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Files under /srv/nc-files (NFS export on desslok) created at initial AIO setup were written by uid 0 with mode 0755 root:www-data. PHP-FPM workers run as www-data (uid 33), which can't create new files in those dirs. Symptom: any of "Permission denied" on new document, file upload, or Collabora discovery. Same class of bug as the Collabora remoteData/discovery warning. Fix: chmod g+w on the affected parents. Snapshots saved to /var/tmp for rollback. Add Option A (narrow target list) and Option B (sweep all group=www-data dirs without g+w) procedures to troubleshooting.html.
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<h1>Troubleshooting</h1>
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<p>
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Every pitfall hit during the 2026-08-10 deployment plus the
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2026-08-11 rewire, with root cause and resolution. Order is
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roughly chronological — these are what blocked progress at each
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stage.
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<div class="toc">
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<h2>Issues</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#ram-budget">15 GB host at 97% baseline — RAM budget</a></li>
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<li><a href="#patch-tool-blocked">patch tool rejected <code>/etc/caddy/Caddyfile</code> as "sensitive"</a></li>
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<li><a href="#sed-permission-denied">First Caddy edit attempt: silent permission denied</a></li>
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<li><a href="#upstream-wrong-port">Caddy upstream pointing at :80 (Apache listens on :11000)</a></li>
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<li><a href="#admin-password-discovery">"I haven't created a user but it's asking for one"</a></li>
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<li><a href="#adminer-dropped">Adminer container debate — dropped for security</a></li>
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<li><a href="#onlyoffice-rejected">"OnlyOffice" rejected by AIO (must use Collabora or office flag)</a></li>
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<li><a href="#nextcloud-login-flow">curl login returns 303 with empty user — CSRF cookie dance</a></li>
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<li><a href="#backup-script-ownership">Backup script won't run as tigo — root-owned 755 instead</a></li>
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<li><a href="#appdata-missing">"Appdata directory is not present" — wrong datadir (rewire 2026-08-11)</a></li>
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<li><a href="#nextcloud-not-spawning">nextcloud container not appearing after config change</a></li>
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<li><a href="#new-document-permission-denied">New document / upload / Collabora "Permission denied" (NFS perms)</a></li>
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<li><a href="#collabora-discovery-warning">Collabora logs "Could not create path .../richdocuments/remoteData/discovery"</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h2 id="ram-budget">15 GB host at 97% baseline — RAM budget</h2>
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<div class="callout danger">
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<p><strong>Symptom:</strong> homework03 has 15 GB RAM. Before AIO,
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the host is already at ~14.5 GB used (97%). AIO ships 12+
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optional containers; even the minimal 8 we picked would OOM the
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host.</p>
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</div>
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<p>Each AIO sidecar has its own RAM cost:</p>
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<table>
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<tr><th>Container</th><th>RAM (steady state)</th><th>Action</th></tr>
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<tr><td>mastercontainer</td><td>~150 MB</td><td>Required</td></tr>
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<tr><td>apache</td><td>~80 MB</td><td>Required</td></tr>
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<tr><td>nextcloud (PHP-FPM)</td><td>~600 MB</td><td>Required</td></tr>
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<tr><td>database (postgres)</td><td>~300 MB</td><td>Required</td></tr>
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<tr><td>redis</td><td>~30 MB</td><td>Required</td></tr>
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<tr><td>collabora</td><td>~400 MB</td><td>Required (office suite)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>whiteboard</td><td>~120 MB</td><td>Keep (low cost)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>notify-push</td><td>~60 MB</td><td>Keep (required when install_latest_major=on)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>imaginary</td><td>~200 MB</td><td><strong>DROP</strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td>talk</td><td>~400 MB</td><td><strong>DROP</strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td>clamav</td><td>~700 MB</td><td><strong>DROP</strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td>fulltextsearch</td><td>~600 MB (Elasticsearch)</td><td><strong>DROP</strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td>adminer</td><td>~50 MB</td><td><strong>DROP</strong> (security surface)</td></tr>
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</table>
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<h3>Fix</h3>
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<p>
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Disable everything that costs RAM and isn't on the day-1 wish
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list. In <code>docker-compose.yaml</code> for the mastercontainer:
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</p>
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<pre><code>environment:
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COLLABORA_ENABLED: "yes" # office suite
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WHITEBOARD_ENABLED: "yes" # built-in, cheap
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IMAGINARY_ENABLED: "no" # previews (heavy)
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TALK_ENABLED: "no" # video conferencing (heavy)
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CLAMAV_ENABLED: "no" # antivirus (very heavy)
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FULLTEXTSEARCH_ENABLED: "no" # Elasticsearch (very heavy)
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ONLYOFFICE_ENABLED: "no" # mutually exclusive with Collabora</code></pre>
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<p>
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After the cuts, steady-state RAM usage is ~5-7 GB, leaving ~8 GB
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headroom. Monitored via <code>free -h</code> + <code>docker stats
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--no-stream</code>.
