How to start Vikunja API in Docker with sqlite?

Bug
#1

I’ve started a Docker container, with a volume mounted at /storage. I then start Vikunja with the following environment variables:

VIKUNJA_DATABASE_TYPE: sqlite
VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PATH: /storage/vikunja.db

However, Vikunja API fails to start:

usermod: no changes
2020/06/22 07:53:59 Config File "config" Not Found in "[/app/vikunja /etc/vikunja /app/vikunja/.config/vikunja]"
2020/06/22 07:53:59 Using default config.
2020-06-22T07:53:59.935817756Z: CRITICAL	▶ migration/Migrate 002 Migration failed: unable to open database file: no such file or directory

I’ve checked that /storage exists by replacing the command with ls -la /storage:

total 24
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root          4096 Jun 21 17:19 .
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          4096 Jun 22 07:57 ..
drwx------    2 root     root         16384 Jun 21 17:19 lost+found

Why isn’t the vikunja.db created when the API starts?

#2

Vikunja is not running as root in docker, therefore the api process has no rights to write in the /storage directory. You should modify the folder so the vikunja run user has the right to access it. Take a look at the docs for more info. Since you’re mounting /storage as a volume would need to do this at the host running the container.

I’ll put up a fix to improve the error message.

#3

Better error message is implemented as of caee123f9.

#4

Thanks for your response! I’ve set PUID and PGID to 1000 and have ensured the host volume is chowned to 1000:1000. Now, the API server indeed seems to start correctly. Thanks!

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#5

Glad it works for you now!