I take it that you need a remote filesystem block to deploy

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I take it that you need a remote filesystem block to deploy flows remotely When I deploy with filestorage the remote prefect server is trying to load a file path that looks like a path in my local system I have github but haven t been able to figure out why the deploy does not upload files properly I get the following warning ```Deployment storage GitHub repository= lt redacted gt reference=None access token=SecretStr include git objects=True does not have upload capabilities no files uploaded Pass skip upload to suppress this warning ``` This is after I execute the following deploy command ```prefect deployment build n sync repository tables flow q default flows sync repository tables flow py sync repository tables flow a sb github prod gbi github dataflowdeployments``` Anyone know what I m missing

Christopher Boyd · Answer

github is read only `get directory` is listed on the block to retrieve storage and is not a valid remote file store for pushing content

Christopher Boyd · Answer

if you re using a docker image you can pass the path and entrypoint otherwise you d need a file store that supports put directory write path like azure s3 gcs

Albert Wong · Answer

Thanks < Christopher Boyd> this is compelling and I ll take a look Can I also manage different versions of python + libs through this method

Albert Wong · Answer

Hmm looks like the docker infrastructure block cannot find the flow either Do you mean I should build a custom image with the flows in the image If so is there any documentation on how to do that

Albert Wong · Answer

for reference this is what I get when running the flow ```02 48 58 664 | INFO | Flow run rare rook Downloading flow code from storage at opt prefect flows 02 48 58 668 | ERROR | Flow run rare rook Flow could not be retrieved from deployment ```

Albert Wong · Answer

actually if github is readonly can I just manually check in the flows into github for retrieval on the remote server i e I deploy with the github storage block defined check in the flow code and then run

Albert Wong · Answer

oh shoot that works haha There s a demo video here on the subject <https www youtube com watch v=Nv1eD0VDedA>

Will Truong · Answer

Thank you Albert I am currently trying to implement this too