Laravel Sail won't build on Ubuntu 20.04 - groupadd: invalid group ID 'sail'

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I was trying to setup a laravel/sail with docker on the fresh ubuntu install. After following this manual: https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/installation#getting-started-on-linux

I'm getting an Invalid group ID sail error on sail up (alias has been created so I don't need to use ./vendor/bin/sail up anymore).

groupadd: invalid group ID 'sail'
ERROR: Service 'laravel.test' failed to build : The command '/bin/sh -c groupadd --force -g $WWWGROUP sail' returned a non-zero code: 3

Can you share the exact steps you took to set up sail, as well as how you created the alias ? — apokryfos, Apr 23 '21 at 05:49
@apokryfos `alias sail='bash vendor/bin/sail'` but it doesn't matter, not work with the `./vendor/bin/sail up` as well — idzczakp, Apr 23 '21 at 05:58

score 40 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 04 '21 at 11:29

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You can add this to .env file

WWWGROUP=1000
WWWUSER=1000

Both values should be 1000, but you can also get them from bash

id -g <username>
id -u <username>

answered Jul 04 '21 at 11:29

Andrea Mattioli

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I've found this to be working solution to the immediate issue but it caused other different problems down the road (of using docker-compose instead of wail wrapper). – peter.babic Sep 08 '21 at 05:40
peter.babic, which problems have you found? – Andrea Mattioli Sep 09 '21 at 06:55
@andrea-matioli permissions related problems, was not able to pin them down exactly yet. I have also posted a short, not very useful comment Github comment [here](https://github.com/laravel/sail/issues/81#issuecomment-914301837) – peter.babic Sep 10 '21 at 16:21

score 13 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 11 '23 at 11:35

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You can solve this by running this before making docker-compose up:

export APP_SERVICE=${APP_SERVICE:-"laravel.test"}
export DB_PORT=${DB_PORT:-3306}
export WWWUSER=${WWWUSER:-$UID}
export WWWGROUP=${WWWGROUP:-$(id -g)}

This is something that sail does every time you run a command with it, but when you run docker-compose directly you need to do it before you run commands with sail.

You can see this here: https://github.com/laravel/sail/blob/1.x/bin/sail#L21

edited Apr 11 '23 at 11:35

Derk Jan Speelman

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answered May 12 '21 at 17:20

Victor

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While it probably solves the issue, the real cause is the direct usage of `docker-compose` instead of `sail` script. – Pjotr Oct 13 '21 at 11:09

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 18 '21 at 14:15

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This happens if you run docker-compose up, if you run sail up it will work as intended.

You might need to configure the alias first:

alias sail='bash vendor/bin/sail'

answered Sep 18 '21 at 14:15

martincarlin87

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The PHP is not installed on docker host, so it is not possible run `composer install` to dependencies then run sail – Ennio Sousa Nov 09 '21 at 12:49

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 16 '22 at 01:43

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I choose to go into the bash of the docker container and 'chown' all the files in www/html/* to 'sail' First to enter bash for sail. sail bash or ./vendor/bin/sail if you didn't set up your alias.

Then you should be in the web root /var/www/html

chown -R sail .

That way, you keep the permisions the same as Laravel intended.

answered Jun 16 '22 at 01:43

user1552364

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This is literally only thing that worked for me on Ubuntu 22.04. – Srecko Micic Jun 17 '22 at 17:57

score -3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '21 at 10:38

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The problem was with the composer itself. After re-installation and clearing docker images it started to build it up!

edited Jun 20 '21 at 10:38

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answered Apr 23 '21 at 08:16

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I've got that due to running `docker-compose up` directly and not using the `sail up` instead. It seems that the shell script does a lot of additional heavy-lifting. It might be that you've not used `sail` command to do the initial building and that caused some issues. – Pjotr Oct 13 '21 at 11:07

Laravel Sail won't build on Ubuntu 20.04 - groupadd: invalid group ID 'sail'

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