Permission denied to '/app/logs/activity.log'

[lutzseverino]

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Which Operating System are you using?

Docker

Which version of Auto-GPT are you using?

Latest Release

GPT-3 or GPT-4?

GPT-3.5

Steps to reproduce 🕹

Follow the installation process with docker (podman) on Fedora 38
Run sudo podman-compose run --rm auto-gpt --gpt3only --continuous

Note that I tried without sudo before, but to no avail, since the problem was with regard to permissions, I tried running as root.

Current behavior 😯

A python error is thrown.

$ sudo podman-compose run --rm auto-gpt --gpt3only --continuous
[sudo] password for lutzseverino: 
podman-compose version: 1.0.6
['podman', '--version', '']
using podman version: 4.5.0
** excluding:  {'auto-gpt'}
['podman', 'ps', '--filter', 'label=io.podman.compose.project=auto-gpt', '-a', '--format', '{{ index .Labels "io.podman.compose.config-hash"}}']
['podman', 'network', 'exists', 'auto-gpt_default']
podman run --name=auto-gpt_redis_1 -d --label io.podman.compose.config-hash=afa98e55185e0e046f9a2c8f1b4fdd9315540977becfbf7f4770c61e3ca3d0a6 --label io.podman.compose.project=auto-gpt --label io.podman.compose.version=1.0.6 --label PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=podman-compose@auto-gpt.service --label com.docker.compose.project=auto-gpt --label com.docker.compose.project.working_dir=/home/lutzseverino/Documents/Projects/Auto-GPT --label com.docker.compose.project.config_files=docker-compose.yml --label com.docker.compose.container-number=1 --label com.docker.compose.service=redis --net auto-gpt_default --network-alias redis redis/redis-stack-server:latest
Error: creating container storage: the container name "auto-gpt_redis_1" is already in use by 2365cf6213f0dc93dc1b3440830d69ecd310bf8a53845713e5c50d46df0a9c65. You have to remove that container to be able to reuse that name: that name is already in use
exit code: 125
podman start auto-gpt_redis_1
exit code: 0
** skipping:  auto-gpt_auto-gpt_1
['podman', 'network', 'exists', 'auto-gpt_default']
podman run --name=auto-gpt_auto-gpt_tmp9468 --rm -i --requires=auto-gpt_redis_1 --label io.podman.compose.config-hash=afa98e55185e0e046f9a2c8f1b4fdd9315540977becfbf7f4770c61e3ca3d0a6 --label io.podman.compose.project=auto-gpt --label io.podman.compose.version=1.0.6 --label PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=podman-compose@auto-gpt.service --label com.docker.compose.project=auto-gpt --label com.docker.compose.project.working_dir=/home/lutzseverino/Documents/Projects/Auto-GPT --label com.docker.compose.project.config_files=docker-compose.yml --label com.docker.compose.container-number=1 --label com.docker.compose.service=auto-gpt --env-file /home/lutzseverino/Documents/Projects/Auto-GPT/.env -e MEMORY_BACKEND=redis -e REDIS_HOST=redis -v /home/lutzseverino/Documents/Projects/Auto-GPT/auto_gpt_workspace:/app/auto_gpt_workspace -v /home/lutzseverino/Documents/Projects/Auto-GPT/data:/app/data -v /home/lutzseverino/Documents/Projects/Auto-GPT/logs:/app/logs --net auto-gpt_default --network-alias auto-gpt --tty significantgravitas/auto-gpt --gpt3only --continuous
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/runpy.py", line 196, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/app/autogpt/__main__.py", line 5, in <module>
    autogpt.cli.main()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1130, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1055, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1635, in invoke
    rv = super().invoke(ctx)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1404, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 760, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 26, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
  File "/app/autogpt/cli.py", line 87, in main
    from autogpt.main import run_auto_gpt
  File "/app/autogpt/main.py", line 8, in <module>
    from autogpt.agent.agent import Agent
  File "/app/autogpt/agent/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from autogpt.agent.agent import Agent
  File "/app/autogpt/agent/agent.py", line 5, in <module>
    from autogpt.app import execute_command, get_command
  File "/app/autogpt/app.py", line 5, in <module>
    from autogpt.agent.agent_manager import AgentManager
  File "/app/autogpt/agent/agent_manager.py", line 7, in <module>
    from autogpt.llm import Message, create_chat_completion
  File "/app/autogpt/llm/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from autogpt.llm.api_manager import ApiManager
  File "/app/autogpt/llm/api_manager.py", line 7, in <module>
    from autogpt.logs import logger
  File "/app/autogpt/logs.py", line 251, in <module>
    logger = Logger()
  File "/app/autogpt/singleton.py", line 15, in __call__
    cls._instances[cls] = super(Singleton, cls).__call__(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/app/autogpt/logs.py", line 47, in __init__
    self.file_handler = logging.FileHandler(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/logging/__init__.py", line 1169, in __init__
    StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/logging/__init__.py", line 1201, in _open
    return open_func(self.baseFilename, self.mode,
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/app/logs/activity.log'
exit code: 1

Expected behavior 🤔

Auto-GPT should start.

