docs: add Railway third-party installation guide#2988
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Added a comprehensive guide for deploying Seerr on Railway, including setup instructions, configuration, and troubleshooting tips.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughA Railway-specific deployment guide documentation file is added, covering setup, configuration, permissions handling, troubleshooting, and uninstallation for hosting Seerr on Railway. ChangesRailway Deployment Documentation
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In `@docs/getting-started/third-parties/railway.mdx`:
- Around line 17-18: The Dockerfile workaround that sets "USER root" to allow
writes to the Railway-mounted volume weakens container security and must be
documented: update the railway.mdx Seerr guide to add a clear warning adjacent
to the Dockerfile snippet that sets USER root, explicitly call out the security
tradeoff, recommend running this container only in trusted/private environments,
and advise preferring least-privilege alternatives (e.g., changing volume
ownership or dropping privileges after startup) when feasible; also audit and
similarly annotate any other occurrences of "USER root" elsewhere in the
document so readers are warned consistently.
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| The workaround is a minimal Dockerfile wrapper that sets `USER root`, allowing the | ||
| container to write to the Railway-mounted volume. |
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Document the security tradeoff of USER root and prefer least privilege where possible.
The guide currently normalizes running Seerr as root without a caution. That weakens container security defaults and can become a copy-paste production baseline. Please add a clear warning and a recommendation to run in trusted/private environments only (or drop privileges after volume ownership fix if/when a supported pattern exists).
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The workaround is a minimal Dockerfile wrapper that sets `USER root`, allowing the
container to write to the Railway-mounted volume.
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+:::caution
+Running the Seerr process as `root` is a security tradeoff. Use this only in trusted
+environments, and prefer least-privilege runtime configurations when possible.
+:::Also applies to: 32-35
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In `@docs/getting-started/third-parties/railway.mdx` around lines 17 - 18, The
Dockerfile workaround that sets "USER root" to allow writes to the
Railway-mounted volume weakens container security and must be documented: update
the railway.mdx Seerr guide to add a clear warning adjacent to the Dockerfile
snippet that sets USER root, explicitly call out the security tradeoff,
recommend running this container only in trusted/private environments, and
advise preferring least-privilege alternatives (e.g., changing volume ownership
or dropping privileges after startup) when feasible; also audit and similarly
annotate any other occurrences of "USER root" elsewhere in the document so
readers are warned consistently.
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| Railway mounts persistent volumes as the `root` user. Seerr's official Docker image |
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Are you sure it can't be run with UID 1000? In the Railway documentation, I see the RAILWAY_RUN_UID variable mentioned here.
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| # Railway (Advanced) |
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Added a comprehensive guide for deploying Seerr on Railway, including setup instructions, configuration, and troubleshooting tips.
Description
Adds a community installation guide for deploying Seerr on Railway (railway.app),
a cloud platform-as-a-service.
Railway mounts persistent volumes as root, but Seerr runs as the
nodeuser(UID 1000), causing an EACCES permission error on startup. This guide documents
the problem and provides a minimal Dockerfile wrapper as the solution, along with
full setup, configuration, updating, and troubleshooting instructions.
The companion wrapper repository is available at:
https://github.com/morganhowson/seerr-railway
Note: This guide was drafted with AI assistance (Claude) and reviewed/verified
against a working Railway deployment.
How Has This Been Tested?
Tested against a live Railway deployment. The wrapper Dockerfile and all
configuration steps were verified on a working Railway project with a persistent
volume attached at /app/config. Seerr started successfully, persisted configuration
across redeployments, and the setup wizard was accessible via the Railway-generated
public URL.
Environment:
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