Implement rootless Docker container with enhanced security and preserved TFTP logging (#87)

* Implement rootless Docker container with preserved TFTP logging

- Convert all processes to run as non-root user (nbxyz) for enhanced security
- Add customizable PUID/PGID environment variables for volume permission management
- Implement privilege dropping using gosu for secure initialization
- Optimize Dockerfile with multi-stage build and better caching
- Create dnsmasq wrapper script to ensure TFTP logs appear in docker logs
- Configure supervisord to properly forward dnsmasq output to container stdout
- Maintain full TFTP/PXE boot debugging functionality for users

Security improvements:
- All application processes (nginx, webapp, dnsmasq) run as nbxyz user
- Only supervisord initialization runs as root, then drops privileges
- Proper permission management for all service directories
- Configurable user/group IDs via PUID/PGID environment variables

Performance optimizations:
- Multi-stage Docker build reduces final image size
- Better layer caching for faster rebuilds
- Optimized package installation and cleanup

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Update Dockerfile

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update root/init.sh

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: 3 people

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Git and version control
+.git
+.gitignore
+.gitattributes
+
+# Documentation
+README.md
+*.md
+docs/
+
+# CI/CD
+.github/
+.gitlab-ci.yml
+.travis.yml
+
+# Docker files
+Dockerfile*
+docker-compose*
+.dockerignore
+
+# Node.js
+node_modules/
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+
+# Logs
+*.log
+logs/
+
+# Temporary files
+tmp/
+temp/
+.tmp
+
+# IDE and editor files
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+
+# OS generated files
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Testing
+coverage/
+.nyc_output/
+test-results/
+
+# Build artifacts
+dist/
+build/

Dockerfile

@@ -1,69 +1,106 @@
+# Build stage - Download and prepare webapp
 FROM alpine:3.22.0 AS build
 
-# set version label
+# Set version label
 ARG WEBAPP_VERSION
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
+# Install build dependencies with virtual package for easy cleanup
+RUN apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
     bash \
-    busybox \
     curl \
     git \
     jq \
-    npm && \
-    mkdir /app && \
-    if [ -z ${WEBAPP_VERSION+x} ]; then \
+    npm \
+    && mkdir /app \
+    # Determine webapp version if not provided
+    && if [ -z "${WEBAPP_VERSION+x}" ]; then \
         WEBAPP_VERSION=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.github.com/repos/netbootxyz/webapp/releases/latest" \
         | awk '/tag_name/{print $4;exit}' FS='[""]'); \
-    fi && \
-    curl -o /tmp/webapp.tar.gz -L \
-        "https://github.com/netbootxyz/webapp/archive/${WEBAPP_VERSION}.tar.gz" && \
-    tar xf /tmp/webapp.tar.gz -C /app/ --strip-components=1 && \
-    npm install --prefix /app && \
-    rm -rf /tmp/*
+    fi \
+    # Download and extract webapp
+    && curl -o /tmp/webapp.tar.gz -L \
+        "https://github.com/netbootxyz/webapp/archive/${WEBAPP_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
+    && tar xf /tmp/webapp.tar.gz -C /app/ --strip-components=1 \
+    # Install only production dependencies
+    && cd /app \
+    && npm install --omit=dev --no-audit --no-fund \
+    # Clean up build artifacts and cache
+    && npm cache clean --force \
+    && rm -rf /tmp/* \
+    && apk del .build-deps
 
+# Production stage - Final container
 FROM alpine:3.22.0
 
-# set version label
+# Build arguments for labels
 ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG VERSION
+ARG VCS_REF
 
-LABEL build_version="netboot.xyz version: ${VERSION} Build-date: ${BUILD_DATE}"
-LABEL maintainer="antonym"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="netboot.xyz official docker container - Your favorite operating systems in one place. A network-based bootable operating system installer based on iPXE."
+# Enhanced container labels following OCI spec
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="netboot.xyz" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.description="Your favorite operating systems in one place. A network-based bootable operating system installer based on iPXE." \
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="${VERSION}" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="${BUILD_DATE}" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.revision="${VCS_REF}" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.vendor="netboot.xyz" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.url="https://netboot.xyz" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/netbootxyz/docker-netbootxyz" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
+      maintainer="antonym"
 
