Support running container as non-root user#60
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Create a tracefinity user (UID 1000) that runs by default. The container also works with arbitrary UIDs via --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" so mounted volume files are owned by the host user instead of root. Changes: - Add docker-entrypoint.sh for runtime directory creation - Create non-root tracefinity user, default to it via USER - Move nginx pid to /tmp/nginx, remove user directive - Move supervisord pid/logs to /tmp/supervisor - Set U2NET_HOME=/app/.u2net so rembg model cache is writable - Set HOME=/app so ~ resolves to a writable path - chmod 777 all runtime-writable directories for arbitrary UID support - Update README with --user example - Document non-root setup in docs/gotchas.md Signed-off-by: Jason Madigan <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jason Madigan <[email protected]>
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Summary
Makes the Docker container work with
--user "$(id -u):$(id -g)"so mounted volume files are owned by the host user instead of root.Closes #50
Changes
tracefinityuser (UID 1000) as default non-root user/tmp/(writable without root)user www-datadirective from nginx configdocker-entrypoint.shthat creates required runtime directories at startupU2NET_HOME=/app/.u2netandHOME=/appfor model downloadsHow it works
tracefinity(UID 1000) — no--userneeded--user: works with any UID because runtime dirs are world-writable (standard pattern for arbitrary UID containers, same as OpenShift S2I images)docker runcommands without--userstill workTest plan
uid=1000(tracefinity)--user 501works, all runtime dirs writable