Your prompt 📝

No response

Your Logs 📒

No response

[lutzseverino]

May be related to #1199, #2190 and #3102.

[lutzseverino]

Changing the volume paths on docker-compose.yml worked around this issue.

    volumes:
      - ./auto_gpt_workspace:/home/lutzseverino/Documents/Projects/Auto-GPT/auto_gpt_workspace
      - ./data:/home/lutzseverino/Documents/Projects/Auto-GPT/data
      - ./logs:/home/lutzseverino/Documents/Projects/Auto-GPT/logs

Now I'm experiencing #3821. The provided docker-compose.yml file on the setup page should be updated, though. If user configuration is necessary. I'm unaware if this behavior is unintended.

[lutzseverino]

Okay, it seems like the Docker release is having multiple issues. I've seen a couple of issues on this now. I was not able to patch it locally, so I'll wait.

[suparious]

Tested the docker setup and the default instructions working without problems.
This issue can be closed.

[Riyaz-Patel]

Okay, it seems like the Docker release is having multiple issues. I've seen a couple of issues on this now. I was not able to patch it locally, so I'll wait.
I had the same error but it worked with "python -m autogpt" instead of "run --rm auto-gpt"

[suparious]

Sorry, this is a podman issue, not a problem with the docker build on dockerhub, I misunderstood.

Using the docker image from v0.3.0 works with compose and has no issues, but the one currently on master doesn't always work by default.

[jkemp814]

I cannot get it to run in podman also. It finishes with error:

podman start -a auto-gpt_auto-gpt_1
/usr/local/bin/python: No module named autogpt
exit code: 1

[ntindle]

Podman isn’t supported currently. If someone wants to attempt to add support for it, that would be lovely but none of the maintainers have the bandwidth to do so currently

[jkemp814]

okay, thanks for the response. podman-compose is suppose to work just as docker-compose. Haven't had a problem with other docker-compose files.

I will leave this error just in case someone wants to take on the task. A little over my head right now, but will study the docker-compose file to learn or discover what the problem is. Can't see myself installing docker just for this, when I already have podman baked right in Fedora Silverblue.

error:
** skipping: auto-gpt_auto-gpt_1
['podman', 'network', 'exists', 'auto-gpt_default']
podman run --name=auto-gpt_auto-gpt_tmp45976 --rm -i --requires=auto-gpt_redis_1 --label io.podman.compose.config-hash=1928958e75e8cafcf96c4e3ebe7844d2a5770c2107b8a6d71fae8b4a1e857555 --label io.podman.compose.project=auto-gpt --label io.podman.compose.version=1.0.6 --label PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=podman-compose@auto-gpt.service --label com.docker.compose.project=auto-gpt --label com.docker.compose.project.working_dir=/var/home/james/Auto-GPT --label com.docker.compose.project.config_files=docker-compose.yml --label com.docker.compose.container-number=1 --label com.docker.compose.service=auto-gpt --env-file /var/home/james/Auto-GPT/.env -e MEMORY_BACKEND=local -e REDIS_HOST=redis -v /var/home/james/Auto-GPT:/app --net auto-gpt_default --network-alias auto-gpt --tty auto-gpt_auto-gpt
/usr/local/bin/python: No module named autogpt
exit code: 1

[jlovison]

@lutzseverino @jkemp814

This is because of SELinux in Fedora 38 (and any other distros with it).

The directories should be mounted with :Z after them and it will work fine:

      - ./auto_gpt_workspace:/app/autogpt/auto_gpt_workspace:Z
      - ./data:/app/data:Z
      - ./logs:/app/logs:Z

See more here.

This could cause issues if you are mounting to anything other than local directories within a dedicated folder for AutoGPT though, so make sure to be following the instructions if adding (and given the specific use case, probably shouldn't be a part of the Dockerfile in general).