# Ansible-container build is failing with Permissions error

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-container-build-is-failing-with-permissions-error/25320>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 24, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-container-build-is-failing-with-permissions-error/25320 "2017-08-24T12:36:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![ManiGandan\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@ManiGandan\_T](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ManiGandan_T)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-container-build-is-failing-with-permissions-error/25320/1 "2017-08-24T12:36:16Z")

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Hi Team,

I have been working on nodejs application installation through ansible-container. I have configured all the code in container and main.yml. While i test run the ansible-container --debug build command , i am facing the below error. Please help me on resolving the error :

File “/app/ansible\_container\_source/ansible-container/container/cli.py”, line 291, in **call**

getattr(core, u’hostcmd\_{}'.format(args.subcommand))(\*\*vars(args))

File “/app/ansible\_container\_source/ansible-container/container/ **init**.py”, line 28, in **wrapped**

return fn(\*args, \*\*kwargs)

File “/app/ansible\_container\_source/ansible-container/container/core.py”, line 146, in hostcmd\_build

cache=conductor\_cache

File “/app/ansible\_container\_source/ansible-container/container/docker/engine.py”, line 87, in **wrapped**

return fn(self, \*args, \*\*kwargs)

File “/app/ansible\_container\_source/ansible-container/container/ **init**.py”, line 28, in **wrapped**

return fn(\*args, \*\*kwargs)

File “/app/ansible\_container\_source/ansible-container/container/docker/engine.py”, line 851, in build\_conductor\_image

tarball.add(container\_dir, arcname=‘container-src’)

File “/usr/lib64/python2.7/tarfile.py”, line 1998, in add

recursive, exclude, filter)

File “/usr/lib64/python2.7/tarfile.py”, line 1998, in add

recursive, exclude, filter)

File “/usr/lib64/python2.7/tarfile.py”, line 1990, in add

with bltn\_open(name, “rb”) as f:

IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘/app/ansible\_container\_source/ansible-container/container/utils/temp.pyc’

TIA!

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-container-build-is-failing-with-permissions-error/25320/2 "2017-08-24T12:49:56Z")

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Ansible-container mallinglist might be a better choice  
[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-container/community/index.html#i-ve-got-a-question](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-container/community/index.html#i-ve-got-a-question)