CircleCI Docker Exited with code 137

Question

I'm using - image: peopleperhour/dynamodb for a docker image in my CircleCI config file.

In CircleCI it's outputting the following.

Initializing DynamoDB Local with the following configuration:
Port:   8000
InMemory:   false
DbPath: /var/dynamodb_local
SharedDb:   false
shouldDelayTransientStatuses:   false
CorsParams: *


Exited with code 137

The first tests pass fine and Exited with code 137 doesn't happen until later on. But once that error happens all the tests start failing.

I saw this link and changed my code to the following with no luck.

  - image: peopleperhour/dynamodb
    environment:
        MAX_HEAP_SIZE: 2048m
        HEAP_NEWSIZE: 512m

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Answer 1

I ran into the same issue. I ended up just using localstack for it, as the memory footprint seems to be lower.

My config for that container looks like:

- image: localstack/localstack
    environment:
      SERVICES: dynamodb:4570
      DEFAULT_REGION: us-west-2