# Running OpenELIS Global2 using docker compose with docker images built directly from the source code fails **URL:** \ **Category:** Development\ **Tags:** dev\_setup\ **Created:** [June 15, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/running-openelis-global2-using-docker-compose-with-docker-images-built-directly-from-the-source-code-fails/2359 "2026-06-15T10:35:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ronald\_Munjoma](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/ronald_munjoma/32/1258_2.png) [@Ronald\_Munjoma](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Ronald_Munjoma)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/running-openelis-global2-using-docker-compose-with-docker-images-built-directly-from-the-source-code-fails/2359/1 "2026-06-15T10:35:09Z")
Good day, I am[building Openelis from code](https://github.com/DIGI-UW/OpenELIS-Global-2#running-openelis-global2-using-docker-compose-with-docker-images-built-directly-from-the-source-code)following the docker setup instructions in the README file and its failing with the below error. I am getting the error after runing docker compose -f build.docker-compose.yml up -d --build ## =\> ERROR [oe\_openelis\_org build 8/17] RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.m2,sharing=locked mvn dependency:go-offline 10.0s =\> CANCELED [fhir\_openelis\_org 2/8] RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl 0.0s > [oe\_openelis\_org build 8/17] RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.m2,sharing=locked mvn dependency:go-offline: > 8.286 [INFO] Scanning for projects… > 9.445 [INFO] > 9.447 [INFO] ------------------\< org.apache.maven:standalone-pom \>------------------- > 9.454 [INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1 > 9.454 [INFO] --------------------------------[pom]--------------------------------- > 9.501 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 9.501 [INFO] BUILD FAILURE > 9.501 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 9.530 [INFO] Total time: 1.411 s > 9.545 [INFO] Finished at: 2026-06-15T10:25:38Z > 9.545 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 9.555 [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:3.7.0:go-offline (default-cli): Goal requires a project to execute but there is no POM in this directory (/build/dataexport/dataexport-core). Please verify you invoked Maven from the correct directory. → [Help 1] > 9.561 [ERROR] > 9.561 [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch. > 9.561 [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging. > 9.561 [ERROR] > 9.561 [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles: > 9.573 [ERROR] [Help 1] [MissingProjectException - Apache Maven - Apache Software Foundation](http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MissingProjectException) * * * [+] up 0/6 ⠙ Image frontend Building 33.8s ⠙ Image openelisglobal-proxy.build Building 33.8s ⠙ Image certgen Building 33.8s ⠙ Image openelisglobal-databse.build Building 33.8s ⠙ Image openelisglobal-webapp.build Building 33.8s ⠙ Image external-fhir-api.build Building 33.8s Dockerfile:29 * * * 28 | WORKDIR /build/dataexport/dataexport-core 29 | \>\>\> RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.m2,sharing=locked \ 30 | \>\>\> mvn dependency:go-offline 31 | RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.m2,sharing=locked \ * * * target oe\_openelis\_org: failed to solve: process “/bin/sh -c mvn dependency:go-offline” did not complete successfully: exit code: 1 Here is my project root directory, l am missing the build folder but have the dataexport folder at the root level. ronald@tux:~/OpenELIS-Global-2$ ls -ahl total 388K drwxr-xr-x 26 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 15 12:13 . drwxr-x— 20 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:31 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 .ai drwxr-xr-x 3 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 .cursor -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 213 Jun 13 09:50 .dockerignore -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 1.7K Jun 13 09:52 .env -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 1.7K Jun 13 09:50 .env.example drwxr-xr-x 8 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 15 12:13 .git drwxr-xr-x 2 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 .githooks drwxr-xr-x 5 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 .github -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 3.3K Jun 13 09:50 .gitignore -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 1.2K Jun 13 09:50 .gitmodules -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 793 Jun 13 09:50 .gitpod.yml -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 5 Jun 13 09:50 .python-version -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 275 Jun 13 09:50 .sdkmanrc drwxr-xr-x 10 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 .specify drwxr-xr-x 2 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 .tx -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 79K Jun 13 09:50 AGENTS.md -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 7.1K Jun 15 12:13 CLAUDE.md -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 5.2K Jun 13 09:50 CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT.md -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 1.6K Jun 13 09:50 CONTRIBUTING.md -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 5.5K Jun 13 09:50 Dockerfile -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 4.4K Jun 13 09:50 Dockerfile.dev -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 5.7K Jun 13 09:50 IMPORT\_INSTRUCTIONS.md -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 18K Jun 13 09:50 LICENSE.md -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 3.5K Jun 13 09:50 PULL\_REQUEST\_TIPS.md -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 12K Jun 13 09:50 README.md drwxr-xr-x 3 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 ROOT -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 6.2K Jun 13 09:50 build.docker-compose.yml -rwxr-xr-x 1 ronald ronald 6.0K Jun 13 09:50 build.sh drwxr-xr-x 2 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 dataexport drwxr-xr-x 3 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 db drwxr-xr-x 6 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 dev -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 6.4K Jun 13 09:50 dev.docker-compose.yml -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 1.1K Jun 13 09:50 docker-compose.letsencrypt.yml -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 5.7K Jun 13 09:50 docker-compose.yml drwxr-xr-x 7 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 docs drwxr-xr-x 2 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 fhir drwxr-xr-x 10 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 15 12:13 frontend drwxr-xr-x 4 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 install -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 2.1K Jun 13 09:50 mkdocs.yml drwxr-xr-x 2 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 nginx-proxy drwxr-xr-x 2 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 plugins -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 44K Jun 13 09:50 pom.xml drwxr-xr-x 5 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 projects -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 663 Jun 13 09:50 readthedocs.yml -rw-r–r-- 1 ronald ronald 49 Jun 13 09:50 requirements.txt drwxr-xr-x 3 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 15 12:13 scripts drwxr-xr-x 28 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 15 12:13 specs drwxr-xr-x 4 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 src drwxr-xr-x 2 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 tomcat drwxr-xr-x 11 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 tools drwxr-xr-x 12 ronald ronald 4.0K Jun 13 09:50 volume How do I resolve the issue? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Moses\_Mutesasira](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/moses_mutesasira/32/72_2.png) [@Moses\_Mutesasira](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Moses_Mutesasira)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/running-openelis-global2-using-docker-compose-with-docker-images-built-directly-from-the-source-code-fails/2359/2 "2026-06-15T11:32:56Z")
Hello @Ronald_Munjoma , sorry about that. You need to first innitialize the submodules in your repository. `cd OpenELIS-Global-2` `git submodule update --init --recursive` `cd dataexport` `mvn clean install -DskipTests` ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_Munjoma](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/ronald_munjoma/32/1258_2.png) [@Ronald\_Munjoma](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Ronald_Munjoma)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/running-openelis-global2-using-docker-compose-with-docker-images-built-directly-from-the-source-code-fails/2359/3 "2026-06-15T16:41:12Z")
Hello @Moses_Mutesasira Thank you very much for your assistance, I am hitting a new error message when I run > [@Moses\_Mutesasira](#): > > `mvn clean install -DskipTests` [INFO] Reactor Summary for Data Export 0.0.0.9: [INFO] [INFO] Data Export … SUCCESS [2.999 s] [INFO] Data Export Core … FAILURE [9.382 s] [INFO] Data Export API … SKIPPED [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 13.183 s [INFO] Finished at: 2026-06-15T18:39:32+02:00 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.0:compile (default-compile) on project dataexport-core: Fatal error compiling: error: release version 11 not supported → [Help 1] ---
**Author:** ![joelss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/joelss/32/298_2.png) [@joelss](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/joelss)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 10:22am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/running-openelis-global2-using-docker-compose-with-docker-images-built-directly-from-the-source-code-fails/2359/4 "2026-06-17T10:22:04Z")
> [@Ronald\_Munjoma](#): > > [INFO] Reactor Summary for Data Export 0.0.0.9: > [INFO] > [INFO] Data Export … SUCCESS [2.999 s] > [INFO] Data Export Core … FAILURE [9.382 s] > [INFO] Data Export API … SKIPPED > [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] BUILD FAILURE > [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Total time: 13.183 s > [INFO] Finished at: 2026-06-15T18:39:32+02:00 > [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.0:compile (default-compile) on project dataexport-core: Fatal error compiling: error: release version 11 not supported → [Help 1] hello@ Ronald\_Munjoma,did you try to updating your system java alternatives to point atleast to v 21? if you have several installed versions, you can list them with: sudo update-alternatives --list java sudo update-alternatives --list javac else If Java 21 is not listed, you’ll need to install it first. Once it’s listed, you can set it as the system default: sudo update-alternatives --config java # Select the number for Java 21 sudo update-alternatives --config javac. you can also check the [GitHub - DIGI-UW/OpenELIS-Global-2: This is the core repo for OpenELIS global v3 · GitHub](https://github.com/DIGI-UW/OpenELIS-Global-2), if you happen to look at contributing/requirements,step 2 states that :For development , you need to install [Java](https://openjdk.org/install/) 21 ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_Munjoma](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/ronald_munjoma/32/1258_2.png) [@Ronald\_Munjoma](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Ronald_Munjoma)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/running-openelis-global2-using-docker-compose-with-docker-images-built-directly-from-the-source-code-fails/2359/5 "2026-06-17T16:58:08Z")
Hi @joelss I have installed Java 21 and the build was successful, thank you for your assistance.