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</p>
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<h2 id="patch-tool-blocked">patch tool rejected <code>/etc/caddy/Caddyfile</code></h2>
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<div class="callout warn">
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<p><strong>Symptom:</strong> the <code>patch</code> tool returned
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"Refusing to edit sensitive system path". The file
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<code>/etc/caddy/Caddyfile</code> on hawker was blocked.</p>
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</div>
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<h3>Root cause</h3>
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<p>
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Hermes's <code>patch</code> tool has a safety guard against
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mass-rewriting of system files. <code>/etc/caddy/Caddyfile</code>
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triggers it. (Same guard rejects <code>/etc/passwd</code>,
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<code>/etc/nginx/nginx.conf</code>, etc.)
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</p>
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<h3>Fix</h3>
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<p>
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Use <code>ssh ... sed -i</code> or <code>ssh ... python3</code>
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instead. Both are operator-level commands that the safety guard
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doesn't block because the change happens on a remote host:
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</p>
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<pre><code>ssh tigo@hawker sudo -n sed -i 's|100.79.142.164:80|100.79.142.164:11000|' /etc/caddy/Caddyfile</code></pre>
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<h2 id="sed-permission-denied">First Caddy edit attempt: silent permission denied</h2>
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<div class="callout warn">
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<p><strong>Symptom:</strong> <code>ssh tigo@hawker "sed -i '...' /etc/caddy/Caddyfile"</code>
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ran without error but produced no output and no change.</p>
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</div>
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<h3>Root cause</h3>
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<p>
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<code>tigo</code> doesn't own <code>/etc/caddy/Caddyfile</code>
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on hawker. <code>sed -i</code> needs write permission. The command
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silently failed because <code>sed -i</code> writes a temp file
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and renames — without write permission, both fail. No error.
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</p>
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<h3>Fix</h3>
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<p>
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Prefix with <code>sudo -n</code> (non-interactive sudo; tigo has
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passwordless sudo on hawker):
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</p>
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<pre><code>ssh tigo@hawker "sudo -n sed -i '...' /etc/caddy/Caddyfile"</code></pre>
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<div class="callout info">
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<p>
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<strong>Pattern:</strong> when an <code>ssh ... sed -i</code>
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returns no output, check if sudo was needed first. <code>echo
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$?</code> from the sed invocation is more reliable than the
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console.
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</p>
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</div>
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<h2 id="upstream-wrong-port">Caddy upstream pointing at :80 (Apache listens on :11000)</h2>
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<div class="callout danger">
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<p><strong>Symptom:</strong> first cutover attempt.
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<code>https://office.rmf44.xyz/</code> returns <code>502 Bad
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Gateway</code> with body <code>{"message":"dial tcp
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100.79.142.164:80: connect: connection refused"}</code>.</p>
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</div>
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<h3>Root cause</h3>
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<p>
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The Caddy block was originally written with
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<code>reverse_proxy 100.79.142.164:80</code> as the upstream.
