EROFS: read-only file system, open '/path/to/local-production.json'

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EROFS: read-only file system, open '/path/to/local-production.json'

Hello everyone, I’ve searched everywhere for this and found very little in relation to peertube as it seems to be a node.js error. I only get this when attempting to save the config in the web interface. Permissions are correct, paths are correct. I’m kind of at a loss. The rest of the system and installation is running perfectly. Any suggestions on where the issue may lie?

Manual installation, no docker, using Apache2 on Ubuntu 24.04

Thanks sincerely,
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Hi, and how do you put on a normal installation?, Docker?, very little information to understand)

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It’s a manual installation, no docker, using apache on Ubuntu 24.04, apologies.

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Hi,

It seems your config directory (set by NODE_CONFIG_DIR env variable) in on a read-only file system. PeerTube must have the ability to write in this directory .

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Thanks, peertube is the owner of the directory in question with 755 permissions. Is there another requirement outside of this that would make it easier for peertube to write the directory?

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Or the best way to change the config directory to try to write elsewhere. I see in the docs how to set it during install but i’m not sure how to change it after the installation has taken place.

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Thanks to your questions I was able to figure it out the rest of the way. The issue was caused by the Protect System variable as our working directory was based in /usr/. I changed the directory to a different drive where we’re storing the rest of our application data and the issue resolved itself.

Thanks to everyone for your help!
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Can you mark the thread as solved please? (so it will be easier to find the solution for people with similar issues)

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Done deal!