[JENKINS-46666] Permission issue using Docker as build environment

I installed Jenkins on an Ubuntu 16.04 machine. The Jenkins itself is not run in a container. What I want to do is simply call `yarn install` using a node image. So here is my Jenkinsfile:

pipeline {

    agent any

    stages {

stage('install node modules...') {

    agent { docker 'node' }

    steps {

sh 'cd /path/to/package.json; yarn install'

    }

}

    }

}

Pretty straightforward, right?

jenkins user/group is 112:116, and the uid of the node container is 1000, hence yarn process (which is run as node user 1000) can't do its things, like `mkdir /.config`.

I tried to spin up the node container passing in argument `-u 1000`, it bumped into permission issues when trying to create durable directories.

It looks like one or the other kind of issue, how can I work around that?

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Originally reported by michaelonline, imported from: Permission issue using Docker as build environment

• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): docker-workflow-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 1
  
• watchers: 2
  
• imported: 2025-12-07
  

Raw content of original issue

I installed Jenkins on an Ubuntu 16.04 machine. The Jenkins itself is not run in a container. What I want to do is simply call `yarn install` using a node image. So here is my Jenkinsfile:



pipeline {

    agent any

    stages {

        stage('install node modules...') {

            agent { docker 'node' }

            steps {

                sh 'cd /path/to/package.json; yarn install'

            }

        }

    }

}





Pretty straightforward, right?


jenkins user/group is 112:116, and the uid of the node container is 1000, hence yarn process (which is run as node user 1000) can't do its things, like `mkdir /.config`.


I tried to spin up the node container passing in argument `-u 1000`, it bumped into permission issues when trying to create durable directories.


It looks like one or the other kind of issue, how can I work around that?

• environment: Jenkins ver. 2.60.3, with default suggested plugins