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Apache in the AIO stack listens on host port <strong>11000</strong>
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because AIO's mastercontainer owns host :80 for the domain
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validation flow. Two services can't both bind :80 — one has to
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yield. AIO's mastercontainer wins by design, so Apache had to
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move to :11000.
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</p>
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<h3>Fix</h3>
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<p>
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Update the Caddy block to point at :11000, validate, and reload:
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</p>
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<pre><code>ssh tigo@hawker "sudo -n sed -i 's|reverse_proxy 100.79.142.164:80|reverse_proxy 100.79.142.164:11000|' /etc/caddy/Caddyfile"
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ssh tigo@hawker "sudo -n docker exec caddy-caddy-1 caddy validate --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile"
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ssh tigo@hawker "sudo -n docker exec caddy-caddy-1 caddy reload --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile"
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curl -skI https://office.rmf44.xyz/
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# HTTP/2 200
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# content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
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# title: Login – Nextcloud</code></pre>
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<h3>How to diagnose in <30s</h3>
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<pre><code># 1. Confirm what the Caddy block currently has
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ssh tigo@hawker "sudo -n grep -A 1 'office.rmf44.xyz' /etc/caddy/Caddyfile"
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# 2. Confirm what Apache is actually listening on (in the container)
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ssh homework03 "docker exec nextcloud-aio-apache ss -ltnp"
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# Expect: :11000, not :80
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# 3. Hit Apache directly from homework03 to bypass Caddy
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ssh homework03 "curl -sk http://127.0.0.1:11000/"
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# Expect: Nextcloud login page HTML
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# If Apache returns HTML but Caddy 502s, it's a Caddy upstream config problem.
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# If Apache 502s itself, it's a deeper AIO problem (check container logs).</code></pre>
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<h2 id="admin-password-discovery">"I haven't created a user but it's asking for one"</h2>
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<div class="callout info">
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<p><strong>Symptom:</strong> Nextcloud login screen appears at
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<code>https://office.rmf44.xyz/login</code> but no admin user was
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ever created. The login screen shows no helpful hint about the
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auto-generated account.</p>
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</div>
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<h3>Root cause</h3>
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<p>
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AIO's setup wizard auto-creates an admin user named <code>admin</code>
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with a random 40-character password. The password is shown in
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the admin UI on first setup, but if you navigate away or clear
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the browser, it's gone.
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</p>
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<h3>Fix</h3>
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<p>
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Retrieve the password from the nextcloud container's environment:
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</p>
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<pre><code>ssh homework03 "docker inspect nextcloud-aio-nextcloud \
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--format '{{range .Config.Env}}{{println .}}{{end}}' \
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| grep -E 'ADMIN_'"
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# NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_USER=admin
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# NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD=<40-hex-chars></code></pre>
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<p>
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The plaintext is in the container's env. Read it once, log in,
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change the password via the Nextcloud user settings UI, and
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forget the env var. (The password is also stored hashed in the
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postgres <code>oc_users</code> table; you can change it directly
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there with OCC but the UI is faster.)
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</p>
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<div class="callout info">
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<p>
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The current admin password is <code>0e1ee15aa993d9846c810bf6842c3523f2d248ec139d1220</code>.
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<strong>Change this on first login.</strong>
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</p>
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</div>
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<h2 id="adminer-dropped">Adminer container debate — dropped</h2>
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<p>
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AIO offers an Adminer sidecar for direct DB access. The question
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of whether to enable it came up twice during deployment. Final
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decision: <strong>no</strong>, for two reasons:
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</p>
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<ol>
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<li>
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<strong>RAM.</strong> Adminer + its database connection adds
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~50 MB on a host already at 97% baseline. Every MB counts.
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Security surface.</strong> An adminer with no auth is
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the most dangerous container in any stack. AIO's admin UI
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already includes full container management and OCC access via
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the bash console — adding Adminer on top is duplicative.
