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docker - example adding www-data user to alpine images
FROM nginx:alpine
# stock verison from php:alpine image
# ensure www-data user exists
RUN set -x \
&& addgroup -g 82 -S www-data \
&& adduser -u 82 -D -S -G www-data www-data
# 82 is the standard uid/gid for "www-data" in Alpine
# http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/apache2/apache2.pre-install?h=v3.3.2
# http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/lighttpd/lighttpd.pre-install?h=v3.3.2
# http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/nginx-initscripts/nginx-initscripts.pre-install?h=v3.3.2
FROM nginx:alpine
# modified version from php:alpine image
# ensure www-data user exists
RUN set -x ; \
addgroup -g 82 -S www-data ; \
adduser -u 82 -D -S -G www-data www-data && exit 0 ; exit 1
# 82 is the standard uid/gid for "www-data" in Alpine
# http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/apache2/apache2.pre-install?h=v3.3.2
# http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/lighttpd/lighttpd.pre-install?h=v3.3.2
# http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/nginx-initscripts/nginx-initscripts.pre-install?h=v3.3.2
@ababushkin
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👍 thanks mate!

@lgescobar
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Thanks man!!

@bradmccormack
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Cheers !

@saadlu
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saadlu commented Jan 17, 2018

thx

@kolyadin
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kolyadin commented Jun 1, 2018

Thanks!

@yukal
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yukal commented Nov 19, 2018

Sometimes it needs to combine several independent processes that works in different containers. Don't forget to add nginx user to www-data group: apk --no-cache add shadow && usermod -aG www-data nginx

@max4ever
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create user www-data with id 1000
RUN adduser -S www-data -u 1000

@borkor
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borkor commented Aug 8, 2019

thanks, this did the job

@jyokyoku
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thanks!

@liviudobrea
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Cheers 🍺

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dalexhd commented Apr 7, 2021

Thanks mate.

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