feat(non-root): run container as non-root with read-only fs

This commit allows any container based on linkstack image
to be run as non-root with apache user and limit to RO the
filesystem permissions. Ensuring a much more secured runtime.

Author: thylong

Dockerfile

@@ -42,12 +42,17 @@ COPY configs/apache2/httpd.conf /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
 COPY configs/apache2/ssl.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/ssl.conf
 COPY configs/php/php.ini /etc/php8.2/php.ini
 
+RUN chown apache:apache /etc/ssl/apache2/server.pem
+RUN chown apache:apache /etc/ssl/apache2/server.key
+
 RUN chown -R apache:apache /htdocs
 RUN find /htdocs -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0755
 RUN find /htdocs -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0644
 
 COPY --chmod=0755 docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
 
+USER apache:apache
+
 HEALTHCHECK CMD curl -f http://localhost -A "HealthCheck" || exit 1
 
 # Set console entry path

configs/apache2/httpd.conf

@@ -487,3 +487,9 @@ LogLevel ${LOG_LEVEL}
 #
 IncludeOptional /etc/apache2/conf.d/*.conf
 AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css application/javascript application/json
+
+#
+# The PidFile directive sets the file to which the server records the
+# process id of the daemon. If the filename is not absolute, then it
+# is assumed to be relative to the ServerRoot.
+PidFile /htdocs/httpd.pid

docker-compose.yml

@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ services:
     ports:
       - '8080:80'
       - '8081:443'
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    user: apache:apache
+    # read_only: true
     depends_on:
       - mysql
     links:
       - mysql
-    restart: unless-stopped
   mysql:
     image: mysql:8
     environment:

docker-entrypoint.sh

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ echo '+ ------------------------------------------------------------------ +'
 # | -- MISC -- | #
 # + ---------- + #
 
+# Apache gets grumpy about PID files pre-existing
+rm -f /htdocs/httpd.pid
+
 echo '| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |'
 echo '| Running Apache                                                     |'
 echo '+ ------------------------------------------------------------------ +'