make non-root optional and configurable via the --user param

Dockerfile

@@ -188,24 +188,24 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache git ca-certificates bind-tools tini jansson wget supervis
 ARG UID=1500
 ARG GID=1500
 
-# To run as non-root, the user must be part of postgres, redis and node groups
+# Always create the non-root user to support runtime user switching
+# The container can be run as root (default) or as sourcebot user using docker run --user
 RUN addgroup -g $GID sourcebot && \
     adduser -D -u $UID -h /app -S sourcebot && \
     adduser sourcebot postgres && \
     adduser sourcebot redis && \
     adduser sourcebot node && \
-    chown -R sourcebot /app && \
     mkdir /var/log/sourcebot && \
     chown sourcebot /var/log/sourcebot
 
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot package.json yarn.lock* .yarnrc.yml public.pem ./
+COPY package.json yarn.lock* .yarnrc.yml public.pem ./
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot .yarn ./.yarn
+COPY .yarn ./.yarn
 
 # Configure zoekt
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot vendor/zoekt/install-ctags-alpine.sh .
+COPY vendor/zoekt/install-ctags-alpine.sh .
 RUN ./install-ctags-alpine.sh && rm install-ctags-alpine.sh
-RUN mkdir -p ${DATA_CACHE_DIR} && chown -R sourcebot ${DATA_CACHE_DIR}
+RUN mkdir -p ${DATA_CACHE_DIR}
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot --from=zoekt-builder \
+COPY --from=zoekt-builder \
 /cmd/zoekt-git-index \
 /cmd/zoekt-indexserver \
 /cmd/zoekt-mirror-github \
@@ -218,18 +218,17 @@ COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot --from=zoekt-builder \
 /usr/local/bin/
 
 # Copy all of the things
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot --from=web-builder /app/packages/web/public ./packages/web/public
+COPY --from=web-builder /app/packages/web/public ./packages/web/public
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot --from=web-builder /app/packages/web/.next/standalone ./
+COPY --from=web-builder /app/packages/web/.next/standalone ./
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot --from=web-builder /app/packages/web/.next/static ./packages/web/.next/static
+COPY --from=web-builder /app/packages/web/.next/static ./packages/web/.next/static
 
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot --from=backend-builder /app/node_modules ./node_modules
+COPY --from=backend-builder /app/node_modules ./node_modules
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot --from=backend-builder /app/packages/backend ./packages/backend
+COPY --from=backend-builder /app/packages/backend ./packages/backend
-
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot --from=shared-libs-builder /app/node_modules ./node_modules
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot --from=shared-libs-builder /app/packages/db ./packages/db
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot --from=shared-libs-builder /app/packages/schemas ./packages/schemas
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot --from=shared-libs-builder /app/packages/shared ./packages/shared
 
+COPY --from=shared-libs-builder /app/node_modules ./node_modules
+COPY --from=shared-libs-builder /app/packages/db ./packages/db
+COPY --from=shared-libs-builder /app/packages/schemas ./packages/schemas
+COPY --from=shared-libs-builder /app/packages/shared ./packages/shared
 
 # Fixes git "dubious ownership" issues when the volume is mounted with different permissions to the container.
 RUN git config --global safe.directory "*"
@@ -239,14 +238,17 @@ RUN mkdir -p /run/postgresql && \
     chown -R postgres:postgres /run/postgresql && \
     chmod 775 /run/postgresql
 
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf
+# Make app directory accessible to both root and sourcebot user
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot prefix-output.sh ./prefix-output.sh
+RUN chown -R sourcebot:sourcebot /app
+
+COPY supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf
+COPY prefix-output.sh ./prefix-output.sh
 RUN chmod +x ./prefix-output.sh
-COPY --chown=sourcebot:sourcebot entrypoint.sh ./entrypoint.sh
+COPY entrypoint.sh ./entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod +x ./entrypoint.sh
 
-
+# Default to root user, but can be overridden at runtime with --user flag
-USER sourcebot
+# No USER directive = runs as root by default
 
