Error on production deployment - "PHP Fatal error: Cannot instantiate interface"

[lilmuckers]

Hi there

I have automated deployment of my magento 2 CE site using deploybot, and it's throwing the following error on the deployment:

PHP Fatal error: Cannot instantiate interface: Magento\Framework\Indexer\ConfigInterface

magento 2 is being deployed using git and composer - Where the only files in the git repo are the base stripped down directories:

app/design/<our themes>
app/code/<our modules>
.gitignore
composer.json

but basically it's the following (this isn't exactly it, but i am able to recreate the bug by doing this):

## Check out the repo
cd /var/www/releases/
git checkout <repo> 13245678
cd 13245678

##install the dependancies and config
composer install
ln -s /var/www/shared/env.php app/etc/env.php

##run magento deployment
php bin/magento deploy:mode:set production
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

It seems that the setup:di:compile command is always returning the fatal error.
It doesn't seem to effect the site once it goes live - but i'm worried that something is wrong that i'm not seeing.

What am i doing wrong in my procedure?

[eddielau]

@lilmuckers Do you have config.php in app/etc? From the example it looks like you did not install Magento correctly. Please use php bin/magento setup:install ..., then run php bin/magento deploy:mode:set production. Deploy mode set command should run code compilation and static content deployment for you.

[lilmuckers]

we don't have a config.php

So you're saying i shouldn't just swap in the env.php - but instead run the install command on deployment?

okay, i'll give that a try.

[maksek]

@lilmuckers, any follow up on this? Did you try?

[veloraven]

According to contributor guide, tickets without response for two weeks should be closed.
If this issue still reproducible please feel free to create the new one: format new issue according to the Issue reporting guidelines: with steps to reproduce, actual result and expected result and specify Magento version.