I am trying to launch node red with docker compose and its throwing up some error

dezire · 3 January 2022 17:14

This is my docker compose file

version: "3"

services:
  nodered:
    container_name: nodered
    image: nodered/node-red:latest
    restart: always
    environment:
      - TZ=Asia/Kolkata
    ports:
      - "1880:1880"
    networks:
      - public
    volumes:
      - "/mnt/external/nr-personal:/data"
volumes:
  nr-personal:
networks:
  public:

Logs:

npm ERR! Exit status 1

 
npm ERR! Failed at the node-red-docker@2.1.4 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

> node-red-docker@2.1.4 start /usr/src/node-red
> node $NODE_OPTIONS node_modules/node-red/red.js $FLOWS "--userDir" "/data"

internal/fs/utils.js:332
    throw err;
    ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, copyfile '/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/settings.js' -> '/data/settings.js'
    at Object.copyFileSync (fs.js:2061:3)
    at copyFile (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:70:6)
    at onFile (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:56:25)
    at getStats (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:48:44)
    at handleFilterAndCopy (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:33:10)
    at Object.copySync (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:26:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/red.js:125:20)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1085:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32) {
  errno: -13,
  syscall: 'copyfile',
  code: 'EACCES',
  path: '/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/settings.js',
  dest: '/data/settings.js'
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! node-red-docker@2.1.4 start: `node $NODE_OPTIONS node_modules/node-red/red.js $FLOWS "--userDir" "/data"`
npm ERR! Exit status 1

 
npm ERR! Failed at the node-red-docker@2.1.4 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

> node-red-docker@2.1.4 start /usr/src/node-red
> node $NODE_OPTIONS node_modules/node-red/red.js $FLOWS "--userDir" "/data"

internal/fs/utils.js:332
    throw err;
    ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, copyfile '/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/settings.js' -> '/data/settings.js'
    at Object.copyFileSync (fs.js:2061:3)
    at copyFile (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:70:6)
    at onFile (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:56:25)
    at getStats (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:48:44)
    at handleFilterAndCopy (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:33:10)
    at Object.copySync (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:26:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/red.js:125:20)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1085:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32) {
  errno: -13,
  syscall: 'copyfile',
  code: 'EACCES',
  path: '/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/settings.js',
  dest: '/data/settings.js'
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! node-red-docker@2.1.4 start: `node $NODE_OPTIONS node_modules/node-red/red.js $FLOWS "--userDir" "/data"`
npm ERR! Exit status 1

 
npm ERR! Failed at the node-red-docker@2.1.4 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

> node-red-docker@2.1.4 start /usr/src/node-red
> node $NODE_OPTIONS node_modules/node-red/red.js $FLOWS "--userDir" "/data"

internal/fs/utils.js:332
    throw err;
    ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, copyfile '/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/settings.js' -> '/data/settings.js'
    at Object.copyFileSync (fs.js:2061:3)
    at copyFile (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:70:6)
    at onFile (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:56:25)
    at getStats (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:48:44)
    at handleFilterAndCopy (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:33:10)
    at Object.copySync (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:26:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/red.js:125:20)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1085:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32) {
  errno: -13,
  syscall: 'copyfile',
  code: 'EACCES',
  path: '/usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/settings.js',
  dest: '/data/settings.js'
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! node-red-docker@2.1.4 start: `node $NODE_OPTIONS node_modules/node-red/red.js $FLOWS "--userDir" "/data"`
npm ERR! Exit status 1

 
npm ERR! Failed at the node-red-docker@2.1.4 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

hardillb · 3 January 2022 17:44

The mounted volume (on /data) needs to be writeable by the Node-RED user, id 1001 iirc

dezire · 4 January 2022 06:54

It is able to create the mentioned directory and even the user is able to create the directory. Still the node red container is not working via this docker compose file. If I create the same container but with docker run command eveything is working fine

bakman2 · 4 January 2022 07:06

Could you try it like this:

version: "3"

services:
  nodered:
    container_name: nodered
    image: nodered/node-red:latest
    restart: always
    environment:
      - TZ=Asia/Kolkata
    ports:
      - 1880:1880
    volumes:
      - /mnt/external/nr-personal:/data

dezire · 4 January 2022 08:44

Same problem....

dezire · 4 January 2022 08:46

It is not working even if I use /home/USERNAME directory where it should typically be able to write

dezire · 4 January 2022 09:03

If you don't ming pls tell me what should I do.
I tried

sudo chown user:group /mnt/external

My user can create files in the directory but still nodered is not working

hardillb · 4 January 2022 09:57

Sorry, I made a mistake earlier the node-red user inside the container is id 1000

So your volume needs to be owned by id 1000 group 10000

so chown -R 1000:1000 /mnt/external/nr-personal

dezire · 4 January 2022 11:05

This did solve the issue but is there any way to do this in the compose file?

hardillb · 4 January 2022 11:20

You can remap the user with the following iirc:

version: "3"

services:
  nodered:
    container_name: nodered
    image: nodered/node-red:latest
    user: "uid:gid"
    restart: always
    environment:
      - TZ=Asia/Kolkata
    ports:
      - "1880:1880"
    networks:
      - public
    volumes:
      - "/mnt/external/nr-personal:/data"
volumes:
  nr-personal:
networks:
  public:

where uid and gid are the numerical id's on the host system that has access to the volume.

system · 20 January 2022 10:12

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