# Error in Rasa docker

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-in-rasa-docker/33114>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [August 28, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-in-rasa-docker/33114 "2020-08-28T11:08:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![InnoOmnia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/innoomnia/32/17290_2.png) [@InnoOmnia](https://forum.rasa.com/u/InnoOmnia)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-in-rasa-docker/33114/1 "2020-08-28T11:08:01Z")

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I get following error when running command below

linttu@linttu-VirtualBox:~$ sudo docker-compose up

[sudo] password for linttu: Starting linttu\_rasa\_1 … Starting linttu\_rasa\_1 … done Attaching to linttu\_rasa\_1 rasa\_1 | Traceback (most recent call last): rasa\_1 | File “/opt/venv/bin/rasa”, line 8, in rasa\_1 | sys.exit(main()) rasa\_1 | File “/opt/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rasa/ **main**.py”, line 92, in main rasa\_1 | cmdline\_arguments.func(cmdline\_arguments) rasa\_1 | File “/opt/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rasa/cli/run.py”, line 106, in run rasa\_1 | args.model = \_validate\_model\_path(args.model, “model”, DEFAULT\_MODELS\_PATH) rasa\_1 | File “/opt/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rasa/cli/run.py”, line 64, in \_validate\_model\_path rasa\_1 | os.makedirs(default, exist\_ok=True) rasa\_1 | File “/usr/local/lib/python3.7/os.py”, line 223, in makedirs rasa\_1 | mkdir(name, mode) **rasa\_1 | PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'models’****linttu\_rasa\_1 exited with code 1**

My environment

linttu@linttu-VirtualBox:~$ docker -v && docker-compose -v

Docker version 19.03.12, build 48a66213fe

docker-compose version 1.17.1, build unknown

linttu@linttu-VirtualBox:~$ uname -a

Linux linttu-VirtualBox 5.4.0-42-generic #46~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 10 07:21:24 UTC 2020 x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux

runniung in Oracle virtualbox

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**Author:** ![amn41](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/amn41/32/20_2.png) [@amn41](https://forum.rasa.com/u/amn41)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-in-rasa-docker/33114/2 "2020-09-07T10:32:36Z")

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what does your docker-compose look like? My guess is that you are mounting a directory but the container user doesn’t have permission for read it.