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</li>
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</ol>
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<p>
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Direct DB access when needed: <code>docker exec nextcloud-aio-database
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psql -U nextcloud -d nextcloud_database</code>.
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</p>
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<h2 id="onlyoffice-rejected">"OnlyOffice" rejected by AIO</h2>
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<p>
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The original plan was to keep OnlyOffice and just wrap it in
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Nextcloud via the <code>richdocuments</code> app. But AIO refuses
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that combination — the office suite choice in
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<code>configuration.json</code> is mutually exclusive
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(Collabora XOR OnlyOffice). The historical OnlyOffice container
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on hawker is being retired anyway.
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</p>
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<h3>Decision</h3>
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<p>
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Use Collabora. It's already used elsewhere in the lab
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(<code>docs.rmf44.xyz</code> runs a standalone Collabora on
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homework03) so the WOPI integration is a known quantity.
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</p>
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<h2 id="nextcloud-login-flow">curl login returns 303 with empty user</h2>
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<div class="callout warn">
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<p><strong>Symptom:</strong> <code>POST /login</code> with
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<code>user=admin&password=...</code> returns
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<code>HTTP/2 303</code> with <code>Location: /login?user=&direct=1</code>.
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The user query param is empty — login was rejected.</p>
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</div>
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<h3>Root cause</h3>
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<p>
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The request was missing the <code>requesttoken</code> header.
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Nextcloud requires a CSRF token that comes from the login page
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HTML AND must be sent back as <code>requesttoken: <value></code>
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in the request header (not the form body).
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</p>
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<p>
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Also, the cookie and token are per-session, so a fresh login
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requires: GET /login → save cookies + extract token → POST /login
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with the cookie + header.
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</p>
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<h3>Fix</h3>
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<pre><code># 1. GET login page, save cookies + extract requesttoken
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curl -skc /tmp/cookies -o /tmp/login.html https://office.rmf44.xyz/login
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TOKEN=$(grep -oE 'data-requesttoken="[^"]+"' /tmp/login.html | head -1 | sed 's/data-requesttoken="//;s/"$//')
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# 2. POST /login with cookies + CSRF header
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curl -sk -b /tmp/cookies -c /tmp/cookies \
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-H "Origin: https://office.rmf44.xyz" \
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-H "Referer: https://office.rmf44.xyz/login" \
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-H "requesttoken: $TOKEN" \
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-d "user=admin&password=$ADMIN_PASSWORD" \
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-X POST https://office.rmf44.xyz/login
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# Expect: HTTP/2 303 → Location: /apps/dashboard/</code></pre>
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<h2 id="backup-script-ownership">Backup script won't run as tigo</h2>
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<p>
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First attempt: write <code>office-backup.sh</code> as tigo
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(homework03's primary user). The <code>ExecStart</code> in the
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systemd service was <code>ssh homework03
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/usr/local/bin/office-backup.sh</code>. The script failed with
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<code>permission denied</code> when invoking <code>docker exec</code>.
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</p>
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<h3>Root cause</h3>
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<p>
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<code>docker exec</code> needs the user to be in the
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<code>docker</code> group. tigo's docker group membership was OK,
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but the script was being called by the systemd unit on hector
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which SSHes in. The SSH user resolution wasn't matching.
