Runtipi•5d ago

Can't start runtipi because of postgres volume permission issues

Hi everyone, I'm trying to install runtipi on my home server, using a fresh install of Fedora 41 but I'm facing a weird permission issue when trying to start the postgres database. I've seen multiple people having this issue online but none of the solutions I've found in those threads helped. Here' s the error I'm facing:

runtipi-db             | chown: changing ownership of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Permission denied
runtipi-db             | chmod: changing permissions of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Permission denied
runtipi-db             | find: ‘/var/lib/postgresql/data’: Permission denied
runtipi-db             | chown: changing ownership of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Permission denied

runtipi-db             | chown: changing ownership of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Permission denied
runtipi-db             | chmod: changing permissions of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Permission denied
runtipi-db             | find: ‘/var/lib/postgresql/data’: Permission denied
runtipi-db             | chown: changing ownership of '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Permission denied

Here's an ls of my folder right after the install:

total 10664
drwxr-xr-x. 1 ketebece ketebece      200 Feb 27 13:32 .
drwx------. 1 ketebece ketebece      350 Feb 27 13:32 ..
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 app-data
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 apps
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 backups
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root           16 Feb 27 13:32 data
-rw-rw-r--. 1 root     root         4054 Feb 27 13:32 docker-compose.yml
-rw-rw-r--. 1 root     root          503 Feb 27 13:32 .env
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 logs
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 media
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 repos
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 ketebece ketebece 10904288 Feb 25 15:27 runtipi-cli
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root           34 Feb 27 13:32 state
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 traefik
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 user-config
-rw-rw-r--. 1 root     root            7 Feb 27 13:32 VERSION

total 10664
drwxr-xr-x. 1 ketebece ketebece      200 Feb 27 13:32 .
drwx------. 1 ketebece ketebece      350 Feb 27 13:32 ..
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 app-data
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 apps
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 backups
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root           16 Feb 27 13:32 data
-rw-rw-r--. 1 root     root         4054 Feb 27 13:32 docker-compose.yml
-rw-rw-r--. 1 root     root          503 Feb 27 13:32 .env
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 logs
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 media
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 repos
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 ketebece ketebece 10904288 Feb 25 15:27 runtipi-cli
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root           34 Feb 27 13:32 state
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 traefik
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root            0 Feb 27 13:32 user-config
-rw-rw-r--. 1 root     root            7 Feb 27 13:32 VERSION

I've tried the following: - Installing again from scratch - Changing the ownership of the files to a non root user - Changing the chmod to 777 on everything - Creating a named volume for postgres, that one got me past that error but it created new one and the runtipi-cli will override the compose file on start anyways. Not sure how to reproduce it at this point, it happens all the time, right after a clean install. Happy to provide more details if needed!

26 Replies

Stavros•5d ago

Hello What os are you running?

KetebeceOP•5d ago

Hey, I'm running a fresh install of Fedora 41 Workstation! One additional detail too is that I installed docker and compose using dnf directly: sudo dnf install docker docker-compose

Stavros•5d ago

Yeah that may be an issue. We recommend using the official install script as it uses the docker repositories ensuring you get the latest version. Package manager versions some times are outdated and have a lot of bugs. Can you please go inside the data directory and show me the output of ls -lah

KetebeceOP•5d ago

Sure here you go:

total 0
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root      16 Feb 27 13:32 .
drwxr-xr-x. 1 ketebece ketebece 200 Feb 27 13:32 ..
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root     root       0 Feb 27 13:32 postgres

total 0
drwxrwxrwx. 1 root     root      16 Feb 27 13:32 .
drwxr-xr-x. 1 ketebece ketebece 200 Feb 27 13:32 ..
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root     root       0 Feb 27 13:32 postgres

If it's of any help I'm running docker 27.3.1 and compose 2.30.3

Stavros•4d ago

Alright assuming this is a fresh install let's try to do sudo chmod -R 777:777 data (inside the runtipi folder). Do this while all runtipi containers are stopped and try to start again

KetebeceOP•4d ago

No dice, here's a log of what I did

message.txt

Stavros•4d ago

Something is really messed up with your permissions I suggest deleting the current install

