rosys container stops automatically, and immediately after it is started.

[meincv]

Run in simulation has two options. Working with venv works as expected. However using docker option doesn't work.

git clone https://github.com/zauberzeug/field_friend.git
cd field_friend
echo "ROBOT_ID=U4" > .env
./docker.sh U

 => [rosys] resolving provenance for metadata file                                                                                                                                                            0.0s
[+] Running 3/3
 ✔ rosys                              Built                                                                                                                                                                   0.0s 
 ✔ Container field_friend-autoheal-1  Started                                                                                                                                                                 0.5s 
 ✔ Container field_friend-rosys-1     Started                                                                                                                                                                 0.4s 

However, when checking the running containers:

$ ./docker.sh ps
+ case $cmd in
+ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.nvidia.yml ps
WARN[0000] /home/hswt/scripts/robotics/field_friend/docker-compose.yml: the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion 
WARN[0000] /home/hswt/scripts/robotics/field_friend/docker-compose.nvidia.yml: the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion 
NAME                      IMAGE                  COMMAND                  SERVICE    CREATED          STATUS                    PORTS
field_friend-autoheal-1   willfarrell/autoheal   "/docker-entrypoint …"   autoheal   11 seconds ago   Up 11 seconds (healthy)   

I use
Ubunut 22.04
Docker version 28.3.3, build 980b856
Docker Compose version v2.33.1

[pascalzauberzeug]

Could you please provide the log with ./docker.sh l rosys

[meincv]

./docker.sh l rosys
+ case $cmd in
+ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.nvidia.yml logs -f --tail 1000 rosys
WARN[0000] /home/hswt/scripts/robotics/field_friend/docker-compose.yml: the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion 
WARN[0000] /home/hswt/scripts/robotics/field_friend/docker-compose.nvidia.yml: the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion 
rosys-1  | [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/app/.nicegui/storage-general.json'
rosys-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
rosys-1  |   File "/home/zauberzeug/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/nicegui/events.py", line 433, in handle_event
rosys-1  |     result = cast(Callable[[], Any], handler)()
rosys-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/home/zauberzeug/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/nicegui/persistence/file_persistent_dict.py", line 56, in backup
rosys-1  |     self.filepath.write_text(json.dumps(self, indent=self.indent), encoding=self.encoding)
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/pathlib.py", line 1047, in write_text
rosys-1  |     with self.open(mode='w', encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline) as f:
rosys-1  |          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/pathlib.py", line 1013, in open
rosys-1  |     return io.open(self, mode, buffering, encoding, errors, newline)
rosys-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  | PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/app/.nicegui/storage-general.json'
rosys-1  | Restore failed: File "/home/zauberzeug/.rosys/rosys.config.json" not found
rosys-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 608, in configure
rosys-1  |     handler = self.configure_handler(handlers[name])
rosys-1  |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 876, in configure_handler
rosys-1  |     result = factory(**kwargs)
rosys-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/handlers.py", line 155, in __init__
rosys-1  |     BaseRotatingHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode, encoding=encoding,
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/handlers.py", line 58, in __init__
rosys-1  |     logging.FileHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode=mode,
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/__init__.py", line 1231, in __init__
rosys-1  |     StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
rosys-1  |                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/__init__.py", line 1263, in _open
rosys-1  |     return open_func(self.baseFilename, self.mode,
rosys-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  | PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/zauberzeug/.rosys/battery.log'
rosys-1  | 
rosys-1  | The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
rosys-1  | 
rosys-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
rosys-1  |   File "/app/main.py", line 13, in <module>
rosys-1  |     logger = log_configuration.configure()
rosys-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/app/field_friend/log_configuration.py", line 121, in configure
rosys-1  |     logging.config.dictConfig(config)
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 942, in dictConfig
rosys-1  |     dictConfigClass(config).configure()
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 615, in configure
rosys-1  |     raise ValueError('Unable to configure handler '
rosys-1  | ValueError: Unable to configure handler 'batteryfile'
rosys-1  | [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/app/.nicegui/storage-general.json'
rosys-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
rosys-1  |   File "/home/zauberzeug/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/nicegui/events.py", line 433, in handle_event
rosys-1  |     result = cast(Callable[[], Any], handler)()
rosys-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/home/zauberzeug/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/nicegui/persistence/file_persistent_dict.py", line 56, in backup
rosys-1  |     self.filepath.write_text(json.dumps(self, indent=self.indent), encoding=self.encoding)
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/pathlib.py", line 1047, in write_text
rosys-1  |     with self.open(mode='w', encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline) as f:
rosys-1  |          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/pathlib.py", line 1013, in open
rosys-1  |     return io.open(self, mode, buffering, encoding, errors, newline)
rosys-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  | PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/app/.nicegui/storage-general.json'
rosys-1  | Restore failed: File "/home/zauberzeug/.rosys/rosys.config.json" not found
rosys-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 608, in configure
rosys-1  |     handler = self.configure_handler(handlers[name])
rosys-1  |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 876, in configure_handler
rosys-1  |     result = factory(**kwargs)
rosys-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/handlers.py", line 155, in __init__
rosys-1  |     BaseRotatingHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode, encoding=encoding,
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/handlers.py", line 58, in __init__
rosys-1  |     logging.FileHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode=mode,
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/__init__.py", line 1231, in __init__
rosys-1  |     StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
rosys-1  |                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/__init__.py", line 1263, in _open
rosys-1  |     return open_func(self.baseFilename, self.mode,
rosys-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  | PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/zauberzeug/.rosys/battery.log'
rosys-1  | 
rosys-1  | The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
rosys-1  | 
rosys-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
rosys-1  |   File "/app/main.py", line 13, in <module>
rosys-1  |     logger = log_configuration.configure()
rosys-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/app/field_friend/log_configuration.py", line 121, in configure
rosys-1  |     logging.config.dictConfig(config)
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 942, in dictConfig
rosys-1  |     dictConfigClass(config).configure()
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 615, in configure
rosys-1  |     raise ValueError('Unable to configure handler '
rosys-1  | ValueError: Unable to configure handler 'batteryfile'

