Unable to start 'cdr/code-server' in Docker container: “error EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/coder/.config/code-server'”

Here’s my script:

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sudo sh get-docker.sh
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Then I disconnect from ssh, connect back, and run this command:

docker run -it --name code-server -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 -v "$HOME/.config:/home/coder/.config:rw" -v "$PWD:/home/coder/project:rw" -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -e "DOCKER_USER=$USER" codercom/code-server:latest

The error I get is error EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/coder/.config/code-server'.

This is on a brand new EC2 instance. Any ideas? I’ve been banging my head on this and I don’t know how to debug further. I’ve tried removing the -e and -u options from the command but those don’t seem to have any effect, both with and without running docker with sudo but to no avail. Thank you!

[yonixw]

What worked for me is (with inside docker support with sudo):

1. to create a folder, cd into it,
2. prepare mount folder by mkdir -p home/.config
3. Runnit this command:

docker run
  -it --name code-server 
  -p 8080:8080 
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock 
  -v "$(pwd)/home:/home/coder/" 
  -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" 
  -e "DOCKER_USER=$USER" 
codercom/code-server:latest

[jsjoeio]

@brootware please open a GitHub Discussion or a bug report if you’re experiencing issues!