Unable to mount local config folder with apoc.conf

[ThomasThelen]

I have a neo4j local deployment that needs to have an apoc.conf file. To include this in the deployment, I'm mounting the local volume with apoc.conf into neo4j's container folder, /var/lib/neo4j/conf. When running docker-compose up, the container dies and I get an error message ( see steps below) in the docker logs.

Neo4j Version: 5.11.0-community-bullseye
Operating System: MacOS 13.5.1 (22G90)
API: Docker

Steps to reproduce

1. Create ~/deployment
2. Add the docker-compose.yml file below to it
3. Create ~/deployment/neo4j/conf
4. Add the apoc.conf file below to it
5. Run docker-compose up
6. See that the deployment failed
7. Check the logs with docker ps --all and docker logs
8. See similar error to sed: couldn't open temporary file /var/lib/neo4j/conf/sed8CXFyW: Permission denied
9. See sed file in the mounted config folder

Expected behavior

The apoc.conf file is copied into the container, and the application runs without error

Actual behavior

A new file is created in the mounted directory without permissions, causing the deployment to fail

----------  1 thomas  staff    0 Sep  8 21:02 sedUqUrUV

Local setup

Filesystem

- deployment
   - docker-compose.yaml
   - neo4j
      - conf
         - apoc.conf

docker-compose.yml

services:
  neo4j:
    image: neo4j:5.11.0-community-bullseye
    container_name: neo4j
    ports:
      - "7474:7474"
      - "7687:7687"
    environment:
      - NEO4J_AUTH=neo4j/neo4j222
    volumes:
      - ~/deployment/neo4j/conf:/var/lib/neo4j/conf

apoc.conf

apoc.import.file.enable=true

[MarlinMr]

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[koumi15cancer]

Hi, I 've explored and tried to simulated this issue.

For the solution, I see that we could mount to the outside folder and it will be written directly to the var/lib folder. The default of the config file is also mentioned in their docs for Linux and MacOS, docker environment

- ./example/docker/neo4j/conf:/conf

https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/configuration/file-locations/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=PaidSearch&utm_campaign=GDB&utm_content=APAC-X-Awareness-GDB-Text&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAx_GqBhBQEiwAlDNAZihhvFpWKNw1zPsF795zKKSiWFslH-6zc3cqFzkoMB0rqoW3IONFMxoCL_4QAvD_BwE