Troubleshooting

This section describes common problems during the devfile migration and potential solutions.

Workspace fails to start after the conversion

Try referencing the Universal Developer Image as the only component in the devfile:

components:
  - name: tools
    container:
      image: quay.io/devfile/universal-developer-image:ubi8-latest
      memoryLimit: 3Gi

Conversion failures

• Error processing devfile: failed to merge DevWorkspace volumes: duplicate volume found in devfile: volume_name

  This means there are multiple volumes defined in the original devfile with the same name. Remove the duplicate volumes and proceed with the conversion.

• Error provisioning storage: Could not rewrite container volume mounts: volume component 'volume_name' is defined multiple times

  This means the volume defined in the original devfile conflicts with a volumeMount propagated by an editor or a plug-in. Rename the volume in the devfile to be the same as the name of the volumeMount it conflicts with, and proceed with the conversion.

• Unable to resolve theia plugins: ms-vscode/node-debug2/latest is a mandatory plug-in but definition is not found on the plug-in registry. Aborting !

  This means the deprecated ms-vscode/node-debug2/latest plug-in is included in the original devfile, but the newer plug-in registry includes the updated plug-in ms-vscode/js-debug/latest. Replace ms-vscode/node-debug2/latest with ms-vscode/js-debug/latest in the devfile to allow conversion to proceed.