ERROR: Setting up your full-stack XM Cloud local development environment

Question

I'm getting the following error when trying to get my local XM up and running per this article:

https://doc.sitecore.com/xmc/en/developers/xm-cloud/walkthrough--setting-up-your-full-stack-xm-cloud-local-development-environment.html

Error:

Invoke-RestMethod : Unable to connect to the remote server
At C:\DEV\XM-Cloud-Introduction\up.ps1:95 char:23
+ ...   $status = Invoke-RestMethod "http://localhost:8079/api/http/routers ...

Any ideas on how to resolve this problem?
NOTE: I had everything working just fine the last time I ran ./up.ps1 about a month ago.

Answer 1

Docker does not remove unused resources automatically. Unnecessary resources can therefore accumulate over time and use up disk space.

Resolution 1: I did encounter this with container setup and It was due to a lack of free disk space. Clear disk space, use the docker system prune -a to remove unused Docker images.

This command removes:

1. All stopped containers.
2. All networks are not used by at least one container.
3. All dangling images (not tagged and not referenced by any container).
4. All build caches.

-a (or --all) - Removes all images without at least one container associated with them.

Reference: https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/101/developer-tools/sitecore-docker-cheat-sheet.html

Resolution 2: Although my machine had .NET Core SDK versions 3.1 and .NET SDK 5.0 (installed as part of VS 2019) the above error occurred, .Net SDK 6.0 is needed to resolve the error. In other words, after the install you must be able to see the 6.0.xxx folder as in scr shot below:

Reference: https://navansitecorenotes.blogspot.com/2022/01/another-cause-for-generic-sitecore.html

Hope it helps!

Answer 2

I ended up running down.ps1 and up.ps1 a couple of cycles and everything magically started working. I haven't had time to figure out the root cause.