[ptxdist] [PATCH 0/3] rootfs: Create /var/www and allow webservers to depend on it

[ptxdist] [PATCH 0/3] rootfs: Create /var/www and allow webservers to depend on it

[Alexander Dahl via ptxdist]

Hello,

we had some trouble with permissions of directories below /var/www with
custom packages installing web applications to that directory,
especially if multiple package implictly created /var/www with different
access rights.  Trying to make all this somewhat more predictable.

Greets
Alex

Alexander Dahl (3):
  rootfs: Add option to create /var/www
  nginx: Select rootfs /var/www dependency
  lighttpd: Select rootfs /var/www dependency

 rules/lighttpd.in | 1 +
 rules/nginx.in    | 1 +
 rules/rootfs.in   | 9 +++++++++
 rules/rootfs.make | 3 +++
 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+)


base-commit: fd0dc47b258aac09ab961199a3c00ecddf98f244
-- 
2.47.3

[ptxdist] [PATCH 1/3] rootfs: Add option to create /var/www

[Alexander Dahl via ptxdist]

Multiple packages like nginx, lighttpd, and jvisu are installing things
to /var/www already, and create that path implicitly.  Make it explicit.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com>
---
 rules/rootfs.in   | 9 +++++++++
 rules/rootfs.make | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rules/rootfs.in b/rules/rootfs.in
index 2b7c50363..93b53481d 100644
--- a/rules/rootfs.in
+++ b/rules/rootfs.in
@@ -256,6 +256,15 @@ config ROOTFS_VAR_TMP
 	  system reboots. Say 'y' here to ensure a '/var/tmp' directory is
 	  available at run-time.
 
+config ROOTFS_VAR_WWW
+	bool
+	prompt "/var/www"
+	help
+	  This directory is intended for webserver application data.
+	  Usually things like html or javascript files go here.
+	  Say 'y' here to ensure a '/var/www' directory is available at
+	  run-time.
+
 endmenu
 endif # ROOTFS
 
diff --git a/rules/rootfs.make b/rules/rootfs.make
index 1c1e5501c..656fbe4ba 100644
--- a/rules/rootfs.make
+++ b/rules/rootfs.make
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ ifdef PTXCONF_ROOTFS_VAR_OVERLAYFS
 	@$(call install_link, rootfs, ../var.mount, \
 		/usr/lib/systemd/system/local-fs.target.requires/var.mount)
 endif
+ifdef PTXCONF_ROOTFS_VAR_WWW
+	@$(call install_copy, rootfs, 0, 0, 0755, /var/www)
+endif
 
 #	#
 #	# install files in rootfs
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [ptxdist] [APPLIED] rootfs: Add option to create /var/www

[Michael Olbrich]

Thanks, applied as 8e87fca5ae8b36dc5430d16576ae2fb68ac93a32.

Michael

[sent from post-receive hook]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:52:18 +0100, Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com> wrote:
> Multiple packages like nginx, lighttpd, and jvisu are installing things
> to /var/www already, and create that path implicitly.  Make it explicit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com>
> Message-Id: <20251211100718.1261055-2-ada@thorsis.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>
> 
> diff --git a/rules/rootfs.in b/rules/rootfs.in
> index 2b7c50363df0..93b53481d121 100644
> --- a/rules/rootfs.in
> +++ b/rules/rootfs.in
> @@ -256,6 +256,15 @@ config ROOTFS_VAR_TMP
>  	  system reboots. Say 'y' here to ensure a '/var/tmp' directory is
>  	  available at run-time.
>  
> +config ROOTFS_VAR_WWW
> +	bool
> +	prompt "/var/www"
> +	help
> +	  This directory is intended for webserver application data.
> +	  Usually things like html or javascript files go here.
> +	  Say 'y' here to ensure a '/var/www' directory is available at
> +	  run-time.
> +
>  endmenu
>  endif # ROOTFS
>  
> diff --git a/rules/rootfs.make b/rules/rootfs.make
> index 1c1e5501cf83..656fbe4ba5a7 100644
> --- a/rules/rootfs.make
> +++ b/rules/rootfs.make
> @@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ ifdef PTXCONF_ROOTFS_VAR_OVERLAYFS
>  	@$(call install_link, rootfs, ../var.mount, \
>  		/usr/lib/systemd/system/local-fs.target.requires/var.mount)
>  endif
> +ifdef PTXCONF_ROOTFS_VAR_WWW
> +	@$(call install_copy, rootfs, 0, 0, 0755, /var/www)
> +endif
>  
>  #	#
>  #	# install files in rootfs

