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Fix Docker installation for Mac, Windows, WSL, and Linux #432

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Fix Docker installation for Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms
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Add explanatory comments for cross-platform compatibility
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Merge branch 'master' into copilot/fix-docker-installation-issue
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24 changes: 22 additions & 2 deletions Makefile
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Expand Up @@ -8,10 +8,30 @@ endif

include docker/.env

# Current user ID and group ID except MacOS where it conflicts with Docker abilities
ifeq ($(shell uname), Darwin)
# Current user ID and group ID with platform-specific handling
# Detect OS
UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s 2>/dev/null || echo Unknown)
IS_WSL := $(shell grep -qi microsoft /proc/version 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)

# MacOS: Use fixed UIDs to avoid conflicts with existing groups
ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
export UID=1000
export GID=1000
# WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux): Use fixed UIDs
else ifeq ($(IS_WSL),1)
export UID=1000
export GID=1000
# Windows (Git Bash/MSYS/MinGW/Cygwin): Use fixed UIDs
else ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(UNAME_S)))
export UID=1000
export GID=1000
else ifneq (,$(findstring MSYS,$(UNAME_S)))
export UID=1000
export GID=1000
else ifneq (,$(findstring CYGWIN,$(UNAME_S)))
export UID=1000
export GID=1000
# Linux (native): Use current user's IDs
else
export UID=$(shell id -u)
export GID=$(shell id -g)
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10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions docker/Dockerfile
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Expand Up @@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ COPY --from=composer /composer /usr/bin/composer

# Based on https://frankenphp.dev/docs/docker/#running-as-a-non-root-user
RUN \
groupadd --gid ${GROUP_ID} ${GROUP_NAME}; \
useradd --gid ${GROUP_ID} --uid ${USER_ID} ${GROUP_NAME}; \
# Create group if it doesn't exist (handles Mac GID 20 conflict) \
getent group ${GROUP_ID} || groupadd --gid ${GROUP_ID} ${GROUP_NAME}; \
# Create user \
useradd --gid ${GROUP_ID} --uid ${USER_ID} ${USER_NAME}; \
# Add additional capability to bind to port 80 and 443 \
setcap CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE=+eip /usr/local/bin/frankenphp; \
# Give write access to /data/caddy and /config/caddy \
chown -R ${USER_NAME}:${GROUP_NAME} /data/caddy && chown -R ${USER_NAME}:${GROUP_NAME} /config/caddy
# Give write access to /data/caddy and /config/caddy (using GID for cross-platform compatibility) \
chown -R ${USER_NAME}:${GROUP_ID} /data/caddy && chown -R ${USER_NAME}:${GROUP_ID} /config/caddy
USER ${USER_NAME}

#
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