Hello all,
I am attempting to self host piefed on a vps server running Debian 13 in docker with nginx proxy manager. I am at the step where I build it from source, and whenever I do it I get a ton of permission denied errors. I know the instructions said to chown 1000 the previous step, which I did but it still doesnt work. Thanks for the help.

    • kumi@feddit.onlineEnglish
      3·
      13 hours ago

      Just to rule it out (wouldn’t be the case on default debian):

      Is SELinux enabled? sudo getenforce (if command missing or false, it’s not your problem here)

      You are not running with podman as compose backend? sudo systemctl status podman shouldn’t show an active service unless you use it.

      • a_person@piefed.socialOPEnglish
        1·
        14 hours ago

        Sorry, chown not chmod. And yes, in this section.

        BUILD PIEFED

        export DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 sudo docker compose up --build

        Wait until text in terminal stops scrolling. Ignore the configuration check errors at this point.
If you see many permission-related errors, try repeating the previous step **(with the chown command using 1000 instead of your username)**
Test external access from browser (On port 8030). Watch for movement in terminal window. Browser will show "Internal Server Error" message. Proceed to initialize database to address this error message.
        • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
          2·
          13 hours ago

          Ah ok.

          That docker-dirs.sh script is trying to set the right permissions onto these directories:

          “pgdata”, “media”, “logs”, “tmp”.

          The owner of those directories needs to be the same user as the one running docker.