Truffle migrate: unknown network "development"

Question

I'm using macOS High Sierra. I installed truffle and ganache-cli as below

npm install -g truffle
npm install -g ganache-cli

Then I created a directory and cd to it to run the test

mkdir ethereumTest
cd ethereumTest

I initiate the truffle and compile it

truffle init
truffle compile

Since I'm on Mac, I changed the truffle.js file as below

module.exports = {
   network: {
     development: {
        host: "127.0.0.1",
        port: 8545,
        network_id: "*"
    }
  }
};

I opened another terminal and ran ganache-cli ganache-cli

But when I tried to migrate to the network in the previous terminal, it gives error

truffle migrate

It gives

Unknown network "[object Object]". See your Truffle configuration file for available networks.

truffle network --network development

It gives

Unknown network "development". See your Truffle configuration file for available networks.

I also tried the following

• remove truffle-config.js
• change truffle-config.js as the same as truffle.js
• In the truffle.js file, change host to localhost

But none of them works, any other suggestion?

Answer 1

Change your "network" to "networks" in the truffle.js configuration file. Refer https://truffleframework.com/docs/truffle/reference/configuration for example configurations.