KetebeceOP•4d ago

Yeah it's very very strange

Stavros•4d ago

Running sudo usermod -aG docker yourusername Then logout and log back in And install runtipi without sudo curl -L https://setup.runtipi.io | bash

KetebeceOP•4d ago

Okay let me give this a shot

Stavros•4d ago

This way you add docker permissions to your user without the need to use sudo everytime

KetebeceOP•4d ago

Mhhh I don't think it worked, asked me for sudo when running the curl and when I just do a compose it says the engine isn't running

Stavros•4d ago

After running this you should log out and log back in Else it won't work

KetebeceOP•4d ago

Yeah that's what I did

Stavros•4d ago

What happens if you do docker ps without sudo

KetebeceOP•4d ago

ketebece@LAPTOP-23S53C55:~/runtipi$ docker ps
permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.47/containers/json": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied

ketebece@LAPTOP-23S53C55:~/runtipi$ docker ps
permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.47/containers/json": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied

Stavros•4d ago

I think that's related to the DNS install, let me look it up

KetebeceOP•4d ago

Thanks 🙏

Stavros•4d ago

Usermod gave you no result right?

KetebeceOP•4d ago

Yup Do you think it would be worth uninstalling all of the docker dnf packages and trying again from scratch with the install script?

Stavros•4d ago

Maybe yeah but usermod is supposed to work with usermod anyway I don't understand why it's failing to give you permissions

KetebeceOP•4d ago

Could this be related? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56188573/permission-issue-with-postgresql-in-docker-container

Stack Overflow

Permission issue with PostgreSQL in docker container

I'm trying to run a docker image with PostgreSQL that has a volume configured for persisting data. docker-compose.yml version: '3.1' services: db: image: postgres restart: always v...

KetebeceOP•4d ago

Okay so some weird things, if I add a :z at the end of the volume name the postgres works but then I have the same problem with the other volumes on the runtipi container... I'll give uninstalling docker a reinstalling with the script tonight, I think there's definitely something weird the volumes permissions Example of another permission error I get when getting past the postgres:

Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/data/state/settings.json'
runtipi                |     at async open (node:internal/fs/promises:638:25)
runtipi                |     at async Object.readFile (node:internal/fs/promises:1242:14)
runtipi                |     at async generateSystemEnvFile (/app/main.js:428:75869)
runtipi                |     at async bootstrap (/app/main.js:978:34099) {
runtipi                |   errno: -13,
runtipi                |   code: 'EACCES',
runtipi                |   syscall: 'open',
runtipi                |   path: '/data/state/settings.json'
runtipi                | }

Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/data/state/settings.json'
runtipi                |     at async open (node:internal/fs/promises:638:25)
runtipi                |     at async Object.readFile (node:internal/fs/promises:1242:14)
runtipi                |     at async generateSystemEnvFile (/app/main.js:428:75869)
runtipi                |     at async bootstrap (/app/main.js:978:34099) {
runtipi                |   errno: -13,
runtipi                |   code: 'EACCES',
runtipi                |   syscall: 'open',
runtipi                |   path: '/data/state/settings.json'
runtipi                | }

Very odd

KetebeceOP•4d ago

Stack Overflow

Permission denied on accessing host directory in Docker

I am trying to mount a host directory in Docker, but then I cannot access it from within the container, even if the access permissions look good. I am doing sudo docker run -i -v /data1/Downloads:/

KetebeceOP•4d ago

Okay so running the following command on the runtipi folder seem to have fixed the permission issues with the volumes 🎉

chcon -Rt svirt_sandbox_file_t runtipi

chcon -Rt svirt_sandbox_file_t runtipi

But now I have a new error :despair:

runtipi-reverse-proxy  | 2025-02-27T21:19:04Z ERR Provider error, retrying in 3.926110716s error="permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get \"http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.24/version\": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied" providerName=docker

runtipi-reverse-proxy  | 2025-02-27T21:19:04Z ERR Provider error, retrying in 3.926110716s error="permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get \"http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.24/version\": dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied" providerName=docker

Happy to report that removing docker dnf packages and reinstalling with the official install script fixed all of my issues! Thank you @Stavros for your help 🙂

Stavros•4d ago

Cool!

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