[pascalzauberzeug]

The container doesn't have write permission to your ~/.rosys directory.
It's shared with the container here. You could either provide write permission to others or just comment out this line and run ./docker.sh U rosys again.

It's the same with [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/app/.nicegui/storage-general.json'. Your local repository is also shared with the container here.

[meincv]

None of these options worked fully:

I gave permission:

mkdir -p ~/.rosys
mkdir -p ./field_friend/.nicegui
chmod -R 777 ~/.rosys ./field_friend/.nicegui

but still get permission error:

hswt@hswt-MS-7E26:~/scripts/robotics/field_friend$ ./docker.sh l rosys
+ case $cmd in
+ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.nvidia.yml logs -f --tail 1000 rosys
rosys-1  | Restore failed: File "/home/zauberzeug/.rosys/rosys.config.json" not found
rosys-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 608, in configure
rosys-1  |     handler = self.configure_handler(handlers[name])
rosys-1  |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 876, in configure_handler
rosys-1  |     result = factory(**kwargs)
rosys-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/handlers.py", line 155, in __init__
rosys-1  |     BaseRotatingHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode, encoding=encoding,
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/handlers.py", line 58, in __init__
rosys-1  |     logging.FileHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode=mode,
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/__init__.py", line 1231, in __init__
rosys-1  |     StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
rosys-1  |                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/__init__.py", line 1263, in _open
rosys-1  |     return open_func(self.baseFilename, self.mode,
rosys-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  | PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/zauberzeug/.rosys/battery.log'
rosys-1  | 
rosys-1  | The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
rosys-1  | 
rosys-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
rosys-1  |   File "/app/main.py", line 13, in <module>
rosys-1  |     logger = log_configuration.configure()
rosys-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/app/field_friend/log_configuration.py", line 121, in configure
rosys-1  |     logging.config.dictConfig(config)
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 942, in dictConfig
rosys-1  |     dictConfigClass(config).configure()
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 615, in configure
rosys-1  |     raise ValueError('Unable to configure handler '
rosys-1  | ValueError: Unable to configure handler 'batteryfile'
rosys-1  | Restore failed: File "/home/zauberzeug/.rosys/rosys.config.json" not found
rosys-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 608, in configure
rosys-1  |     handler = self.configure_handler(handlers[name])
rosys-1  |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 876, in configure_handler
rosys-1  |     result = factory(**kwargs)
rosys-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/handlers.py", line 155, in __init__
rosys-1  |     BaseRotatingHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode, encoding=encoding,
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/handlers.py", line 58, in __init__
rosys-1  |     logging.FileHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode=mode,
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/__init__.py", line 1231, in __init__
rosys-1  |     StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
rosys-1  |                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/__init__.py", line 1263, in _open
rosys-1  |     return open_func(self.baseFilename, self.mode,
rosys-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  | PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/zauberzeug/.rosys/battery.log'
rosys-1  | 
rosys-1  | The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
rosys-1  | 
rosys-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
rosys-1  |   File "/app/main.py", line 13, in <module>
rosys-1  |     logger = log_configuration.configure()
rosys-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/app/field_friend/log_configuration.py", line 121, in configure
rosys-1  |     logging.config.dictConfig(config)
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 942, in dictConfig
rosys-1  |     dictConfigClass(config).configure()
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 615, in configure
rosys-1  |     raise ValueError('Unable to configure handler '
rosys-1  | ValueError: Unable to configure handler 'batteryfile'
rosys-1  | Restore failed: File "/home/zauberzeug/.rosys/rosys.config.json" not found
rosys-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 608, in configure
rosys-1  |     handler = self.configure_handler(handlers[name])
rosys-1  |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 876, in configure_handler
rosys-1  |     result = factory(**kwargs)
rosys-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/handlers.py", line 155, in __init__
rosys-1  |     BaseRotatingHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode, encoding=encoding,
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/handlers.py", line 58, in __init__
rosys-1  |     logging.FileHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode=mode,
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/__init__.py", line 1231, in __init__
rosys-1  |     StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
rosys-1  |                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/__init__.py", line 1263, in _open
rosys-1  |     return open_func(self.baseFilename, self.mode,
rosys-1  |            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  | PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/zauberzeug/.rosys/battery.log'
rosys-1  | 
rosys-1  | The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
rosys-1  | 
rosys-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
rosys-1  |   File "/app/main.py", line 13, in <module>
rosys-1  |     logger = log_configuration.configure()
rosys-1  |              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/app/field_friend/log_configuration.py", line 121, in configure
rosys-1  |     logging.config.dictConfig(config)
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 942, in dictConfig
rosys-1  |     dictConfigClass(config).configure()
rosys-1  |   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/logging/config.py", line 615, in configure
rosys-1  |     raise ValueError('Unable to configure handler '
rosys-1  | ValueError: Unable to configure handler 'batteryfile'

