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Directory creation error in ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Commerce on Cloud infrastructure

Last update: Fri Jul 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

This article addresses the directory cannot be created error in ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Commerce on Cloud infrastructure caused by a read-only file system. To fix this, update the .magento.env.yaml file with the correct language settings for static content deployment, save the changes, and redeploy the instance.

Description description

Environment

ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Commerce on Cloud infrastructure

Issue/Symptoms

  • The system logs an error stating it cannot create a directory due to a read-only file system.

  • The error message appears as:

    Directory "/app/pub/static/frontend/< Namespace> /< Theme> /< locale> " cannot be created Warning! mkdir(): Read-only file system

  • The system fails to generate static content folders during runtime.

Resolution resolution

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

  1. Open your .magento.env.yaml file.

  2. Check the SCD_MATRIX section to confirm that all required languages are listed for each theme. For example:

    code language-none 
    SCD_MATRIX:
  "Theme_code1":
    language:
      - es_ES
      - en_US
  "Theme_code2":
    language:
      - es_ES
      - en_US

  3. Add any missing languages to ensure all used languages (such as en_US and es_ES) are included.

  4. Save the updated .magento.env.yaml file.

  5. Redeploy your ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Commerce on Cloud infrastructure instance.

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