+# Install runtime dependencies and configure system in a single layer
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
+    # Core utilities
     bash \
     busybox \
     curl \
-    dnsmasq \
     envsubst \
-    git \
     jq \
-    nghttp2-dev \
+    tar \
+    # Network services
+    dnsmasq \
     nginx \
     nodejs \
+    # System services
     shadow \
     sudo \
     supervisor \
     syslog-ng \
-    tar && \
-    groupmod -g 1000 users && \
-    useradd -u 911 -U -d /config -s /bin/false nbxyz && \
-    usermod -G users nbxyz && \
-    mkdir /app /config /defaults
+    # Security tools
+    gosu \
+    # Runtime libraries
+    nghttp2-dev \
+    # Create required directories
+    && mkdir -p /app /config /defaults \
+    # Remove unnecessary packages to reduce size
+    && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
 
+# Copy webapp from build stage
 COPY --from=build /app /app
 
-ENV TFTPD_OPTS=''
-ENV NGINX_PORT='80'
-ENV WEB_APP_PORT='3000'
+# Environment variables with defaults
+ENV TFTPD_OPTS='' \
+    NGINX_PORT='80' \
+    WEB_APP_PORT='3000' \
+    NODE_ENV='production' \
+    NPM_CONFIG_CACHE='/tmp/.npm' \
+    PUID='1000' \
+    PGID='1000'
 
 EXPOSE 69/udp
 EXPOSE 80
 EXPOSE 3000
 
-COPY root/ /
+# Copy configuration files and scripts
+COPY --chown=root:root root/ /
+
+# Make scripts executable
+RUN chmod +x /start.sh /init.sh /healthcheck.sh /usr/local/bin/dnsmasq-wrapper.sh
 
-HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=30s --retries=3 CMD /healthcheck.sh
+# Enhanced health check with better timing for slow systems
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=15s --start-period=60s --retries=3 \
+    CMD /healthcheck.sh
 
-CMD ["sh","/start.sh"]
+# Use exec form for better signal handling
+CMD ["/start.sh"]

