Laravel sail up throws Permissions denied error

Question

I am using Ubuntu 22.04 with the latest version of Docker Desktop (4.11.1) and Laravel Framework 9.26.1 .

I try to create a new Laravel project follwing the steps listed at https://laravel.com/docs/9.x#getting-started-on-linux .

When I run ./vendor/bin/sail up the terminal shows no errors. But when I try to access http://localhost/ Laravel shows this UnexpectedValueException :

The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied The exception occurred while attempting to log: file_put_contents(/var/www/html/storage/framework/views/d21bc1965d8c501e5e18921c4eb8ea6ec1e5686e.php): Failed to open stream: Permission denied Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}} Context: {"exception":{}}

However, running php artisan serve works without problems. Why is Sail not working?

Answer 1

These are the steps I would take to resolve.

• Tear down the containers ./vendor/bin/sail down .
• Make sure you are using the Ubuntu user you intend to use. whoami
• Add your Ubuntu user to the 'docker' group so you don't have to use sudo for Docker. usermod -a -G docker myusername .
• Check the owner of the file executing in the terminal ls -la storage/logs . If your Ubuntu user is not the owner, you should make your user the owner. chown UbuntuUserName:UbuntuUserGroup -R /path/to/the/laravel/app/storage/logs . I would more than likely run that on the app directory as the files likely belong to a different user if the log file does as well..

Also check the permissions on the file. See what an authorized group is allowed to perform on that file.

• Rerun the command ./vendor/bin/sail up