 EXPOSE 3000
 ENV PORT=3000

entrypoint.sh

@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ set -e
 # Disable auto-exporting of variables
 set +a
 
+# Detect if running as root
+IS_ROOT=false
+if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
+    IS_ROOT=true
+fi
+
+if [ "$IS_ROOT" = "true" ]; then
+    echo -e "\e[34m[Info] Running as root user.\e[0m"
+else
+    echo -e "\e[34m[Info] Running as non-root user.\e[0m"
+fi
+
 # If a CONFIG_PATH is set, resolve the environment overrides from the config file.
 # The overrides will be written into variables scopped to the current shell. This is
 # required in case one of the variables used in this entrypoint is overriden (e.g.,
@@ -82,10 +94,14 @@ fi
 
 # Check if DATABASE_DATA_DIR exists, if not initialize it
 if [ "$DATABASE_EMBEDDED" = "true" ] && [ ! -d "$DATABASE_DATA_DIR" ]; then
-    echo -e "\e[34m[Info] Initializing database at $DATABASE_D\ATA_DIR...\e[0m"
+    echo -e "\e[34m[Info] Initializing database at $DATABASE_DATA_DIR...\e[0m"
     mkdir -m 0750 -p $DATABASE_DATA_DIR
-
+    if [ "$IS_ROOT" = "true" ]; then
-    initdb -D "$DATABASE_DATA_DIR"
+        chown -R postgres:postgres "$DATABASE_DATA_DIR"
+        su postgres -c "initdb -D $DATABASE_DATA_DIR"
+    else
+        initdb -D "$DATABASE_DATA_DIR"
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Create the redis data directory if it doesn't exist
@@ -181,8 +197,13 @@ echo "{\"version\": \"$NEXT_PUBLIC_SOURCEBOT_VERSION\", \"install_id\": \"$SOURC
 
 # Start the database and wait for it to be ready before starting any other service
 if [ "$DATABASE_EMBEDDED" = "true" ]; then
-    postgres -D "$DATABASE_DATA_DIR" &
+    if [ "$IS_ROOT" = "true" ]; then
-    until pg_isready -h localhost -p 5432 -d sourcebot -U postgres; do
+        su postgres -c "postgres -D $DATABASE_DATA_DIR" &
+    else
+        postgres -D "$DATABASE_DATA_DIR" &
+    fi
+
+    until pg_isready -h localhost -p 5432 -U postgres; do
         echo -e "\e[34m[Info] Waiting for the database to be ready...\e[0m"
         sleep 1
 
@@ -191,13 +212,14 @@ if [ "$DATABASE_EMBEDDED" = "true" ]; then
         if ! pgrep -x "postgres" > /dev/null; then
             echo "postgres failed to run"
             exit 1
-        break
+        fi
-    fi
     done
-
+    
-    # Running as non-root we need to ensure the postgres account is created.
+    if [ "$IS_ROOT" = "false" ]; then
-    psql -U postgres -tc "SELECT 1 FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname='postgres'" | grep -q 1 \
+        # Running as non-root we need to ensure the postgres account is created.
-        || createuser postgres -s
+        psql -U postgres -tc "SELECT 1 FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname='postgres'" | grep -q 1 \
+            || createuser postgres -s
+    fi
 
     # Check if the database already exists, and create it if it doesn't
     EXISTING_DB=$(psql -U postgres -tAc "SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname = 'sourcebot'")
@@ -214,8 +236,10 @@ fi
 echo -e "\e[34m[Info] Running database migration...\e[0m"
 DATABASE_URL="$DATABASE_URL" yarn workspace @sourcebot/db prisma:migrate:prod
 
-# Create the log directory
+# Create the log directory if it doesn't exist
-mkdir -p /var/log/sourcebot
+if [ ! -d "/var/log/sourcebot" ]; then
+    mkdir -m 0750 -p /var/log/sourcebot
+fi
 
 # Run supervisord
-exec supervisord -c /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf
+exec supervisord -c /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf