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PSA: The Docker Snap package on Ubuntu sucks. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by hperrin@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I spent two hours today trying to figure out why Nextcloud couldn’t read my data directory. Docker wasn’t mounting my data directory. Moved everything into my data directory. Docker couldn’t even see the configuration file.

Turns out the Docker Snap package only has access to files under the /home directory.

Moral of the story: never trust a Snap package.

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[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lol. Yeah that was my reaction to the headline as well. "You did what ?"

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Why does Docker has a snap version in the first place anyway? Did Canonical pester them to do it?

Edit:

Nope, it's just Canonical went ahead and publish it there by themselves.

This snap is built by Canonical based on source code published by Docker, Inc. It is not endorsed or published by Docker, Inc.

[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s also offered as part of the installation process at least for Ubuntu server. If you don’t know better it bites you real quick.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Now I know better. No more Ubuntu Server.

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

It's insane how many things they push as Snaps when they are entirely incompatible with the Snap model.

I think everyone first learns what Snaps are by googling "why doesn't ____ work on Ubuntu?" For me, it was Filebot. Spent an hour or two trying to figure out how the hell to get it to actually, you know, access my files. (This was a few years ago, so maybe things are better now. Not sure. I don't live that Snap life anymore, and I'm not going back.)