Custom actions are not recognized in docker container

[kcfl1021 (Kenny Lam)]

Hi everyone, I am trying to deploy rasa on docker using docker compose, so that I can deploy both Rasa Server and Action Server(rasa custom action) on docker.

Although I can deploy both of them on docker, there is an issue where my registered functions (aka. custom actions in actions.py) are not recognized by docker. To clarify what I meant I am going to show you a picture when I run “rasa run actions” and a picture in the action server image in docker when I run “docker-compose up”

rasa run actions:

docker-compose up (inside the action server):

I have tried retrain the nlu model and remove all the containers and images using “docker system prune --all” and “docker image prune --all”, but it still does not work.

Here are the files I used for docker : docker-compose.yml:

endpoints.yml:

output I get when I run docker-compose up:

output I get when I try to use the custom action:

If you spot any mistake I have made in order to fix this issue please do let me know. Thank you!!

[NikolaMr (Nikola Mrzljak)]

Hi Kenny,

from the logs we can be sure that the correct actions are loaded (since they do get recognized), but what stands out to me is the start command for the action server. Please remove the

command:
  - start

portion and leave the action server to run with default settings. From what I see, that is exactly what you need. I’m aware that by the docs, it says if nothing is provided it will default to the actions.py or actions folder but this one stands out to me since it is the only difference from what I have in my setup.

Let me know if it fixes the issue for you.

Regards, Nikola