# Webpack Watch and Serve with DevKinsta **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [October 7, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086 "2024-10-07T12:30:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Imabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/imabi/32/3263_2.png) [@Imabi](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Imabi)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086/1 "2024-10-07T12:30:56Z")
Hello Community, is there any recommendations for a Webpack watch and serve setup? I am desperately trying to find a way to make it work with a live reload. But facing this kind of an error: ```auto Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\data\docker\volumes\DevKinsta\public\badspiegel\wp-content\themes\storefront-child\src\js' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\data\docker\volumes\DevKinsta\public\badspiegel\wp-content\themes\storefront-child\fonts\hind' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\data\docker\volumes\DevKinsta\public\badspiegel\wp-content\themes\storefront-child\fonts\montserrat' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\data\docker\volumes\DevKinsta\public\badspiegel\wp-content\themes\storefront-child\src\scss' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\data\docker\volumes\DevKinsta\public\badspiegel\wp-content\themes\storefront-child' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\data\docker\volumes\DevKinsta\public\badspiegel\wp-content\themes' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\data\docker\volumes\DevKinsta\public\badspiegel\wp-content' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\data\docker\volumes\DevKinsta\public\badspiegel' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\data\docker\volumes\DevKinsta\public' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\data\docker\volumes\DevKinsta' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\data\docker\volumes' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\data\docker' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\data' Watchpack Error (watcher): Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, watch 'Z:\' ``` Somehow it tries to watch the whole Docker mount? Kindest regards, Abidin ---
**Author:** ![VladimirM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/vladimirm/32/2786_2.png) [@VladimirM](https://community.kinsta.com/u/VladimirM)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086/2 "2024-10-07T13:27:19Z")
Hello Abidin šŸ‘‹ I have to admit I am not certain what is causing this and weā€™ll need to ask our developers to check. Can you please send the entire [main.log](https://kinsta.com/docs/devkinsta/devkinsta-troubleshooting/error-codes/#viewing-the-application-log-file) file to us? Thank you! Kind regards ---
**Author:** ![Imabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/imabi/32/3263_2.png) [@Imabi](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Imabi)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086/4 "2024-10-07T13:46:41Z")
[main.log](https://community.kinsta.com/uploads/short-url/qUDtFyZgel9rjBwLkaQoRdU3820.log) (1001.0 KB) Main.log file attached. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![jackirish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/jackirish/32/1361_2.png) [@jackirish](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jackirish)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086/5 "2024-10-07T21:14:38Z")
Hi @Imabi ! šŸ‘‹ It looks like NPM is trying to run on a directory here, instead of files: [node.js - NPM stuck giving the same error EISDIR: Illegal operation on a directory, read at error (native) - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34959038/npm-stuck-giving-the-same-error-eisdir-illegal-operation-on-a-directory-read-a) Can you please ensure your package.json is looking specifically for files rather than a directory, or provide myself and my colleague @VladimirM with a copy of your package.json via a DM? ---
**Author:** ![Imabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/imabi/32/3263_2.png) [@Imabi](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Imabi)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086/6 "2024-10-08T08:19:05Z")
[webpack.config.js.txt](https://community.kinsta.com/uploads/short-url/nT3vq1UfUoQIAy0dnxpduoAfe0Y.txt) (3.0 KB) [package.json.txt](https://community.kinsta.com/uploads/short-url/ugmpHecYV8vToQojSfNPS43obhb.txt) (1.1 KB) Package.json and Webpack. onfig files attached. Thank you for your effort to help me with this issue. ---
**Author:** ![VladimirM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/vladimirm/32/2786_2.png) [@VladimirM](https://community.kinsta.com/u/VladimirM)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086/7 "2024-10-08T10:06:05Z")
Thanks for sending those. Weā€™ll review them and get back to you. Kind regards, Vladimir M ---
**Author:** ![VladimirM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/vladimirm/32/2786_2.png) [@VladimirM](https://community.kinsta.com/u/VladimirM)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 7:12am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086/9 "2024-10-09T07:12:17Z")
Hello @Imabi We are not able to determine the cause based on the files you provided as we donā€™t see the directories referenced in them. We might need access to your repo though that is out of scope, and this point I canā€™t guarantee weā€™ll find an answer, but if thereā€™s anyway we can view the repo, let us know. Kind regards ---
**Author:** ![Imabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/imabi/32/3263_2.png) [@Imabi](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Imabi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086/10 "2024-10-09T18:38:09Z")
[removed by administrator] I appreciate your help with this matter, as working with DevKinsta has just started to become fun, and Iā€™m only one step away from perfection. šŸ˜ ---
**Author:** ![VladimirM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/vladimirm/32/2786_2.png) [@VladimirM](https://community.kinsta.com/u/VladimirM)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086/13 "2024-10-10T12:27:46Z")
Hello @Imabi Thanks for sending the files, we are still reviewing them. So far, I canā€™t see the reason why Watchpack is watching the directories. If we get anywhere with it, Iā€™ll let you know. ---
**Author:** ![Imabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/imabi/32/3263_2.png) [@Imabi](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Imabi)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086/14 "2024-10-10T13:06:22Z")
Thank you very much for your effort. Iā€™ve noticed the following: When I use polling with a value of 1000 for the regular watcher, the error doesnā€™t occur. However, I couldnā€™t find a way to set up polling for the webpack-dev-server watcher. But what exactly does polling have to do with watching certain files? ---
**Author:** ![jackirish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/jackirish/32/1361_2.png) [@jackirish](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jackirish)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086/15 "2024-10-10T21:56:33Z")
Hi @Imabi , Unfortunately, we havenā€™t been able to determine whatā€™s causing this from our side. It appears to be specific to Webpack and its configuration. My _guess_ is that because `module.exports` doesnā€™t specify a list of files to watch, itā€™s defaulting to trying to watch every file on the pod - possibly because itā€™s looking at root (/) instead of the application root (./). I donā€™t think weā€™ll be able to give this a proper answer though, because we lack detailed information on how Webpack is actually functioning in this way, and we havenā€™t been able to replicate this behavior. You may wish to reach out to them, if only to get more information on how exactly it tries to apply its settings in this context. ---
**Author:** ![Imabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/imabi/32/3263_2.png) [@Imabi](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Imabi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086/16 "2024-10-11T17:04:08Z")
Thank you for the effort though. I posted a question on Stack Overflow: > Letā€™s see, maybe someone will be able to help. But since this is a very niche problem, I think I might be left alone in this matter. šŸ˜¢ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/kinsta/original/2X/8/80f8c4e56fecc02327a0964e6bf63a716483529f.png) [@system](https://community.kinsta.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/webpack-watch-and-serve-with-devkinsta/4086/17 "2024-10-14T05:05:06Z")
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