fly49

fly49

Hi, I am trying to get Phoenix app work using containers and elixir releases.

I succeeded to run my app in a single container and connect it to local postgres using dockerfile and command below:

Dockerfile:

FROM elixir:1.9.0-alpine AS build

# install build dependencies
RUN apk add --no-cache build-base npm git python

# prepare build dir
WORKDIR /app

# install hex + rebar
RUN mix local.hex --force && \
    mix local.rebar --force

# set build ENV
ENV MIX_ENV=prod

# install mix dependencies
COPY mix.exs mix.lock ./
COPY config config
RUN mix do deps.get, deps.compile

# build assets
COPY assets/package.json assets/package-lock.json ./assets/
RUN npm --prefix ./assets ci --progress=false --no-audit --loglevel=error

COPY priv priv
COPY assets assets
RUN npm run --prefix ./assets deploy
RUN mix phx.digest

# compile and build release
COPY lib lib
# uncomment COPY if rel/ exists
# COPY rel rel
RUN mix do compile, release

# prepare release image
FROM alpine:3.9 AS app
RUN apk add --no-cache openssl ncurses-libs

EXPOSE 4000
ENV PORT=4000 \
    MIX_ENV=prod \
    SHELL=/bin/bash

WORKDIR /app

RUN chown nobody:nobody /app

USER nobody:nobody

COPY --from=build --chown=nobody:nobody /app/_build/prod/rel/myapp ./

ENV HOME=/app

CMD ["bin/myapp", "start"]

Commands:

docker build -t test .
docker run \
  --network=host \
  -e DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost/myapp_dev \
  -e SECRET_KEY_BASE=...some key... \
  -e HOST=localhost \
  test    

But when I am trying to up two containers via docker-compose.yml

version: '3'

services:
  PostgreSQL:
    image: postgres
    container_name: postgres
    ports:
      - 5433:5432
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: "--encoding=UTF-8"
    hostname: postgres
    restart: always
    user: root
  elixir:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    env_file:
      - .env.list
    ports:
      - 4040:4000
    container_name: elixir
    volumes:
      - .:/app
    depends_on:
      - PostgreSQL

.env.list:

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:postgres@postgres/myapp_prod
SECRET_KEY_BASE=... some key...
HOST=localhost

I am getting an error:

Creating postgres ... done
Creating elixir   ... error

ERROR: for elixir  Cannot start service elixir: OCI runtime create failed: container_linux.go:367: starting container process caused: exec: "bin/myapp": stat bin/myapp: no such file or directory: unknown
ERROR: Encountered errors while bringing up the project.

I suppose that docker-compose should just run elixir container with according dockerfile as just it happens with “docker run …”, but it seems that I get different container which doesn’t have bin/ directory for some reason. Am I missing something?

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pmangalakader

pmangalakader

it seems, volume mount for elixir container in the docker-compose overwrites the docker build container files. Try removing the mount and see if that solves the issue.

volumes:
      - .:/app
# remove this

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Exadra37

Exadra37

Never use the root user in any docker image, just like you would not use it in a real server.

The database is open to the internet. You don’t need to expose the ports for the elixir service to be able to reach it.

This is not necessary, instead just change the name of the docker-compose service from PostgreSQL to postgres.

If is for running in localhost then you need to do it like 127.0.0.1:4040:4000, otherwise it may be reachable from the internet, unless you have other security measures in place.

The use of 4040:4000 is equivalent to 0.0.0.0:4040:4000, and 0.0.0.0 means it will be listening in all configured networks on your computer.

It’s unsafe to use the nobody user as I report on this issue and now being merged to the official docs.

pmangalakader

pmangalakader

@fly49 try this, the chown worked for me:

# Creates an unprivileged user to be used exclusively to run the Phoenix app
RUN addgroup -g 1000 -S "${USER}" && \
    adduser -s /bin/sh -u 1000 -G "${USER}" -h /home/"${USER}" -D "${USER}" && \
    su "${USER}"

RUN chown -R "${USER}:${USER}" "/home/${USER}"
# Everything from this line onwards will run in the context of the unprivileged user.
USER "${USER}"

the directory /home/user, the user directory was owned by root and hence, the error occurs.

fly49

fly49 OP

@pmangalakader
Thanks you! It solves the issue!

@Exadra37
Thank you for detailed response, a lot of useful info for me as for docker beginner.
Also I took a look at the PR you mentioned and tried to build a fresh image with new dockerfile, but it has this line:

# changes to config/runtime.exs don't require recompiling the code
COPY config/runtime.exs config/

It seems that “config/runtime.exs” file is not a default thing, at least there is no mentions in docs to create it, and as well I don’t have one.

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ambareesha7

ambareesha7

Sure I’ll do it, thank you

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