Failed to start container about shinystudio HOT 6 CLOSED

It looks like the pertinent error is:

error while creating mount source path '/srv/shinystudio/content/sites/8080': mkdir /srv/shinystudio: read-only file system

It is important that the account you use for setup be a non-root user with sudoer access. The command to setup ShinyStudio is control.sh setup and should be run without elevation (sudo).

If you want to change the mountpoint, you can do so with an argument, control.sh setup /path/to/mountpoint.

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Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.

I did try that initially, but it gave me the error listed below. Googling is telling me that I need to add docker to the sudo group. But using sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER} asks for the password. And since this is a GCP instance i am connecting with ssh key. So not sure where password is.

Anyway, if the above is the pertinent error. I will see what else I can do to fix it. Thanks again

ubuntu@spark-instance3:~/ShinyStudio$ ./control.sh setup
*** Stopping
Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.39/containers/json?filters=%7B%22network%22%3A%7B%22shinystudio-net%22%3Atrue%7D%7D: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied
"docker stop" requires at least 1 argument.
See 'docker stop --help'.

Usage: docker stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

Stop one or more running containers
Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock: Get http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.39/containers/json?all=1&filters=%7B%22network%22%3A%7B%22shinystudio-net%22%3Atrue%7D%7D: dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: permission denied
"docker rm" requires at least 1 argument.
See 'docker rm --help'.

Usage: docker rm [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

Remove one or more containers
ERROR: Couldn't connect to Docker daemon - you might need to run docker-machine start default.
*** Building
ERROR: Couldn't connect to Docker daemon - you might need to run docker-machine start default.
*** Starting
ERROR: Couldn't connect to Docker daemon - you might need to run docker-machine start default.

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Okay, I managed to get docker to not require sudo.

And the setup script ran just fine. But when I go to the rstudio and vscode app, I still get error 500 Failed to start container.

And this line still exists in the log {"message":"error while creating mount source path '/srv/shinystudio/content/sites/8080': mkdir /srv/shinystudio: read-only file system"}

Any more avenues I can chase down?

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You can either manually create the destination directory sudo mkdir -p /srv/shinystudio/content/sites/8080 and ensure the current user owns it sudo chown -R /srv/shinystudio, or specify the mountpoint be in a directory the current user owns, e.g., control.sh setup "${HOME}/shinystudio".

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Awesome. It worked.

Thank you so much. Much appreciated.

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Glad to help. Look forward to a rendition of ShinyStudio that can be served via DockerHub for easier setup.

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