- Remove 'USER hermes' from Dockerfile so entrypoint runs as root and can
usermod/groupmod before gosu drop. Add chmod -R a+rX /opt/hermes so any
remapped UID can read the install directory.
- Fix entrypoint chown logic: always chown -R when HERMES_UID is remapped
from default 10000, not just when top-level dir ownership mismatches.
- Add docker-compose.yml with gateway + dashboard services.
- Add .hermes to .gitignore.
Commit 8254b820 ("--init for zombie reaping + sleep infinity for
idle-based lifetime") made the Docker terminal backend launch
sandbox containers with `sleep infinity` as the command, so the
lifetime is controlled by an external idle reaper instead of a
fixed timeout.
But `docker/entrypoint.sh` unconditionally wraps its args with
`hermes`:
exec hermes "$@"
Result: `hermes sleep infinity` → argparse rejects `sleep` as a
subcommand and the container exits immediately with code 2:
hermes: error: argument command: invalid choice: 'sleep'
(choose from chat, model, gateway, setup, ...)
Every sandbox container launched by the docker backend dies at
startup, breaking terminal/file tool execution end-to-end.
Fix: dispatch at the tail of the entrypoint. If the first arg is
an executable on PATH (sleep, bash, sh, etc.) run it raw; otherwise
preserve the legacy `hermes <subcommand>` wrapping behavior. Both
invocation styles below keep working:
docker run <image> -> hermes (interactive)
docker run <image> chat -q "hi" -> hermes chat -q "hi"
docker run <image> sleep infinity -> sleep infinity
docker run <image> bash -> bash
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- find_docker() now checks HERMES_DOCKER_BINARY env var first, then
docker on PATH, then podman on PATH, then macOS known locations
- Entrypoint respects HERMES_HOME env var (was hardcoded to /opt/data)
- Entrypoint uses groupmod -o to tolerate non-unique GIDs (fixes macOS
GID 20 conflict with Debian's dialout group)
- Entrypoint makes chown best-effort so rootless Podman continues
instead of failing with 'Operation not permitted'
- 5 new tests covering env var override, podman fallback, precedence
Based on work by alanjds (PR #3996) and malaiwah (PR #8115).
Closes#4084.
- Add gosu for runtime privilege dropping from root to hermes user
- Support HERMES_UID/HERMES_GID env vars for host mount permission matching
- Switch to debian:13.4-slim base image
- Use uv venv instead of pip install --break-system-packages
- Pin uv and gosu multi-stage images with SHA256 digests
- Set PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH to /opt/hermes/.playwright so build-time
chromium install survives the /opt/data volume mount
- Keep procps for container debugging
Based on work by m0n5t3r in PR #5811. Stripped to hardening-only
changes (non-root, virtualenv, slim base); matrix deps, fonts, xvfb,
and entrypoint playwright download deferred to follow-up.
The profile system expects these directories but they weren't
being created on container startup. Adds them to the mkdir list
alongside the existing dirs.
Co-authored-by: Tranquil-Flow <tranquil_flow@protonmail.com>
Isolate system tool configs (git, ssh, gh, npm) per profile by injecting
a per-profile HOME into subprocess environments only. The Python
process's own os.environ['HOME'] and Path.home() are never modified,
preserving all existing profile infrastructure.
Activation is directory-based: when {HERMES_HOME}/home/ exists on disk,
subprocesses see it as HOME. The directory is created automatically for:
- Docker: entrypoint.sh bootstraps it inside the persistent volume
- Named profiles: added to _PROFILE_DIRS in profiles.py
Injection points (all three subprocess env builders):
- tools/environments/local.py _make_run_env() — foreground terminal
- tools/environments/local.py _sanitize_subprocess_env() — background procs
- tools/code_execution_tool.py child_env — execute_code sandbox
Single source of truth: hermes_constants.get_subprocess_home()
Closes#4426
Adds a complete Docker packaging for Hermes Agent:
- Dockerfile based on debian:13.4 with all deps
- Entrypoint that bootstraps .env, config.yaml, SOUL.md on first run
- CI workflow to build, test, and push to DockerHub
- Documentation for interactive, gateway, and upgrade workflows
Closes#850, #913.
Changes vs original PR:
- Removed pre-created legacy cache/platform dirs from entrypoint
(image_cache, audio_cache, pairing, whatsapp/session) — these are
now created on demand by the application using the consolidated
layout from get_hermes_dir()
- Moved docs from docs/docker.md to website/docs/user-guide/docker.md
and added to Docusaurus sidebar
Co-authored-by: benbarclay <benbarclay@users.noreply.github.com>
