughts which could be helpful for us facing this issue. Thanks

[Tiwari]

i tried command- "npm help config"    result --- npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR! syscall spawn man npm ERR! path man npm ERR! errno -2 npm ERR! enoent spawn man ENOENT npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file. npm ERR! enoent npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /home/user/.npm/_logs/2022-03-30T16_44_12_569Z-debug-0.log

[jannes_schofeld]

Hi @Tiwari,

thanks for your efforts and for keeping us informed. Could you please try to run command

npm ci

instead of the npm i or npm install? npm ci is doing a clean install of all dependencies, e.g. removing all existing node modules before installing them again.

Best regards,

Jannes

[Tiwari]

Hi Jannes.. npm ci is throwing error if we remove package-lock.json. i ran npm install first and the ran npm ci. after that, i ran cf push but i am still getting the same error.

[Tiwari]

@Jannes - I tried npm help config command --- getting below error - npm help config npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR! syscall spawn man npm ERR! path man npm ERR! errno -2 npm ERR! enoent spawn man ENOENT npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file. npm ERR! enoent npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in.. I am not sure if you can get any clue with this error. Thanks for your help!