Can't get simple BookStack installation to work

Apps and Virtualization
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Hi!
I’m new here, I’ve installed my TrueNAS and I’m very happy with it! I’ve managed to install most of the Apps I need, but there’s one App that seems to be playing games with me. All help is greatly appreciated!

Here’s my issue.

I’m attempting to install BookStack from the App Cataloge with very basic settings. I’m just filling out the fields as usual. When I select ixVolumes for storage, it’s not an issue at all. It installs and deploys without problems.

If I select host path (which I prefer), it fails to deploy successfully. This is the immediate failure message I get:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/job.py", line 515, in run
    await self.future
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/job.py", line 562, in __run_body
    rv = await self.middleware.run_in_thread(self.method, *args)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 622, in run_in_thread
    return await self.run_in_executor(io_thread_pool_executor, method, *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 619, in run_in_executor
    return await loop.run_in_executor(pool, functools.partial(method, *args, **kwargs))
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/service/crud_service.py", line 294, in nf
    rv = func(*args, **kwargs)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/api/base/decorator.py", line 101, in wrapped
    result = func(*args)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/apps/crud.py", line 148, in do_create
    return self.create_internal(job, app_name, version, data['values'], complete_app_details)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/apps/crud.py", line 193, in create_internal
    raise e from None
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/apps/crud.py", line 186, in create_internal
    compose_action(app_name, version, 'up', force_recreate=True, remove_orphans=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/apps/compose_utils.py", line 61, in compose_action
    raise CallError(err_msg)
middlewared.service_exception.CallError: [EFAULT] Failed 'up' action for 'bookstack' app. Please check /var/log/app_lifecycle.log for more details

This isn’t to much help, so I investigate the logs using:

grep -i "bookstack" -n /var/log/app_lifecycle.log | tail -n 50

I then get:

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48:[2025/08/30 15:21:50] (ERROR) app_lifecycle.compose_action():56 - Failed 'up' action for 'bookstack' app:  Network ix-bookstack_default  Creating\n Network ix-bookstack_default  Created\n Container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1  Creating\n Container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1  Created\n Container ix-bookstack-bookstack-1  Creating\n Container ix-bookstack-bookstack-1  Created\n Container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1  Starting\n Container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1  Started\n Container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1  Waiting\n Container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1  Error\ndependency failed to start: container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1 is unhealthy\n
49:[2025/08/30 15:24:56] (ERROR) app_lifecycle.compose_action():56 - Failed 'up' action for 'bookstack' app:  Network ix-bookstack_default  Creating\n Network ix-bookstack_default  Created\n Container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1  Creating\n Container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1  Created\n Container ix-bookstack-bookstack-1  Creating\n Container ix-bookstack-bookstack-1  Created\n Container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1  Starting\n Container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1  Started\n Container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1  Waiting\n Container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1  Error\ndependency failed to start: container ix-bookstack-mariadb-1 is unhealthy\n

It seems as if there’s something wrong with the database?

Any help is greatly greatly appreciated!

Kind regards

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This points to a permissions issue.
Please show the permissions for the dataset you picked as host path. An ls -al pointing at the path would do wonders.

A reminder from the app documentation:

  • BookStack runs as non-root user.
    Group: 33 / www-data
    User: 33 / www-data
  • MariaDB runs as non-root user.
    Group: 999 / mariadb
    User: 999 / mariadb

If the permissions don’t match up in the proper way it’s not going to work.

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Thank you so much for responding!

When I created the data set, I set its to “Apps”.

When you said it was a permission issue, I went to the ACL manager for all the folders /books/* and changed permission for alle the users in the list to “Allow | Full Control”. It didn’t solve it though…

When I run the command you provided in the folders, I get the following:

truenas_admin@truenas[/mnt/mainpool/books]$ ls
database_storage  public_uploads_storage  uploads_storage
truenas_admin@truenas[/mnt/mainpool/books]$ cd database_storage
truenas_admin@truenas[/mnt/mainpool/books/database_storage]$ ls -al
total 17
drwxrwx--- 2 root root 2 Aug 31 18:27 .
drwxrwx--- 5 root root 5 Aug 31 18:27 ..
truenas_admin@truenas[/mnt/mainpool/books/database_storage]$ cd ..
truenas_admin@truenas[/mnt/mainpool/books]$ cd public_uploads_storage
truenas_admin@truenas[...mainpool/books/public_uploads_storage]$ ls -al                   
total 17
drwxrwx--- 2 root root 2 Aug 31 18:24 .
drwxrwx--- 5 root root 5 Aug 31 18:27 ..
truenas_admin@truenas[...mainpool/books/public_uploads_storage]$ cd ..
truenas_admin@truenas[/mnt/mainpool/books]$ cd uploads_storage
truenas_admin@truenas[/mnt/mainpool/books/uploads_storage]$ ls -al            
total 17
drwxrwx--- 2 root root 2 Aug 31 18:27 .
drwxrwx--- 5 root root 5 Aug 31 18:27 ..
truenas_admin@truenas[/mnt/mainpool/books/uploads_storage]$ cd ..
truenas_admin@truenas[/mnt/mainpool/books]$ ls -al
total 43
drwxrwx--- 5 root root 5 Aug 31 18:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 8 Aug 31 18:24 ..
drwxrwx--- 2 root root 2 Aug 31 18:27 database_storage
drwxrwx--- 2 root root 2 Aug 31 18:24 public_uploads_storage
drwxrwx--- 2 root root 2 Aug 31 18:27 uploads_storage
truenas_admin@truenas[/mnt/mainpool/books]$

Thanks,
Kind regards

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Everything you showed there is owned by root and doesn’t allow anything else access.

This is untested, but I would do this:

chown -R www-data:www-data /mnt/mainpool/books
chmod o+x /mnt/mainpool/books
chown mariadb:mariadb /mnt/mainpool/books/database_storage

Explanation:

  1. The first line changes ownership of the books dataset to www-data, recursively. That sorts most ownership issues.
  2. The second lets other users traverse the books path, crucially that lets mariadb enter the database folder.
  3. The final line finishes up by giving mariadb ownership of the database folder.

You may need to prefix the commands with “sudo” if they refuse to run.

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Thank you for the reply again :blush:

The first two commands seemed to run successfully without issue, but when I ran this:

chown mariadb:mariadb /mnt/mainpool/books/database_storage

It threw: “chown: invalid user: ‘mariadb:mariadb’”.

Not sure if there’s another user that should be set instead or if this “mariadb” user should be created?

There’s a part of me that thinks perhaps this mariadb user maybe lives inside the BookStack container, and is not available in the system shell?

Help again is greatly appreciated!
Kind regards

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as far as i know mariadb also runs as uid 999 “netdata”

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This actually worked!!

Thank you so much @neofusion and @LarsR

May God bless your generous helpful hearts :blush:

Have an amazing evening!
Kind regards

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