Reusing configuration: executor type not supported

[tdeekens]

HI,

I recently carefully read the “Reusing Configuration” section in the 2.1 release and got really excited to try it out.

I started using the executor and commands concept on a side project before I planned introducing it at work on Monday. I added a PR on a side project here.

I define executors as

executors:
  node_8:
    docker:
      - image: circleci/node:8
    working_directory: *working_directory

To then later use them as

executor: node_8

Sadly I see the error on the CircleCI run "* “node_8” is not a supported executor type. The supported executor types are “machine”, “docker”, “macos”. The build run can be found here.

I hope somebody can help me out cause I am really stuck to spot a potential error. I’ve gone over the documentation about 8-10 times by now and can’t see what could have gone wrong.

Thanks and kind regards,
Tobi

[halfer]

Hmm, I vaguely recall seeing a report here that the system does not like underscores. Try renaming this to “node8”?

[nicolas-albert]

Same here, executors feature of 2.1 does not work at all: https://circleci.com/gh/nicolas-albert/convertigo/tree/circleci-2.1

I tryed a different name and removed old image references without success.

[halfer]

Did either of you turn on “Enable build processing (preview)” in your Advanced Settings?

[tdeekens]

Sorry, that solved it for me. Sorry, wasn’t aware of that. Thanks!