Can't create directory /var/www/app/storage/app

[perteraul]

After editing the env, docker-compose.yml and the hosts file, I keep getting this error on docker files_app_1:

cp: can't create directory '/var/www/app/storage/app': Operation not permitted

I did follow the instructions and set

chmod 755 docker/app/public
sudo chown -R 1500:1500 docker/app

Any ideas?

[turbo124]

@perteraul as the error states, it is a permissions error, i think if the folder isn't chown'd properly before the container is brought up - the container is never going to be in the right state.

[dIELERx]

I am running into the same issue.

I followed the instructions in this github repo and I am not able to get invoiceninja up and running:
After cloning the repo, I have generated the APP_Key and then added it to the env file as well as the URL.
Afterwards I changed the permissions as described in manual.

chmod 755 docker/app/public
chown -R 1500:1500 docker/app

But it doesn't matter what I do, its just not starting. I removed the repo a few times and started over and over...

app_1     | cp: can't create directory '/var/www/app/storage/app': Permission denied
app_1     | cp: can't create directory '/var/www/app/storage/app': Permission denied
app_1     | cp: can't create directory '/var/www/app/storage/app': Permission denied
app_1     | cp: can't create directory '/var/www/app/storage/app': Permission denied
app_1     | cp: can't create directory '/var/www/app/storage/app': Permission denied
app_1     | cp: can't create directory '/var/www/app/storage/app': Permission denied

dockerfiles_app_1 exited with code 1
Exception in thread Thread-5:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site-packages/docker/api/client.py", line 261, in _raise_for_status
  File "site-packages/requests/models.py", line 940, in raise_for_status
requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 409 Client Error: Conflict for url: http+docker://localhost/v1.38/containers/de6a9ba22a778e0f228db81c631813e3651f9d3d7a911968a3f63e3220900163/attach?logs=0&stdout=1&stderr=1&stream=1

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "threading.py", line 916, in _bootstrap_inner
  File "threading.py", line 864, in run
  File "compose/cli/log_printer.py", line 233, in watch_events
  File "compose/container.py", line 215, in attach_log_stream
  File "compose/container.py", line 307, in attach
  File "site-packages/docker/utils/decorators.py", line 19, in wrapped
  File "site-packages/docker/api/container.py", line 61, in attach
  File "site-packages/docker/api/client.py", line 400, in _read_from_socket
  File "site-packages/docker/api/client.py", line 311, in _get_raw_response_socket
  File "site-packages/docker/api/client.py", line 263, in _raise_for_status
  File "site-packages/docker/errors.py", line 31, in create_api_error_from_http_exception
docker.errors.APIError: 409 Client Error: Conflict ("b'container de6a9ba22a778e0f228db81c631813e3651f9d3d7a911968a3f63e3220900163 is restarting, wait until the container is running'")

[perteraul]

@dIELERx I solved my issues by opening Transmit and applying 755 to the docker folder (also checked to apply to all of the enclosing folders).

Before I did that, I tried manually creating the folders and thought it was weird because it would ask me for my password each time. After I change the permissions from Transmit, it stopped asking me for the password and the docker installation worked.

I knew I should've documented this... sorry! 😅

[dIELERx]

@perteraul thanks for the quick answer ;). Which docker folder do you mean? The one who is included in the repository?
Even applying 777 permissions to the included docker folder does not change anything.. I always get the same error.

[kaeferfreund]

I am having the same issue - folder permissions are correct, 3x checked with ls -l for all files and folders! Minimal changes to the docker compose file.

EDIT:
Error Message from NGINX:
403 Forbidden nginx/1.19.10

Error from NGINX:
*1 directory index of "/var/www/app/public/" is forbidden,

[kevintrannz]

I have same issue:
app_1 | cp: can't create directory '/var/www/app/storage/app': Permission denied

Does anyone have a workaround on this issue please? Thank you.

[lwj5]

Please run the commands outlined here
#305 (comment)

And post the output in this thread

[Rydestudio]

I am having this same issue. None of the solutions here worked.

here is what I get running the the commands from the above comment.

[root@97ca286bdfe1:/# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
root@97ca286bdfe1:/# cd /var/www
root@97ca286bdfe1:/var/www# ls -l
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 5 16:34 app
root@97ca286bdfe1:/var/www# cd app
root@97ca286bdfe1:/var/www/app# ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 96 Nov 5 16:24 public
root@97ca286bdfe1:/var/www/app#
root@97ca286bdfe1:/var/www/app# cd public
root@97ca286bdfe1:/var/www/app/public# ls -l
total 0

[Rydestudio]

The solution for me was not to run the command sudo chown -R 1500:1500 docker/app.