Permissions when used with docker compose

[OBoudreaux]

I'm having a heck of a time with permissions when running via a docker-compose file. Setup page loads fine but I get an error that the derbynet directory isn't writable. I have the host data directory at 775 permissions with the same owner and group that the container is run with. I can jump in a console as user 1000 in the container and create files in the directory. Perplexed.

  derbynet:
    image: jeffpiazza/derbynet_server
    container_name: derbynet
    profiles: ["apps", "all"]
    networks:
      - t2_proxy
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
    volumes:
      - $DATADIR/db/derbynet:/var/lib/derbynet
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    restart: unless-stopped
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
      ## HTTP Routers
      - "traefik.http.routers.derbynet-rtr.entrypoints=https"
      - "traefik.http.routers.derbynet-rtr.rule=Host(`$DERBYNET_SUBD.$DOMAINNAME_CLOUD_SERVER`)"
      ## Middlewares
      - "traefik.http.routers.derbynet-rtr.middlewares=chain-authen@file"
     ## HTTP Services
      - "traefik.http.routers.derbynet-rtr.service=derbynet-svc"
      - "traefik.http.services.derbynet-svc.loadbalancer.server.port=80"

[jeffpiazza]

I'm afraid I don't have any experience with docker-compose, so can't offer any insights there.

The PHP scripts usually run as user www-data, and the relevant question is whether the directory is writable by that user. (/etc/php/8.2/fpm/pool.d/www.conf sets user and group.) User 1000 may well be more privileged than www-data.

If you're seeing the "The ... directory exists, but isn't writable" message, that's coming from here:

derbynet/website/inc/details-for-setup-page.inc

Line 228 in 5ad7312

$message = "<p><span class='trouble'>The <b>'".$config_dir."'</b> directory exists, but isn't writable.</span></p>\n";

. You could change this message in your container to include relevant debugging information, if that helped.