Issue with west build command, when called from the Gitlab runner

[Mariya]

Hi, 

I am facing the following issue when i am calling west build from gitlab runner. 

                              west: unknown command "build"; workspace C:\ncs\v2.5.0 does not define this extension command -- try "west help"

But locally in the server PC, with the same commands I can generate the build.

I am setting the environment path in the terminal as follows before calling the build command,

PATH=C:\ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7;C:\ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7\mingw64\bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7\bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7\opt\bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7\opt\bin\Scripts;C:\ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7\opt\nanopb\generator-bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7\opt\zephyr-sdk\aarch64-zephyr-elf\bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7\opt\zephyr-sdk\x86_64-zephyr-elf\bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7\opt\zephyr-sdk\arm-zephyr-eabi\bin;%PATH%
SET PYTHONPATH=C:\ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7\opt\bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7\opt\bin\Lib;C:\ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7\opt\bin\Lib\site-packages
SET ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT=zephyr
SET ZEPHYR_SDK_INSTALL_DIR=C:\ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7\opt\zephyr-sdk
SET ZEPHYR_BASE=C:\ncs\v2.5.0\zephyr

This is the same ncs folder used for my local build.

Also, i am not getting any access issue errors when called from gitlab runner.

Could anyone help me on this issue?

Thanks in advance

[dejans]

Hi,

Is your west workspace initialized? You can look at west init, west init basics, west init and west update and west update.

You can also look at west troubleshooting.

Best regards,
Dejan

[Mariya]

Hi,

I am being able to run the projects locally using the same NCS folder(so that verifies there is valid west workspace in NCS right?), but when git runner tries to access the same NCS folder I am getting

west: unknown command "build"; workspace C:\ncs\v2.5.0 does not define this extension command -- try "west help"

[dejans]

Hi, 

Can you provide details about your setup and your build configuration?

How do you include west? What is your configuration on the runner side?

Best regards,
Dejan

[Mariya]

I have downloaded sdk and toolchain using nrf connect extension in VS Code

I am using nRF connect sdk version v2.5.0 and toolchain nRF v2.5.0


I am using the following commands to build from git

SET PATH=C:\ncs\toolchains\b620d30767;C:\ncs\toolchains\b620d30767\mingw64\bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\b620d30767\bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\b620d30767\opt\bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\b620d30767\opt\bin\Scripts;C:\ncs\toolchains\b620d30767\opt\nanopb\generator-bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\b620d30767\opt\zephyr-sdk\aarch64-zephyr-elf\bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\b620d30767\opt\zephyr-sdk\x86_64-zephyr-elf\bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\b620d30767\opt\zephyr-sdk\arm-zephyr-eabi\bin;%PATH%
SET PYTHONPATH=C:\ncs\toolchains\b620d30767\opt\bin;C:\ncs\toolchains\b620d30767\opt\bin\Lib;C:\ncs\toolchains\b620d30767\opt\bin\Lib\site-packages
SET ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT=zephyr
SET ZEPHYR_SDK_INSTALL_DIR=C:\ncs\toolchains\b620d30767\opt\zephyr-sdk
SET ZEPHYR_BASE=C:\ncs\v2.5.0\zephyr

echo "env cmd completed successfully"
dir
west build -b nrf5340dk_nrf5340_cpuapp_ns -p always project

[dejans]

Hi,

Can you provide additional details about your environment setup and configuration on the runner side?
Do you use containers?

Have you tried to start toolchain environment using "nrfutil toolchain-manager launch" command?

EDIT: You could try to run "west update" in that workspace and see if it completes without errors.

Best regards,
Dejan