Permission issues running coldfusion2025 in OpenShift
First of all, I have no coldfusion experience at all. So when answering or asking for coldfusion specifics, please try to keep your answer/question somewhat lightweight :)
I’m trying to setup a minimal cfusion2025 image that runs on openshift. I currently have some issues with the image’s existing cfuser or the pod’s permissions.
Dockerfile:
FROM adobecoldfusion/coldfusion2025:latest
USER root
COPY ./sources /app
EXPOSE 8080 8500
Pod logs:
Skipping Configuration and Setting Wizard
sed: couldn't open temporary file /opt/coldfusion/cfusion/lib/sedFCBEbg: Permission denied
sed: couldn't open temporary file /opt/coldfusion/cfusion/lib/sedMKjs1Y: Permission denied
Updating webroot to /app
Configuring virtual directories
chown: changing ownership of '/app': Operation not permitted (os error 1)
chown: changing ownership of '/app/index.cfm': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of '/app/test': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of '/app/test/cfm': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of '/app/test/cfm/index.cfm': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of '/app/crossdomain.xml': Operation not permitted
chown: changing ownership of '/opt/startup/coldfusion': Operation not permitted (os error 1)
chown: changing ownership of '/opt/startup/coldfusion/importCAR.cfm': Operation not permitted
Setting up cfsetup alias
Password: su: Authentication failure
Updating password
/opt/startup/start-coldfusion.sh: line 453: /opt/coldfusion/cfusion/lib/password.properties.tmp: Permission denied
mv: cannot stat '/opt/coldfusion/cfusion/lib/password.properties.tmp': No such file or directory
/opt/startup/start-coldfusion.sh: line 455: /opt/coldfusion/cfusion/lib/password.properties.tmp: Permission denied
mv: cannot stat '/opt/coldfusion/cfusion/lib/password.properties.tmp': No such file or directory
chown: changing ownership of '/opt/coldfusion/cfusion/lib/password.properties': Operation not permitted (os error 1)
Language not changed
Missing license file, invalid license file path, or incorrect configuration file detected.
Edition not provided
Deployment Type not set , set to default(Production)
No Modules to be installed!
No Modules to be imported!
Secure Profile: Disabled
Profile not set , set to default(Development Profile)
allowed admin IP List not set
No settings to be imported!
External Addons: Disabled
External Session Storage: Disabled
chmod: Operation not permitted (os error 1)
chown: changing ownership of '/opt/coldfusion/cfusion/lib/licenseinfo.properties': Operation not permitted (os error 1)
chgrp: changing group of '/opt/coldfusion/cfusion/lib/licenseinfo.properties': Operation not permitted (os error 1)
Starting ColdFusion
Starting ColdFusion 2025 server ...
Password: su: Authentication failure
There has been an error starting ColdFusion 2025 server, please check the logs.
Password: su: Authentication failure
[] Checking server startup status...
I have a Dockerfile version where I managed adjusting all the permission issues and deleting/recreating the cfuser in my Dockerfile with a specific compatible uuid for openshift (and running the Deployment/Container with that specific user) which just leaves me with these repeated logs:
Starting ColdFusion 2025 server ...
Password: su: Authentication failure
There has been an error starting ColdFusion 2025 server, please check the logs.
Password: su: Authentication failure
[] Checking server startup status...
Password: su: Authentication failure
[] Checking server startup status...
Password: su: Authentication failure
But I’d like to think that my Dockerfile shouldn’t require so many custom adjustments and should just work out of the box.
I found that there are several lines in the startup-coldfusion.sh that attempt to chown/chgrp which cause the “Operation not permitted” logs:
chown -R cfuser /app
chown -R cfuser /opt/startup/coldfusion
Have I perhaps missed some required configuration during my setup?
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