No app configuration was found in {}. Create an app before d

Error message

No app configuration was found in {}. Create an app before deploying or re-run in interactive mode!

What it means

Error "No app configuration was found in {}. Create an app before deploying or re-run in interactive mode!" thrown in wasmerio/wasmer.

Source

Thrown at lib/cli/src/commands/app/deploy.rs:613

                    Some(&client),
                )
                .await?
            };

            let app_config = minimal_app_config(&owner, &app_name);
            write_app_config(&app_config, Some(base_dir_path.clone())).await?;
        }

        if !app_config_path.is_file()
            || self.template.is_some()
            || self.package.is_some()
            || self.use_local_manifest
        {
            if !self.non_interactive {
                // Create already points back to deploy.
                return self.create().await;
            } else {
                anyhow::bail!(
                    "No app configuration was found in {}. Create an app before deploying or re-run in interactive mode!",
                    app_config_path.display()
                );
            }
        }

        assert!(app_config_path.is_file());

        let config_str = std::fs::read_to_string(&app_config_path)
            .with_context(|| format!("Could not read file '{}'", &app_config_path.display()))?;

        // We want to allow the user to specify the app name interactively.
        let mut app_yaml: serde_yaml::Value = serde_yaml::from_str(&config_str)?;
        let maybe_edge_app = if let Some(app_id) = app_yaml.get("app_id").and_then(|s| s.as_str()) {
            wasmer_backend_api::query::get_app_by_id(&client, app_id.to_owned())
                .await
                .ok()
        } else {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/cli/src/commands/app/deploy.rs:613 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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