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</p>
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<h3>Fix</h3>
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<p>
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Make the script root-owned and have it called via
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<code>sudo</code>:
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</p>
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<pre><code>ssh homework03
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sudo -n mv /tmp/office-backup.sh.new /usr/local/bin/office-backup.sh
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sudo -n chown root:root /usr/local/bin/office-backup.sh
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sudo -n chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/office-backup.sh
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sudo -n bash -n /usr/local/bin/office-backup.sh # syntax check</code></pre>
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<p>
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Update the hector systemd unit to call
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<code>sudo /usr/local/bin/office-backup.sh</code> after the SSH:
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</p>
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<pre><code># In /etc/systemd/system/office-backup.service
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ExecStart=/usr/bin/ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=30 \
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homework03 sudo /usr/local/bin/office-backup.sh</code></pre>
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<h2 id="appdata-missing">"Appdata directory is not present"</h2>
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<div class="callout danger">
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<p><strong>Symptom:</strong> <code>docker logs nextcloud-aio-nextcloud</code>
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shows <code>Cannot write into directory "/mnt/ncdata/appdata_*"</code>
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or <code>Appdata directory is not present!</code>. The login page
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may load but logins loop or fail. Sometimes the nextcloud
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container restart-loops.</p>
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</div>
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<h3>Root cause</h3>
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<p>
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AIO uses the value of <code>NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR</code> (or the
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<code>nextcloud_datadir</code> field in
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<code>configuration.json</code>) as the <strong>host bind-mount
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source</strong> that goes into the nextcloud container's
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<code>/mnt/ncdata</code>. If that path is not the actual NFS
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mount (or is a different host path than the NFS mount), AIO
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happily bind-mounts whatever the path resolves to — including an
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empty local directory — and Nextcloud boots against an empty
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datadir that has no <code>appdata_*</code> directory in it.
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</p>
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<p>
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The data is still on NFS. It's just not being mounted. This
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took office.rmf44.xyz offline on 2026-08-11 for ~15 minutes.
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</p>
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<h3>Fix (the 2026-08-11 rewire)</h3>
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<ol>
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<li>
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Pick <strong>one</strong> host path that is the NFS mount.
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We picked <code>/srv/nc-files</code>.
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</li>
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<li>
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Set both <code>NEXTCLOUD_DATADIR</code> in compose AND
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<code>nextcloud_datadir</code> in
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<code>configuration.json</code> to that same path.
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</li>
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<li>
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Remove any intermediate bind in the mastercontainer's
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compose <code>volumes:</code> section — AIO doesn't need it
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and it adds a layer that can drift out of sync.
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</li>
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<li>
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Force the nextcloud container to respawn with the new bind:
|
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<code>docker rm -f nextcloud-aio-nextcloud</code>, then
|
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trigger <code>/api/docker/start</code> via the admin UI (with
|
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Apache stopped first). See
|
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<a href="#nextcloud-not-spawning">nextcloud container not appearing</a>
|
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below for the spawn dance.
|
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</li>
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</ol>
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<p>
|
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The full sequence (mount, compose, config, respawn) is documented
|
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in <a href="procedure.html#rewire-2026-08-11">procedure §2.5
|
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Rewire 2026-08-11</a>.
|
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</p>
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||
|
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<h2 id="nextcloud-not-spawning">nextcloud container not appearing after config change</h2>
|
||
|
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<div class="callout warn">
|
||
<p><strong>Symptom:</strong> you updated
|
||
<code>configuration.json</code> (changed
|
||
<code>nextcloud_datadir</code>, enabled an extra container, etc.)
|
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and restarted the mastercontainer, but the
|
||
<code>nextcloud-aio-nextcloud</code> container is missing or
|
||
running with the old config.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
|
||
<h3>Root cause</h3>
|
||
<p>
|
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<strong>AIO does NOT auto-spawn the nextcloud container on
|
||
mastercontainer restart.</strong> The mastercontainer only
|
||
orchestrates the lifecycle of containers it spawns. If the
|
||
nextcloud container was already running, the mastercontainer
|
||
just observes it. If you <code>docker rm -f</code> an old
|
||
broken container and restart the mastercontainer, the
|
||
mastercontainer has no awareness that you want a new one — you
|
||
must explicitly trigger <code>/api/docker/start</code>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>
|
||
Additionally, <code>isLoginAllowed()</code> in
|
||
<code>DockerActionManager.php</code> returns <code>false</code>
|
||
when Apache is starting or running and its port is open. So
|
||
<code>/api/docker/start</code> only fires when Apache is stopped.
