hyperledger/fabric · error

platform failed to create docker build options

Error message

platform failed to create docker build options

What it means

StreamDockerBuild wraps an error from platform.DockerBuildOptions, which assembles the docker build options (path, goVersion, osVersion, archVersion) for the chaincode build. It means the platform could not construct a valid DockerBuildOptions struct for the given chaincode type/package. The build never reaches the docker daemon in this case.

Source

Thrown at core/chaincode/platforms/platforms.go:146

			return fmt.Errorf(`Failed to inject "%s": %s`, name, err)
		}
	}

	var (
		goVersion   string
		osVersion   string
		archVersion string
	)
	if ccType == pb.ChaincodeSpec_GOLANG.String() {
		goVersion, osVersion, archVersion, err = util.ParamsImage(client)
		if err != nil {
			return errors.Wrap(err, "get params docker image failed")
		}
	}

	buildOptions, err := platform.DockerBuildOptions(path, goVersion, osVersion, archVersion)
	if err != nil {
		return errors.Wrap(err, "platform failed to create docker build options")
	}

	output := &bytes.Buffer{}
	buildOptions.InputStream = codePackage
	buildOptions.OutputStream = output

	err = r.DockerBuild(buildOptions, client)
	if err != nil {
		return errors.Wrap(err, "docker build failed")
	}

	return writeBytesToPackage("binpackage.tar", output.Bytes(), tw)
}

func writeBytesToPackage(name string, payload []byte, tw *tar.Writer) error {
	err := tw.WriteHeader(&tar.Header{
		Name: name,
		Size: int64(len(payload)),

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Solutions

1. Check the wrapped error to see which platform rejected the options
2. Validate ccType is one of the supported pb.ChaincodeSpec types
3. Verify the chaincode source path passed in is valid and non-empty
4. Ensure goVersion/osVersion/archVersion values are sane if supplied

if ccType != pb.ChaincodeSpec_GOLANG.String() && ccType != pb.ChaincodeSpec_CAR.String() && ccType != pb.ChaincodeSpec_JAVA.String() {
    return fmt.Errorf("unsupported chaincode type: %s", ccType)
}
if path == "" {
    return fmt.Errorf("chaincode path must not be empty")
}

if err != nil {
    return fmt.Errorf("build options rejected for type %s: %+v", ccType, errors.Cause(err))
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling StreamDockerBuild where the platform-specific DockerBuildOptions call returns an error, e.g. an unsupported or invalid ccType or invalid path/version inputs.

Common situations: Passing an unexpected chaincode type or empty path into the packaging pipeline; platform implementations (golang/car/java) rejecting inputs during chaincode install.

Related errors

• could not find platform of type: %s
• Failed to inject "%s": %s
• no DockerBuilder, cannot build
• Unknown chaincodeType: %s
• Failed to generate platform-specific Dockerfile: %s

AI-assisted analysis of hyperledger/fabric@2736b63f8f (2026-09-04). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7d1b1e5576c8b85e. Report an issue: GitHub.