docker - example adding www-data user to alpine images

Dockerfile.fails

FROM nginx:alpine

# stock verison from php:alpine image

# ensure www-data user exists
RUN set -x \
	&& addgroup -g 82 -S www-data \
	&& adduser -u 82 -D -S -G www-data www-data
# 82 is the standard uid/gid for "www-data" in Alpine
# http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/apache2/apache2.pre-install?h=v3.3.2
# http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/lighttpd/lighttpd.pre-install?h=v3.3.2
# http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/nginx-initscripts/nginx-initscripts.pre-install?h=v3.3.2

Dockerfile.works

FROM nginx:alpine

# modified version from php:alpine image

# ensure www-data user exists
RUN set -x ; \
  addgroup -g 82 -S www-data ; \
  adduser -u 82 -D -S -G www-data www-data && exit 0 ; exit 1
# 82 is the standard uid/gid for "www-data" in Alpine
# http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/apache2/apache2.pre-install?h=v3.3.2
# http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/lighttpd/lighttpd.pre-install?h=v3.3.2
# http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/nginx-initscripts/nginx-initscripts.pre-install?h=v3.3.2

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Sometimes it needs to combine several independent processes that works in different containers. Don't forget to add nginx user to www-data group: apk --no-cache add shadow && usermod -aG www-data nginx

create user www-data with id 1000
RUN adduser -S www-data -u 1000

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