README.md

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ The following snippets are examples of starting up the container.
 ```shell
 docker run -d \
   --name=netbootxyz \
+  -e PUID=1000                       `# optional, UserID for volume permissions` \
+  -e PGID=1000                       `# optional, GroupID for volume permissions` \
   -e MENU_VERSION=2.0.84             `# optional` \
   -e NGINX_PORT=80                   `# optional` \
   -e WEB_APP_PORT=3000               `# optional` \
@@ -114,13 +116,32 @@ Container images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as thos
 | `-p 3000` | Web configuration interface. |
 | `-p 69/udp` | TFTP Port. |
 | `-p 80` | NGINX server for hosting assets. |
+| `-e PUID=1000` | UserID for volume permissions - see below for explanation |
+| `-e PGID=1000` | GroupID for volume permissions - see below for explanation |
 | `-e WEB_APP_PORT=3000` | Specify a different port for the web configuration interface to listen on. |
 | `-e NGINX_PORT=80` | Specify a different port for NGINX service to listen on. |
 | `-e MENU_VERSION=2.0.76` | Specify a specific version of boot files you want to use from netboot.xyz (unset pulls latest) |
 | `-e TFTPD_OPTS='--tftp-single-port'` | Specify arguments for the TFTP server (this example makes TFTP send all data over port 69) |
 | `-v /config` | Storage for boot menu files and web application config |
 | `-v /assets` | Storage for netboot.xyz bootable assets (live CDs and other files) |
 
+## User / Group Identifiers
+
+When using volumes (`-v` flags), permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container. We avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user `PUID` and group `PGID`.
+
+Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.
+
+In this instance `PUID=1000` and `PGID=1000`, to find yours use `id your_user` as below:
+
+```bash
+id your_user
+```
+
+Example output:
+```bash
+uid=1000(your_user) gid=1000(your_user) groups=1000(your_user)
+```
+
 ## DHCP Configurations
 
 The netboot.xyz Docker image requires the usage of a DHCP server in order to function properly. If you have an existing DHCP server, usually you will need to make some small adjustments to make your DHCP server forward requests to the netboot.xyz container. The main settings in your DHCP or router that you will typically need to set are:

root/etc/supervisor.conf

@@ -1,33 +1,29 @@
 [supervisord]
 nodaemon=true
 user=root
-
-[program:syslog-ng]
-command=/usr/sbin/syslog-ng --foreground --no-caps
-stdout_syslog=true
-stdout_capture_maxbytes=1MB
-priority = 1
+silent=false
+logfile=/tmp/supervisord.log
+pidfile=/run/supervisord.pid
 
 [program:nginx]
-command = /usr/sbin/nginx -c /config/nginx/nginx.conf
+command = gosu nbxyz /usr/sbin/nginx -c /config/nginx/nginx.conf
 startretries = 2
 daemon=off
 priority = 2
+stdout_logfile=/dev/null
+stderr_logfile=/dev/null
 
 [program:webapp]
 environment=NODE_ENV="production",PORT=%(ENV_WEB_APP_PORT)s
-command=/usr/bin/node app.js
-user=nbxyz
+command=gosu nbxyz /usr/bin/node app.js
 directory=/app
 priority = 3
+stdout_logfile=/dev/null
+stderr_logfile=/dev/null
 
 [program:dnsmasq]
-command=/usr/sbin/dnsmasq --port=0 --keep-in-foreground --enable-tftp --user=nbxyz --tftp-secure --tftp-root=/config/menus %(ENV_TFTPD_OPTS)s
-stdout_logfile=/config/tftpd.log
+command=/usr/local/bin/dnsmasq-wrapper.sh %(ENV_TFTPD_OPTS)s
+priority = 3
 redirect_stderr=true
-priority = 4
-
-[program:messages-log]
-command=tail -f /var/log/messages
-stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
+stdout_logfile=/dev/fd/1
 stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0

root/init.sh

@@ -1,24 +1,50 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Configure user and group IDs
+PUID=${PUID:-1000}
+PGID=${PGID:-1000}
+
+echo "[init] Setting up user nbxyz with PUID=${PUID} and PGID=${PGID}"
+
+# Create group with specified GID if it doesn't exist
+if ! getent group ${PGID} > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    groupadd -g ${PGID} nbxyz
+else
+    echo "[init] Group with GID ${PGID} already exists"
+fi
+
+# Create user with specified UID if it doesn't exist
+if ! getent passwd ${PUID} > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    useradd -u ${PUID} -g ${PGID} -d /config -s /bin/false nbxyz
+else
+    echo "[init] User with UID ${PUID} already exists"
+fi
+
+# Add to users group for compatibility
+usermod -a -G users nbxyz 2>/dev/null || true
+
 # make our folders
 mkdir -p \
   /assets \
   /config/nginx/site-confs \
   /config/log/nginx \
   /run \
   /var/lib/nginx/tmp/client_body \
-  /var/tmp/nginx
+  /var/tmp/nginx \
+  /var/log
 
 # copy config files
 [[ ! -f /config/nginx/nginx.conf ]] && \
   cp /defaults/nginx.conf /config/nginx/nginx.conf
 [[ ! -f /config/nginx/site-confs/default ]] && \
   envsubst '${NGINX_PORT}' < /defaults/default > /config/nginx/site-confs/default
 
-# Ownership
+# Set up permissions for all directories that services need to write to
 chown -R nbxyz:nbxyz /assets
 chown -R nbxyz:nbxyz /var/lib/nginx
-chown -R nbxyz:nbxyz /var/log/nginx
+chown -R nbxyz:nbxyz /config/log/nginx
+chown -R nbxyz:nbxyz /run
+chown -R nbxyz:nbxyz /var/tmp/nginx
 
 # create local logs dir
 mkdir -p \

root/start.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Perform the initial configuration
+# Perform the initial configuration as root
 /init.sh
 
 echo "            _   _                 _                      "
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ echo
 echo "https://opencollective.com/netbootxyz" 
 echo "https://github.com/sponsors/netbootxyz"
 echo
-supervisord -c /etc/supervisor.conf
+
+# Run supervisord as root (it will use gosu for individual programs)
+echo "[start] Starting supervisord (programs will run as nbxyz)"
+exec supervisord -c /etc/supervisor.conf

root/usr/local/bin/dnsmasq-wrapper.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Wrapper script for dnsmasq to ensure TFTP logs are visible in docker logs
+echo "[dnsmasq] Starting TFTP server on port 69"
+echo "[dnsmasq] TFTP root: /config/menus"
+echo "[dnsmasq] TFTP security: enabled"
+echo "[dnsmasq] Logging: enabled (dhcp and queries)"
+
+# Start dnsmasq via gosu with logging to stderr (which supervisord can capture)
+exec gosu nbxyz /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --port=0 --keep-in-foreground --enable-tftp --user=nbxyz --tftp-secure --tftp-root=/config/menus --log-facility=- --log-dhcp --log-queries "$@"