[ptxdist] [PATCH 2/3] nginx: Select rootfs /var/www dependency

[Alexander Dahl via ptxdist]

Let the rootfs package create that dir explicitly,
before copying anything into it.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com>
---
 rules/nginx.in | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/rules/nginx.in b/rules/nginx.in
index f83031e97..c12a5df5f 100644
--- a/rules/nginx.in
+++ b/rules/nginx.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ menuconfig NGINX
 	select LIBPCRE			if NGINX_PCRE
 	select OPENSSL			if NGINX_HTTP_SSL_MODULE || NGINX_HTTP_V2_MODULE
 	select ZLIB			if NGINX_HTTP_GZIP_MODULE || NGINX_HTTP_GZIP_STATIC_MODULE
+	select ROOTFS_VAR_WWW		if NGINX_POPULATE_TEST_WEBSITE
 	help
 	  nginx ("engine X") is a high-performance web and reverse
 	  proxy server created by Igor Sysoev. It can be used both as
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [ptxdist] [APPLIED] nginx: Select rootfs /var/www dependency

[Michael Olbrich]

Thanks, applied as b5def8cac73ed18097ef2c4c35dc89d0b66efcbc.

Michael

[sent from post-receive hook]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:52:19 +0100, Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com> wrote:
> Let the rootfs package create that dir explicitly,
> before copying anything into it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com>
> Message-Id: <20251211100718.1261055-3-ada@thorsis.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>
> 
> diff --git a/rules/nginx.in b/rules/nginx.in
> index f83031e97f71..c12a5df5fb28 100644
> --- a/rules/nginx.in
> +++ b/rules/nginx.in
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ menuconfig NGINX
>  	select LIBPCRE			if NGINX_PCRE
>  	select OPENSSL			if NGINX_HTTP_SSL_MODULE || NGINX_HTTP_V2_MODULE
>  	select ZLIB			if NGINX_HTTP_GZIP_MODULE || NGINX_HTTP_GZIP_STATIC_MODULE
> +	select ROOTFS_VAR_WWW		if NGINX_POPULATE_TEST_WEBSITE
>  	help
>  	  nginx ("engine X") is a high-performance web and reverse
>  	  proxy server created by Igor Sysoev. It can be used both as

[ptxdist] [PATCH 3/3] lighttpd: Select rootfs /var/www dependency

[Alexander Dahl via ptxdist]

There is an explicit installation of that directory in rootfs package.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com>
---
 rules/lighttpd.in | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/rules/lighttpd.in b/rules/lighttpd.in
index d9b7c048f..aaae5cf3b 100644
--- a/rules/lighttpd.in
+++ b/rules/lighttpd.in
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ menuconfig LIGHTTPD
 	select OPENSSL			if LIGHTTPD_OPENSSL
 	select LUA			if LIGHTTPD_LUA
 	select LUA_INSTALL_LIBLUA	if LIGHTTPD_LUA
+	select ROOTFS_VAR_WWW		if LIGHTTPD_GENERIC_SITE
 	select BUSYBOX_START_STOP_DAEMON			if LIGHTTPD_STARTSCRIPT
 	select BUSYBOX_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY		if LIGHTTPD_STARTSCRIPT
 	select BUSYBOX_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_LONG_OPTIONS	if LIGHTTPD_STARTSCRIPT
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [ptxdist] [APPLIED] lighttpd: Select rootfs /var/www dependency

[Michael Olbrich]

Thanks, applied as d770152bbf01f62ccc9e5341b8407b16b4bc6318.

Michael

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On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:52:19 +0100, Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com> wrote:
> There is an explicit installation of that directory in rootfs package.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com>
> Message-Id: <20251211100718.1261055-4-ada@thorsis.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>
> 
> diff --git a/rules/lighttpd.in b/rules/lighttpd.in
> index d9b7c048fca9..aaae5cf3b235 100644
> --- a/rules/lighttpd.in
> +++ b/rules/lighttpd.in
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ menuconfig LIGHTTPD
>  	select OPENSSL			if LIGHTTPD_OPENSSL
>  	select LUA			if LIGHTTPD_LUA
>  	select LUA_INSTALL_LIBLUA	if LIGHTTPD_LUA
> +	select ROOTFS_VAR_WWW		if LIGHTTPD_GENERIC_SITE
>  	select BUSYBOX_START_STOP_DAEMON			if LIGHTTPD_STARTSCRIPT
>  	select BUSYBOX_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_FANCY		if LIGHTTPD_STARTSCRIPT
>  	select BUSYBOX_FEATURE_START_STOP_DAEMON_LONG_OPTIONS	if LIGHTTPD_STARTSCRIPT