Could not mount db.copy inside wp-config directory

[ecotechie]

Hi, I'm running Linux (NixOS) and am not able to run wp-now in the wp-content directory. I am able to run it just fine in a plugin or theme directory. I guess my goal was to run WordPress with several plugins and themes, so I could do some compatibility testing.

[sergio@nixie:/run/media/sergio/neon/var/www/nerdpress/wp-content]$ nix-shell -p nodePackages_latest.nodejs

[nix-shell:/run/media/sergio/neon/var/www/nerdpress/wp-content]$ npx @wp-now/wp-now start
Starting the server......
directory: /run/media/sergio/neon/var/www/nerdpress/wp-content
mode: wp-content
php: 8.0
wp: latest
Downloading WordPress latest...
Downloading SQLite...
Error: Could not mount /home/sergio/.wp-now/mu-plugins/sqlite-database-integration-main/db.copy: Not a directory or a symbolic link to a directory.
    at descriptor.value (/home/sergio/.npm/_npx/7c65af5c66ec2a7e/node_modules/@php-wasm/node/index.cjs:72642:17)
    at mountSqlitePlugin (file:///home/sergio/.npm/_npx/7c65af5c66ec2a7e/node_modules/@wp-now/wp-now/main.js:830:9)
    at runWpContentMode (file:///home/sergio/.npm/_npx/7c65af5c66ec2a7e/node_modules/@wp-now/wp-now/main.js:690:3)
    at async file:///home/sergio/.npm/_npx/7c65af5c66ec2a7e/node_modules/@wp-now/wp-now/main.js:626:9
    at async applyToInstances (file:///home/sergio/.npm/_npx/7c65af5c66ec2a7e/node_modules/@wp-now/wp-now/main.js:572:5)
    at async startWPNow (file:///home/sergio/.npm/_npx/7c65af5c66ec2a7e/node_modules/@wp-now/wp-now/main.js:623:3)
    at async startServer (file:///home/sergio/.npm/_npx/7c65af5c66ec2a7e/node_modules/@wp-now/wp-now/main.js:970:42)
    at async Object.handler (file:///home/sergio/.npm/_npx/7c65af5c66ec2a7e/node_modules/@wp-now/wp-now/main.js:1152:25) {
  [cause]: [<generic error, no stack>] {
    name: 'ErrnoError',
    node: undefined,
    setErrno: [Function (anonymous)],
    errno: 54,
    message: 'FS error'
  }
}
Failed to start the server: Could not mount /home/sergio/.wp-now/mu-plugins/sqlite-database-integration-main/db.copy: Not a directory or a symbolic link to a directory.

Strangely, if I run npx @wp-now/wp-now start inside the WordPress root directory, all the themes and plugins are loaded. So I guess that is good enough for me.

What is the expected behavior of npx @wp-now/wp-now start in the wp-config directory?

[bgrgicak]

@ecotechie what version of wp-now are you using? This looks related to an issue we fixed recently #169. If you are not using the latest version of wp-now, please update and restart your server.

[adamziel]

Transferring this issue to the playground-tools repo where wp-now lives.

[ecotechie]

@bgrgicak I think version 0.1.70?

[sergio@nixie:/run/media/sergio/neon/var/www/nerdpress]$ nix-shell -p nodePackages_latest.nodejs

[nix-shell:/run/media/sergio/neon/var/www/nerdpress]$ npx @wp-now/wp-now
Need to install the following packages:
@wp-now/wp-now@0.1.70
Ok to proceed? (y) 
wp-now <cmd> [args]

But when I run npx @wp-now/wp-now --version, I get unknown as output.

[bgrgicak]

I usually check the version using wp-now --versionm same result with npx @wp-now/wp-now --version.

[bgrgicak]

In the meantime, you can manually fix this by adding the plugin files into /home/sergio/.wp-now/mu-plugins/sqlite-database-integration-main/

[ecotechie]

Sorry, @bgrgicak not sure what you mean there. The link you shared is to a change log.

[bgrgicak]

Your local setup is missing the sqlite-database-integration plugin. To fix it you could download the latest version of the plugin (ZIP download) and copy the content of that zip into /home/sergio/.wp-now/mu-plugins/sqlite-database-integration-main/.

This will ensure that when wp-now loads, it will have the plugin available which includes the db.copy file that caused your error.