Concourse CI / Gradle : Failed to create parent directory
concourse, gradle
Solution
The gradle image sets the user to `gradle`, which doesn't have the necessary rights to create a new directory. Set the user to `root` in your task as a quick fix.
`task-gradle.yml`:
…
run:
user: root
path: sh
dir: devoxx-talks-src
args:
- -exc
- |
gradle --stacktrace build
Problem
I'm trying to build a java project with gradle `3.4.1` and concourse using the vagrant `concourse/lite` box (`v2.7.4`) and the docker image `gradle/3.4.1-jdk8` My `pipeline.yml` is ``` --- resources: - name: devoxx-talks-src type: git check_every: 1m source: uri: https://github.com/pomverte/devoxx-talks branch: concourse-ci jobs: - name: devoxx-talks-build plan: - get: devoxx-talks-src trigger: true - task: devoxx-talks-gradle file: devoxx-talks-src/ci/task-gradle.yml ``` `task-gradle.yml` : ``` --- platform: linux image_resource: type: docker-image source: repository: gradle tag: '3.4.1-jdk8' inputs: - name: devoxx-talks-src run: path: sh dir: devoxx-talks-src args: - -exc - | gradle --stacktrace build ``` Here is the error I get : ``` + gradle --stacktrace build Starting a Gradle Daemon (subsequent builds will be faster) FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * What went wrong: Failed to create parent directory '/tmp/build/76b9d33d/devoxx-talks-src/.gradle' when creating directory '/tmp/build/76b9d33d/devoxx-talks-src/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup' * Try: Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. * Exception is: org.gradle.api.UncheckedIOException: Failed to create parent directory '/tmp/build/76b9d33d/devoxx-talks-src/.gradle' when creating directory '/tmp/build/76b9d33d/devoxx-talks-src/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup' at org.gradle.util.GFileUtils.mkdirs(GFileUtils.java:313) at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.open(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:52) at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.open(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:30) at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheFactory.doOpen(DefaultCacheFactory.java:89) at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheFactory.open(DefaultCacheFactory.java:63) at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheRepository$PersistentCacheBuilder.open(DefaultCacheRepository.java:116) at org.gradle.internal.cleanup.DefaultBuildOutputCleanupCache.createCache(DefaultBuildOutputCleanupCache.java:73) at org.gradle.internal.cleanup.DefaultBuildOutputCleanupCache.cleanIfStale(DefaultBuildOutputCleanupCache.java:52) at org.gradle.internal.cleanup.BuildOutputCleanupListener.onConfigure(BuildOutputCleanupListener.java:26) at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ReflectionDispatch.dispatch(ReflectionDispatch.java:35) at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ReflectionDispatch.dispatch(ReflectionDispatch.java:24) at org.gradle.internal.event.DefaultListenerManager$ListenerDetails.dispatch(DefaultListenerManager.java:249) at org.gradle.internal.event.DefaultListenerManager$ListenerDetails.dispatch(DefaultListenerManager.java:229) at org.gradle.internal.event.AbstractBroadcastDispatch.dispatch(AbstractBroadcastDispatch.java:44) at org.gradle.internal.event.DefaultListenerManager$EventBroadcast$ListenerDispatch.dispatch(DefaultListenerManager.java:221) at org.gradle.internal.event.DefaultListenerManager$EventBroadcast$ListenerDispatch.dispatch(DefaultListenerManager.java:209) at org.gradle.internal.dispatch.ProxyDispatchAdapter$DispatchingInvocationHandler.invoke(ProxyDispatchAdapter.java:93) at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy16.onConfigure(Unknown Source) at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$ConfigureBuildAction.execute(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:239) at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher$ConfigureBuildAction.execute(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:230) at org.gradle.internal.Transformers$4.transform(Transformers.java:169) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:106) at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:56) at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:160) at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:119) at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:102) at org.gradle.launcher.exec.GradleBuildController.run(GradleBuildController.java:71) at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ExecuteBuildActionRunner.run(ExecuteBuildActionRunner.java:28) at org.gradle.launcher.exec.ChainingBuildActionRunner.run(ChainingBuildActionRunner.java:35) at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:41) at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:26) at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:75) at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.execute(ContinuousBuildActionExecuter.java:49) at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ServicesSetupBuildActionExecuter.execute(ServicesSetupBuildActionExecuter.java:49) at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ServicesSetupBuildActionExecuter.execute(ServicesSetupBuildActionExecuter.java:31) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ExecuteBuild.doBuild(ExecuteBuild.java:67) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.WatchForDisconnection.execute(WatchForDisconnection.java:47) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ResetDeprecationLogger.execute(ResetDeprecationLogger.java:26) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.RequestStopIfSingleUsedDaemon.execute(RequestStopIfSingleUsedDaemon.java:34) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:74) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:72) at org.gradle.util.Swapper.swap(Swapper.java:38) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput.execute(ForwardClientInput.java:72) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogAndCheckHealth.execute(LogAndCheckHealth.java:55) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogToClient.doBuild(LogToClient.java:60) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.EstablishBuildEnvironment.doBuild(EstablishBuildEnvironment.java:72) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:36) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.api.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:120) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy$1.run(StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy.java:50) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DaemonStateCoordinator$1.run(DaemonStateCoordinator.java:297) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.StoppableExecutorImpl$1.run(StoppableExecutorImpl.java:46) BUILD FAILED Total time: 8.819 secs ``` Does anyone know why Gradle can't create the parent directory ? Should I setup a `settings.gradle` file may be ?