As the second option, I commented the lines in docker-compose.yml as

volumes:
      #- ./:/app
      # - ./../lizard:/home/zauberzeug/.lizard
      #- ~/.rosys:/home/zauberzeug/.rosys

then I get:

./docker.sh l rosys
+ case $cmd in
+ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.nvidia.yml logs -f --tail 1000 rosys
rosys-1  | Restore failed: File "/home/zauberzeug/.rosys/rosys.config.json" not found
rosys-1  | Traceback (most recent call last):
rosys-1  |   File "/app/main.py", line 14, in <module>
rosys-1  |     app.add_static_files('/assets', 'assets')
rosys-1  |   File "/home/zauberzeug/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/nicegui/app/app.py", line 185, in add_static_files
rosys-1  |     handler = CacheControlledStaticFiles(
rosys-1  |               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rosys-1  |   File "/home/zauberzeug/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/nicegui/staticfiles.py", line 10, in __init__
rosys-1  |     super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
rosys-1  |   File "/home/zauberzeug/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/starlette/staticfiles.py", line 56, in __init__
rosys-1  |     raise RuntimeError(f"Directory '{directory}' does not exist")
rosys-1  | RuntimeError: Directory 'assets' does not exist

But adding - ./assets:/app/assets in the docker-compose.yml helped to solve the error. However, then another problem shows up:

./docker.sh l rosys
+ case $cmd in
+ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.nvidia.yml logs -f --tail 1000 rosys
rosys-1  | Restore failed: File "/home/zauberzeug/.rosys/rosys.config.json" not found
rosys-1  | Restore failed: File "/home/zauberzeug/.rosys/rosys.config.json" not found
rosys-1  | NiceGUI ready to go on http://localhost, http://10.0.3.1, http://10.154.25.152, http://172.17.0.1, http://172.18.0.1, http://172.19.0.1, http://172.20.0.1, http://172.21.0.1, and http://172.22.0.1
rosys-1  | 2025-08-22 15:57:05.870 [WARNING] main.py:23: The ROBOT_ID environment variable is not set. Please set it in the .env file.

I have the .env file that has ROBOT_ID=U4

[pascalzauberzeug]

Because you don't share your directory anymore, the container can't read the .env file.
You have two options:

1. Adding the environment variable in the compose file, here:

environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
      - ROBOT_ID=U4

2. Share the file directly:

volumes:
      - ./.env:/app/.env

I recommend using ROBOT_ID=U5. That is configured with the weeding screw, same as your F18.
I can check next week if I can reproduce (and hopefully fix) your issues. Then I will have a Linux system on hand, we mostly use Mac for development.

[rodja]

Why do you need the docker image run on your computer if venv works? The container setup is mainly configured to be used on the robot. The image runs as non-root and defaults to uid 1000 and gid 1000:

field_friend/Dockerfile

Lines 13 to 24 in 7c9056a

	ARG USERNAME=zauberzeug
	ARG USER_UID=1000
	ARG USER_GID=1000
	RUN groupadd --gid $USER_GID $USERNAME \
	&& useradd --uid $USER_UID --gid $USER_GID -m $USERNAME \
	&& usermod -a -G dialout $USERNAME \
	&& usermod -a -G tty $USERNAME \
	# && groupadd --gid 999 gpio || true \
	# && usermod -a -G gpio $USERNAME \
	&& echo $USERNAME ALL=\(root\) NOPASSWD:ALL, NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/arp-scan > /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME \
	&& chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME

I assume your own uid does not match this. And hence you do not have write access.

[meincv]

Thanks Pascal,
Thanks Rodja,

I would like to proceed with the recommended approach and use Docker. For now, I will use the venv option for running in simulation and Docker only for running on the robot. However, if it becomes possible to use Docker for simulation in the future, I would appreciate being informed.