From 55236b67c3b7e0fb6f47960f6a358c9eefdd9160 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: petruknw <github19-06-24@weymouth.id.au>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:51 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] aurral: replace /app/backend/data and /app/downloads with
 symlinks at build time

---
 aurral/Dockerfile                                | 5 +++++
 aurral/rootfs/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh | 7 +------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aurral/Dockerfile b/aurral/Dockerfile
index d75a0fc8e7..7da8b9d2ff 100644
--- a/aurral/Dockerfile
+++ b/aurral/Dockerfile
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ LABEL \
 ENV DOWNLOAD_FOLDER=/share/aurral/downloads \
     WEEKLY_FLOW_FOLDER=/share/aurral/downloads/weekly-flow
 
+# Replace the upstream data/downloads dirs with symlinks into HA persistent storage.
+# Must be done at build time — the dirs are owned by a non-root user at runtime.
+RUN rm -rf /app/backend/data && ln -s /config/data /app/backend/data \
+ && rm -rf /app/downloads && ln -s /share/aurral/downloads /app/downloads
+
 COPY rootfs /
 
 RUN chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/aurral/rootfs/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh b/aurral/rootfs/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 27d30659f3..7ff15f9947 100644
--- a/aurral/rootfs/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/aurral/rootfs/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 
-# Create persistent directories in HA volumes
+# Create the real directories in HA persistent storage that the symlinks point to
 mkdir -p /config/data
 mkdir -p "${DOWNLOAD_FOLDER:-/share/aurral/downloads}"
 mkdir -p "${WEEKLY_FLOW_FOLDER:-/share/aurral/downloads/weekly-flow}"
 
-# The upstream app expects its data at /app/backend/data and downloads at /app/downloads.
-# Symlink both into HA persistent storage.
-ln -sfn /config/data /app/backend/data
-ln -sfn "${DOWNLOAD_FOLDER:-/share/aurral/downloads}" /app/downloads
-
 exec "$@"