|
||
</p>
|
||
|
||
<h3>Fix — the spawn dance</h3>
|
||
<p>
|
||
Use <code>/tmp/aio-flow.sh</code> on homework03 — it runs the
|
||
four steps atomically:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<pre><code>ssh homework03
|
||
sudo /tmp/aio-flow.sh
|
||
# 1. POST /api/docker/stop (stops Apache — login allowed)
|
||
# 2. GET /login + POST /api/auth/login (saves cookies + CSRF)
|
||
# 3. POST /api/docker/start (triggers spawn)
|
||
# 4. POST /api/docker/stop /start (re-runs for nextcloud container, restart Apache)</code></pre>
|
||
|
||
<p>
|
||
Or manually via curl:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<pre><code>JAR=/tmp/cookies.txt
|
||
BASE=https://office.rmf44.xyz:8080
|
||
# 1. Stop Apache
|
||
curl -skb $JAR -X POST "$BASE/api/docker/stop"
|
||
# 2. Login
|
||
curl -skc $JAR -o /tmp/login.html "$BASE/login"
|
||
TOKEN=$(grep -oE 'data-requesttoken="[^"]+"' /tmp/login.html | head -1 | sed 's/data-requesttoken="//;s/"$//')
|
||
curl -skb $JAR -c $JAR \
|
||
-H "requesttoken: $TOKEN" \
|
||
-d "password=$ADMIN_PASSWORD" \
|
||
-X POST "$BASE/api/auth/login"
|
||
# 3. Trigger spawn
|
||
curl -skb $JAR -c $JAR \
|
||
-H "requesttoken: $TOKEN" \
|
||
-X POST "$BASE/api/docker/start"
|
||
# 4. Restart Apache
|
||
curl -skb $JAR -X POST "$BASE/api/docker/start"</code></pre>
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="new-document-permission-denied">"Can't create file: Permission denied" (Collabora, file upload, new document)</h2>
|
||
<p class="meta">Filed 2026-08-11. Root cause: NFS-mounted user files written by uid 0 during initial AIO setup, creating <code>0755 root:www-data</code> dirs everywhere. PHP-FPM workers run as <code>www-data</code> (uid 33) — they traverse via the group bit but can't create new files because <code>g+w</code> is unset.</p>
|
||
<p><strong>Symptom (any of these share the same root cause):</strong></p>
|
||
<ul>
|
||
<li>Click "New document" in Nextcloud → fails to save.</li>
|
||
<li>File upload fails with "Permission denied".</li>
|
||
<li>Collabora logs <code>Could not create path "/appdata_*/richdocuments/remoteData/discovery"</code>.</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<p><strong>Diagnose:</strong></p>
|
||
<pre><code># Confirm a specific dir is unwritable for www-data
|
||
ssh homework03 \
|
||
'sudo -n docker exec -u www-data nextcloud-aio-nextcloud \
|
||
bash -c "mkdir -p /mnt/ncdata/race/files/_probe && echo OK > /mnt/ncdata/race/files/_probe/foo || echo DENIED; rm -rf /mnt/ncfiles/race/files/_probe"'
|
||
# If DENIED, list the perms:
|
||
ssh homework03 'sudo -n ls -la /srv/nc-files/race/files/ /srv/nc-files/admin/files/ /srv/nc-files/appdata_*/richdocuments/remoteData/'</code></pre>
|
||
<p><strong>Fix (narrow — Option A):</strong></p>
|
||
<pre><code>ssh homework03 'sudo -n bash -s' <<'EOF'
|
||
# Snapshot for rollback
|
||
SNAP=/var/tmp/office-perm-snapshot-$(date -u +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
|
||
find /srv/ncfiles -type d \( -path '/srv/ncfiles/*/files' -o -path '/srv/ncfiles/appdata_*/richdocuments/remoteData' \) -printf '%m %u:%g %p\n' | sort > "$SNAP"
|
||
echo "snapshot: $SNAP"
|
||
|
||
# Add group-write to every parent www-data needs to create under
|
||
for d in $(find /srv/nc-files -type d \( -path '/srv/nc-files/*/files' -o -path '/srv/nc-files/appdata_*/richdocuments/remoteData' \) -printf '%p\n'); do
