magento setup:upgrade error "deployment configuration is absent"

Question

When I try to upgrade Magento 2 php bin/magento setup:upgrade I get

I get

[Magento\Setup\Exception]
Can't run this operation: deployment configuration is absent. Run 'magento setup:config:set --help' for options. setup:upgrade

[--keep-generated] [--magento-init-params="..."]

How to fix it? Updating using the web updater gives the following errors:

I asked my hosting provider to fix them and they did install the right php version 5.6 and all extensions recommended by magento and created a cron job but I still see the error.

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UPDATE: (from comments)
env.php wasn't there, when I run magento setup:config:set I get this error:

$ bin/magento setup:config:set
SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory

[InvalidArgumentException]
Parameter validation failed

Answer 1

I ran into the same issue today. It appeared that the app/etc/env.php was missing. This means that Magento was not yet installed. During Magento installation it will create this file, so:

• make sure app/etc/ is writable for the magento user/webuser
• run bin/magento setup:install ...params...

In my case, some script that I made was not copying my env.php file into the app/etc/ folder.

It is also possible that the file is there, but it is not readable for the Magento user/webuser.

Answer 2

This error message is also shown if your app/etc/config.php is missing. If app/etc/env.php is present and you are still seeing this issue, check for app/etc/config.php. If it is not present, Magento can create it by running bin/magento module:enable --all. This will recreate the file. Then, try running bin/magento setup:upgrade again.

Answer 3

In my case, I am using Magento 2 by docker,

I had both app/etc/env.php and app/etc/config.php files. Also had .htaccess file in root folder and still had this error while running any command of magento:

Invalid configuration file: '/var/www/html/app/etc/env.php'

Then,

1. I killed all running containers with: docker kill $(docker ps -q)
2. Deleted all stopped containers with: docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
3. Deleted all images with: docker rmi $(docker images -q)
4. Removed all unused volumes with: docker volume prune

4th point is must.

And installed Docker Image for Magento 2 again. This worked for me.

Answer 4

First you need to deploy your website.The first Check all folder in the .htaccess file is available after

php bin/magento setup:upgrade

and

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

or pub > static file checked not static folder so create static folder and index.php in Pub file. index.php not available so please copy your other project and paste

Answer 5

Also check if your cache_dir is writable. I advise you to check your logfiles.