fix: resolve Docker volume permission denied on startup

Root cause: Docker named volumes are created as root, but the container
ran as the unprivileged 'oxicloud' user (UID 1001). Services like
thumbnail_service, image_transcode, and dedup_service call
create_dir_all under /app/storage during initialization, which fails
with 'Permission denied (os error 13)'.

Changes:
- Add entrypoint.sh that runs as root to chown /app/storage, then
  drops privileges via su-exec before executing the application
- Update Dockerfile to install su-exec, copy entrypoint, and use
  ENTRYPOINT instead of USER+CMD
- Downgrade id_mapping_service initial write failure from ERROR to WARN
  (empty in-memory map is perfectly valid, will persist on next save)
- Improve panic message in main.rs to hint at Docker permission issue

Fixes #<issue>
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Dionisio
2026-02-12 09:57:33 +01:00
parent d31a413e57
commit 6ca1ac4294
4 changed files with 37 additions and 9 deletions
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@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="OxiCloud" \
org.opencontainers.image.licenses="MIT"
# Install only necessary runtime dependencies and update packages
# su-exec is needed by the entrypoint to drop privileges after fixing volume permissions
RUN apk --no-cache upgrade && \
apk add --no-cache libgcc ca-certificates libpq tzdata
apk add --no-cache libgcc ca-certificates libpq tzdata su-exec
# Create non-root user
RUN addgroup -g 1001 -S oxicloud && \
@@ -48,12 +49,16 @@ RUN addgroup -g 1001 -S oxicloud && \
COPY --from=builder /app/target/release/oxicloud /usr/local/bin/
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/oxicloud
# Copy entrypoint script
COPY entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
# Copy static files and other resources needed at runtime
COPY --chown=oxicloud:oxicloud static /app/static
COPY --chown=oxicloud:oxicloud db /app/db
# Create storage directory with proper permissions
RUN mkdir -p /app/storage && chown oxicloud:oxicloud /app/storage
RUN mkdir -p /app/storage && chown -R oxicloud:oxicloud /app/storage
# Set working directory
WORKDIR /app
@@ -61,8 +66,8 @@ WORKDIR /app
# Expose application port
EXPOSE 8086
# Run as non-root user
USER oxicloud
# Run the application
# Entrypoint fixes volume permissions then drops to oxicloud user.
# The container starts as root so it can chown mounted volumes,
# then su-exec drops privileges before running the application.
ENTRYPOINT ["entrypoint.sh"]
CMD ["oxicloud"]
Executable
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@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
#!/bin/sh
set -e
# Fix ownership of mounted volumes.
# When Docker creates named volumes they are owned by root, but the
# application runs as the unprivileged "oxicloud" user (UID 1001).
# This script runs as root, fixes permissions, then drops privileges.
STORAGE_DIR="/app/storage"
STATIC_DIR="/app/static"
# Ensure the storage directory exists and is writable by oxicloud
if [ -d "$STORAGE_DIR" ]; then
chown -R oxicloud:oxicloud "$STORAGE_DIR"
fi
# Ensure static directory is readable
if [ -d "$STATIC_DIR" ]; then
chown -R oxicloud:oxicloud "$STATIC_DIR"
fi
# Drop privileges and exec the main binary (or whatever was passed as CMD)
exec su-exec oxicloud "$@"
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ impl IdMappingService {
}
}
// Write empty map to file
// Write empty map to file (best-effort: the in-memory map is valid even if disk write fails)
match serde_json::to_string_pretty(&empty_map) {
Ok(json) => {
if let Err(e) = fs::write(map_path, json).await {
tracing::error!("Failed to write initial empty ID map: {}", e);
tracing::warn!("Could not write initial empty ID map (will retry on next save): {}", e);
} else {
tracing::info!("Created initial empty ID map at {}", map_path.display());
}
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@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
);
let app_state = factory.build_app_state(db_pool).await
.expect("Failed to build application state");
.expect("Failed to build application state. If running in Docker, ensure the storage volume is writable by the oxicloud user (UID 1001)");
// Build application router
let api_routes = create_api_routes(&app_state);