Unable to redeploy functions

When deploying a function, the first time I can deploy it without any issues, but if I try to redeploy it, either with the command sls deploy or only deploying the function with sls deploy -f ping, I got an error coming from kubernetes:

$ sls deploy -f ping
Serverless: Packaging function: ping...
Serverless: Excluding development dependencies...
Serverless: Redeploying ping...

  Error --------------------------------------------------

  Found errors while processing the given functions:
Error: Unable to update the function ping. Received:
  Code: 422
  Message: Function.kubeless.io "ping" is invalid: apiVersion: Invalid value: "Function": must be kubeless.io/v1beta1

     For debugging logs, run again after setting the "SLS_DEBUG=*" environment variable.

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The first time after deploying everything it works perfect, but afterwards I am getting this error.

This is my serverless.yml file:

service: pingpong
provider:
  name: kubeless
  runtime: nodejs8
  hostname: myhostname.io

plugins:
  - serverless-kubeless

functions:
  ping:
    handler: handler.ping
    events:
      - http:
          path: /ping

And this is the handler:

const _ = require('lodash');
const fetch = require('node-fetch');

const ping = (event, context) => {
  const { request, response } = event.extensions;
  _.assign(event.data, { date: new Date().toTimeString() });

  return fetch('http://pong:8080/pong', {
    method: 'GET'
  }).then(async (res) => {
    const resp = await res.json();
    return {
      msg: 'called from ping, and response from',
      resp
    }
  }); 
};

module.exports = {
  ping
};

I noticed that if I change the handler file and try to redeploy, then I don’t get any error, even if I only change one space.

[andresmgot]

I finally was able to reproduce it forcing the version 1.8.0. Apparently it’s a bug there but I am not able to find any reference to that. I recommend you to upgrade to 1.9 but if for some reason you need to run Kubernetes 1.8 you can still create it as:

minikube start --vm-driver=hyperkit --bootstrapper=kubeadm  --kubernetes-version=v1.8.1

Note that you need hyperkit for that. Sorry for the inconveniences.

[AlexRex]

Thanks for looking at it! I’m in fact using 1.8.0, using hyperkit. I will move to 1.8.1 or try with 1.9.