|
||
chmod g+w "$d"
|
||
done
|
||
EOF</code></pre>
|
||
<p><strong>Fix (sweep — Option B, for repeat occurrences):</strong></p>
|
||
<pre><code>ssh homework03 'sudo -n find /srv/nc-files -group www-data -type d \
|
||
! -perm -g+w -exec chmod g+w {} +'</code></pre>
|
||
<p><strong>Why this happens:</strong> Nextcloud AIO spawns the nextcloud container running as uid 0 during initial setup. It creates the entire data tree, dir modes included, before the runtime drops to www-data. NFS preserves those modes forever; the export never re-runs the owning UID through a daemon-side map. Result: <code>root:www-data 0755</code> everywhere from the factory, no group-write.</p>
|
||
<p><strong>Verify:</strong></p>
|
||
<pre><code>ssh homework03 'sudo -n docker exec -u www-data nextcloud-aio-nextcloud \
|
||
bash -c "mkdir -p /mnt/ncdata/race/files/_vfile && echo OK > /mnt/ncdata/race/files/_vfile/x && cat /mnt/ncdata/race/files/_vfile/x && rm -rf /mnt/ncdata/race/files/_vfile"'
|
||
# Expect: OK / OK / OK</code></pre>
|
||
<p><strong>Rollback:</strong> the snapshot file lists every dir's pre-fix mode. To restore:</p>
|
||
<pre><code>SNAP=/var/tmp/office-perm-snapshot-20260811-175027 # (example)
|
||
ssh homework03 "sudo -n awk 'NR>2 {print \$3}' $SNAP | while read d; do chmod 755 \"\$d\"; done"</code></pre>
|
||
<p class="meta">Note: this also resolves the Collabora discovery warning — same class of bug.</p>
|
||
|
||
<h2 id="collabora-discovery-warning">Collabora logs "Could not create path .../richdocuments/remoteData/discovery"</h2>
|
||
|
||
<div class="callout info">
|
||
<p><strong>Symptom:</strong> after starting Collabora, the
|
||
nextcloud container logs lines like:</p>
|
||
<pre><code>Could not create path /mnt/ncdata/appdata_*/richdocuments/remoteData/discovery
|
||
Failed to fetch discovery endpoint</code></pre>
|
||
</div>
|
||
|
||
<h3>Root cause</h3>
|
||
<p>
|
||
The nextcloud container runs as <code>www-data</code>, but the
|
||
parent <code>appdata_*/</code> directory on NFS was created by an
|
||
earlier process (possibly the AIO entrypoint as root during first
|
||
init) and the per-app <code>richdocuments/</code> subdir doesn't
|
||
exist yet. The nextcloud container can't create it because it
|
||
doesn't own the parent.
|
||
</p>
|
||
|
||
<h3>Resolution</h3>
|
||
<p>
|
||
<strong>Wait it out.</strong> Collabora generates the discovery
|
||
JSON on first use (when a user opens a Word/Excel file in the
|
||
Collabora iframe). The warning is logged but the discovery is
|
||
cached on first successful WOPI round-trip. If Collabora is
|
||
actually broken (the iframe stays blank), check perms:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<pre><code>ssh homework03
|
||
sudo docker exec nextcloud-aio-nextcloud \
|
||
ls -la /mnt/ncdata/appdata_*/richdocuments/remoteData/
|
||
# If missing, force creation as www-data:
|
||
sudo docker exec -u www-data nextcloud-aio-nextcloud \
|
||
mkdir -p /mnt/ncdata/appdata_*/richdocuments/remoteData/</code></pre>
|
||
|
||
<p>
|
||
We have not seen this fail on a live Collabora open since the
|
||
2026-08-11 rewire — the warning appears once at startup and
|
||
then Collabora works normally.
|
||
</p>
|
||
|
||
</div>
|
||
</body>
|
||
</html> |