Che container creates folders with projects in /data on host machine

[garagatyi]

Che CLI in docker container creates /data folder on host and writes projects there.

Che version: 5.0.0-M9-SNAPSHOT
OS and version: Ubuntu 16.04
Docker version: 1.12
Che install: Docker container

[benoitf]

@garagatyi with image from master branch ?

[garagatyi]

Yes

[TylerJewell]

Post command line. We made changes in the cli-improvements branch to change :/che volume mount to now be :/data, but it's only in the branch.

[garagatyi]

I tried commands I listed below and I can reproduce it:

✔  15:52 ~/workspace/.che $ docker pull eclipse/che-cli:nightly 
nightly: Pulling from eclipse/che-cli
Digest: sha256:d674cebdca3095240f74606d89f75b7e254956a74dc41edf3a08042076891a8e
Status: Image is up to date for eclipse/che-cli:nightly
✔  15:52 ~/workspace/.che $ docker pull eclipse/che-cli:nightly ^C
✔  15:52 ~/workspace/.che $ ./che.sh --nd start --pull
INFO: (che cli): Loading cli...
INFO: (che cli): Checking registry for version 'nightly' images
INFO: (che download): Pulling image puppet/puppet-agent-alpine:4.6.2

4.6.2: Pulling from puppet/puppet-agent-alpine
Digest: sha256:bf93e9f1a92b692efeb3138d25444c478093b6e18818f4242ffc723b04fc6a57
Status: Image is up to date for puppet/puppet-agent-alpine:4.6.2

INFO: (che download): Pulling image registry:2.5.0

2.5.0: Pulling from library/registry
Digest: sha256:1b68f0d54837c356e353efb04472bc0c9a60ae1c8178c9ce076b01d2930bcc5d
Status: Image is up to date for registry:2.5.0

INFO: (che download): Pulling image eclipse/che-init:nightly

nightly: Pulling from eclipse/che-init
Digest: sha256:4f1a8696a0ca8984663d65c13d5bcfbf8b4d47a2fcbfd2d8ee5b09fcc0c8895b
Status: Image is up to date for eclipse/che-init:nightly

INFO: (che download): Pulling image eclipse/che-server:nightly

nightly: Pulling from eclipse/che-server
Digest: sha256:c8efcdec62994081060502f7a9e74f049b57fed96df77772d89e72263a944079
Status: Image is up to date for eclipse/che-server:nightly

INFO: (che config): Generating che configuration...
INFO: (che config): Customizing docker-compose for running in a container
INFO: (che start): Preflight checks
         port 8080 (http):       [AVAILABLE] 

INFO: (che start): Starting containers...
INFO: (che start): Services booting...
INFO: (che start): Server logs at "docker logs -f che"
INFO: (che start): Booted and reachable
INFO: (che start): Ver: nightly
INFO: (che start): Use: http://172.17.0.1:8080
INFO: (che start): API: http://172.17.0.1:8080/swagger

[TylerJewell]

I do not know what is ./che.sh --nd start --pull. Also, post the cli.log.

[garagatyi]

Sorry - it is my shortcut

[TylerJewell]

Ok - issue reproduced. Not a CLI issue. It's an issue with the che-server Docker container. The embedded the che.properties must be getting set a value that is a host path, and not the container path.

[benoitf]

I've started a ubuntu vm. (we can't reproduce on mac or windows)
Here is what is happening

docker.sh script is doing
https://github.com/eclipse/che/blob/master/assembly/assembly-main/src/assembly/bin/docker.sh#L108

  DEFAULT_CHE_IN_VM=$(is_in_vm)
  export CHE_IN_VM=${CHE_IN_VM:-${DEFAULT_CHE_IN_VM}}

is_in_vm check if we're using docker4mac, boot2docker, etc and then set
https://github.com/eclipse/che/blob/master/assembly/assembly-main/src/assembly/bin/docker.sh#L120-L121

export CHE_WORKSPACE_STORAGE="${CHE_DATA_HOST}/workspaces"
export CHE_WORKSPACE_STORAGE_CREATE_FOLDERS=false

but on Linux, it goes with "native" then these properties are not set then it takes default values

but it takes what is done at line https://github.com/eclipse/che/blob/master/assembly/assembly-main/src/assembly/bin/docker.sh#L98

sed -i "/che.workspace.storage=/c\che.workspace.storage=/data/workspaces" $CHE_LOCAL_CONF_DIR/che.properties

[benoitf]

fix is part of #3318

[benoitf]

solved by #3318
if the problem is still there on your side, please reopen