Bug: ERROR cannot write configuration to file: open /updater/data/config.json: permission denied #412

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saavagebueno · 2025-11-20T04:23:50-05:00

saavagebueno commented

2025-11-20 04:23:50 -05:00

Originally created by @DANIELorlov07 on GitHub (Jun 7, 2024).

TLDR: Updater won't really start

Is this urgent: Yes
DNS provider(s) you use: Strato.de
Program version: 'latest' 7th of June 2024
What are you using to run the container: docker/portainer
Extra information (optional)

Logs:

========================================

============= ddns-updater =============

=========== Made with ❤️ by ============
======= https://github.com/qdm12 =======

========================================
Running version latest built on 2024-05-23T13:33:03.304Z (commit 8e09cd6)
🔧 Need help? https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater/discussions/new
🐛 Bug? https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater/issues/new
✨ New feature? https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater/issues/new
☕ Discussion? https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater/discussions/new
💻 Email? quentin.mcgaw@gmail.com
💰 Help me? https://www.paypal.me/qmcgaw https://github.com/sponsors/qdm12
2024-06-07T23:52:41Z INFO Settings summary:
├── HTTP client
| └── Timeout: 10s
├── Update
| ├── Period: 5m0s
| └── Cooldown: 5m0s
├── Public IP fetching
| ├── HTTP enabled: yes
| ├── HTTP IP providers
| | └── all
| ├── HTTP IPv4 providers
| | └── all
| ├── HTTP IPv6 providers
| | └── all
| ├── DNS enabled: yes
| ├── DNS timeout: 3s
| └── DNS over TLS providers
| └── all
├── Resolver: use Go default resolver
├── Server
| ├── Listening address: :8000
| └── Root URL: /
├── Health
| └── Server listening address: 127.0.0.1:9999
├── Paths
| └── Data directory: /updater/data
├── Backup: disabled
└── Logger
├── Level: info
└── Caller: hidden
2024-06-07T23:52:41Z INFO reading JSON config from environment variable CONFIG
2024-06-07T23:52:41Z ERROR cannot write configuration to file: open /updater/data/config.json: permission denied
2024-06-07T23:52:41Z INFO Shutdown successful

Configuration file (remove your credentials!):

{
    "settings": [
        {
          "provider": "strato",
          "domain": "'domain'.de",
          "host": "'subdomain','subdomain','subdomain'",
          "password": "'password'",
          "ip_version": "ipv4",
          "ipv6_suffix": "",
          "provider_ip": true
        }
    ]
}

Host OS: Proxmox LXC Container/Ubuntu Server 22.04 Template/Docker

Originally created by @DANIELorlov07 on GitHub (Jun 7, 2024).  **TLDR**: *Updater won't really start* 1. Is this urgent: Yes 2. DNS provider(s) you use: Strato.de 3. Program version: 'latest' 7th of June 2024 4. What are you using to run the container: docker/portainer 5. Extra information (optional) Logs: ======================================== ======================================== ============= ddns-updater ============= ======================================== =========== Made with ❤️ by ============ ======= https://github.com/qdm12 ======= ======================================== ======================================== Running version latest built on 2024-05-23T13:33:03.304Z (commit 8e09cd6) 🔧 Need help? https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater/discussions/new 🐛 Bug? https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater/issues/new ✨ New feature? https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater/issues/new ☕ Discussion? https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater/discussions/new 💻 Email? quentin.mcgaw@gmail.com 💰 Help me? https://www.paypal.me/qmcgaw https://github.com/sponsors/qdm12 2024-06-07T23:52:41Z INFO Settings summary: ├── HTTP client | └── Timeout: 10s ├── Update | ├── Period: 5m0s | └── Cooldown: 5m0s ├── Public IP fetching | ├── HTTP enabled: yes | ├── HTTP IP providers | | └── all | ├── HTTP IPv4 providers | | └── all | ├── HTTP IPv6 providers | | └── all | ├── DNS enabled: yes | ├── DNS timeout: 3s | └── DNS over TLS providers | └── all ├── Resolver: use Go default resolver ├── Server | ├── Listening address: :8000 | └── Root URL: / ├── Health | └── Server listening address: 127.0.0.1:9999 ├── Paths | └── Data directory: /updater/data ├── Backup: disabled └── Logger ├── Level: info └── Caller: hidden 2024-06-07T23:52:41Z INFO reading JSON config from environment variable CONFIG 2024-06-07T23:52:41Z ERROR cannot write configuration to file: open /updater/data/config.json: permission denied 2024-06-07T23:52:41Z INFO Shutdown successful Configuration file (**remove your credentials!**): ``` { "settings": [ { "provider": "strato", "domain": "'domain'.de", "host": "'subdomain','subdomain','subdomain'", "password": "'password'", "ip_version": "ipv4", "ipv6_suffix": "", "provider_ip": true } ] } ``` Host OS: Proxmox LXC Container/Ubuntu Server 22.04 Template/Docker

saavagebueno closed this issue

2025-11-20 04:23:51 -05:00

saavagebueno commented

2025-11-20 04:23:51 -05:00

@DANIELorlov07 commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2024):

You can forget it! Got it to work. Just did everythin new.

Sadly I don't know how to delete this post here xD

@DANIELorlov07 commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2024): You can forget it! Got it to work. Just did everythin new. Sadly I don't know how to delete this post here xD

saavagebueno commented

2025-11-20 04:23:51 -05:00

@qdm12 commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2024):

Sorry for the delay, and no worry, I'm glad you self-fixed it 😉

@qdm12 commented on GitHub (Jun 9, 2024): Sorry for the delay, and no worry, I'm glad you self-fixed it 😉

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Reference: starred/ddns-updater#412