chmod in .ebextensions on AWS Elastic Beanstalk failing

amazon-elastic-beanstalk, amazon-web-services, symfony

Solution

Maybe adding quotes to your commands will help:

container_commands: 
    01_chmod_cache: 
        command: "chmod -fR 777 /var/app/current/app/cache"

Problem

I'm trying to automate the setup of my Symfony2 Application using the .ebextensions *.config files but its failing when I try to execute a chmod. This is my first time on AWS so I've hit a bit of a wall Here is the config of my symfony.config file in .ebextensions: ``` container_commands: 01_chmod_cache: command: chmod -fR 777 /var/app/current/app/cache 02_chmod_logs: command: chmod -fR 777 /var/app/current/app/logs 03_db_migrate: command: php /var/app/current/app/console doctrine:schema:update --env=prod --force 04_update_assets: command: php /var/app/current/app/console assetic:dump --env=prod --no-debug 05_clear_cache: command: php /var/app/current/app/console cache:clear --env=prod --no-debug ``` I can run all of those commands on CLI when I ssh in. When I review the logs I get the following which isn't very helpful `Error occurred during build: Command 01_chmod_cache failed` I think it might have something to do with the user thats executing commands but I don't know where I can configure this Can anyone assist ? Cheers.

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