Struggling with docker config

[seanrichards]

I have this working with UVX, but docker is killing me and could really use some support.

"No valid LinkedIn session is available in Docker"

What could be going wrong? I have the volume mounting the ~./linkedin-mcp folder on the system to /home/pwuser/.linkedin-mcp

And i've tried referencing both PATHS for --user-data-dir (/home/pwuser/.linkedin-mcp and /home/pwuser/.linkedin-mcp/profile)

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks very much in advance. Very keen to get it working!

[seanrichards]

I'm pretty sure that the issue is that I'm running mcp in docker container, but to run the one-time login, I have to remote desktop into the host, then execute the login command. It works, and creates the folder under ~/linkedin-mcp

But there's references in the files in the folder on the host. E.g. when I cat source-state.json

sean@hermes:~/.linkedin-mcp$ cat source-state.json
{
  "cookies_path": "/home/sean/.linkedin-mcp/cookies.json",
  "created_at": "2026-05-22T02:35:32Z",
  "login_generation": "REDACTED",
  "profile_path": "/home/sean/.linkedin-mcp/profile",
  "source_runtime_id": "linux-amd64-container",
  "version": 1
}
sean@hermes:~/.linkedin-mcp$

I redacted the login string.

My question is, is that the issue? I've also made sure that the patchright browser is logged out on the desktop of the host.

Here's the log dump:

[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:54.410586902Z INFO:     172.20.0.2:37216 - "POST /mcp HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:54.411433357Z {"timestamp": "2026-05-22 02:47:54,411", "level": "INFO", "logger": "mcp.server.lowlevel.server", "message": "Processing request of type CallToolRequest"}
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:54.416975305Z {"timestamp": "2026-05-22 02:47:54,416", "level": "INFO", "logger": "linkedin_mcp_server.authentication", "message": "Using source profile from /home/pwuser/.linkedin-mcp/profile"}
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:54.417297029Z {"timestamp": "2026-05-22 02:47:54,417", "level": "INFO", "logger": "linkedin_mcp_server.drivers.browser", "message": "Using source profile for runtime linux-amd64-container (profile=/home/pwuser/.linkedin-mcp/profile)"}
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:55.110711775Z {"timestamp": "2026-05-22 02:47:55,110", "level": "INFO", "logger": "linkedin_mcp_server.core.browser", "message": "Persistent browser launched (headless=True, user_data_dir=/home/pwuser/.linkedin-mcp/profile)"}
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:55.112230718Z {"timestamp": "2026-05-22 02:47:55,110", "level": "INFO", "logger": "linkedin_mcp_server.core.browser", "message": "Browser context and page ready"}
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.679794219Z {"timestamp": "2026-05-22 02:47:59,679", "level": "WARNING", "logger": "linkedin_mcp_server.drivers.browser", "message": "Feed auth check failed on https://www.linkedin.com/uas/login?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2F: auth blocker URL: https://www.linkedin.com/uas/login?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2F title='LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn' remember_me=False body_marker='Welcome back 27 Sean Richards s*****@gmail.com Password Show Forgot password? Sign in or By clicking Continue, you agree to LinkedIn\u2019s User Agreement, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy. or Sign in usi'"}
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.777115038Z {"timestamp": "2026-05-22 02:47:59,776", "level": "INFO", "logger": "linkedin_mcp_server.core.browser", "message": "Browser closed"}
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.777201168Z {"timestamp": "2026-05-22 02:47:59,777", "level": "WARNING", "logger": "linkedin_mcp_server.error_handler", "message": "Docker host login required in get_my_profile: No valid LinkedIn session is available in Docker. Run --login on the host machine to create a session, then retry this tool."}
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928267461Z [05/22/26 02:47:59] Error calling tool 'get_my_profile'                         
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928290205Z                     ╭─────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ────────────╮
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928293557Z                     │ /app/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/linkedin_mcp_ser │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928295589Z                     │ ver/dependencies.py:85 in get_ready_extractor            │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928297475Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928299341Z                     │    82 │   """Run bootstrap gating, then acquire an authe │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928301318Z                     │    83 │   try:                                           │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928303145Z                     │    84 │   │   await ensure_tool_ready_or_raise(tool_name │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928305037Z                     │ ❱  85 │   │   browser = await get_or_create_browser()    │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928306930Z                     │    86 │   │   await ensure_authenticated()               │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928308757Z                     │    87 │   │   return LinkedInExtractor(browser.page)     │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928310573Z                     │    88 │   except AuthenticationError as e:               │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928312442Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928314246Z                     │ /app/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/linkedin_mcp_ser │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928316042Z                     │ ver/drivers/browser.py:392 in get_or_create_browser      │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928317835Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928319660Z                     │   389 │   │   │   current_runtime_id,                    │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928321533Z                     │   390 │   │   │   source_profile_dir,                    │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928323377Z                     │   391 │   │   )                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928325226Z                     │ ❱ 392 │   │   browser = await _authenticate_existing_pro │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928327101Z                     │   393 │   │   │   source_profile_dir,                    │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928328945Z                     │   394 │   │   │   launch_options=launch_options,         │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928338757Z                     │   395 │   │   │   viewport=viewport,                     │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928356613Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928358607Z                     │ /app/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/linkedin_mcp_ser │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928370875Z                     │ ver/drivers/browser.py:225 in                            │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928373098Z                     │ _authenticate_existing_profile                           │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928375050Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928377012Z                     │   222 │   try:                                           │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928379605Z                     │   223 │   │   await browser.start()                      │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928381631Z                     │   224 │   │   if not await _feed_auth_succeeds(browser): │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928383605Z                     │ ❱ 225 │   │   │   raise AuthenticationError(             │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928385592Z                     │   226 │   │   │   │   f"Stored runtime profile is invali │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928387685Z                     │       refresh the source session."                       │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928389701Z                     │   227 │   │   │   )                                      │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928391669Z                     │   228 │   │   browser.is_authenticated = True            │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928406360Z                     ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928408373Z                     AuthenticationError: Stored runtime profile is invalid:     
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928410090Z                     /home/pwuser/.linkedin-mcp/profile. Run with --login to     
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928411821Z                     refresh the source session.                                 
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928413548Z                                                                                 
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928430383Z                     The above exception was the direct cause of the following   
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928432169Z                     exception:                                                  
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928433968Z                                                                                 
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928436040Z                     ╭─────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ────────────╮
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928438014Z                     │ /app/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/linkedin_mcp_ser │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928439829Z                     │ ver/tools/person.py:335 in get_my_profile                │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928441650Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928443468Z                     │   332 │   │   │   The url field reflects the resolved pr │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928445294Z                     │       username.                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928447092Z                     │   333 │   │   """                                        │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928451180Z                     │   334 │   │   try:                                       │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928453161Z                     │ ❱ 335 │   │   │   extractor = extractor or await get_rea │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928455011Z                     │   336 │   │   │   │   ctx, tool_name="get_my_profile"    │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928458303Z                     │   337 │   │   │   )                                      │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928460174Z                     │   338 │   │   │   requested, unknown = parse_person_sect │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928461977Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928463770Z                     │ /app/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/linkedin_mcp_ser │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928465564Z                     │ ver/dependencies.py:89 in get_ready_extractor            │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928467362Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928469150Z                     │    86 │   │   await ensure_authenticated()               │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928471080Z                     │    87 │   │   return LinkedInExtractor(browser.page)     │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928472895Z                     │    88 │   except AuthenticationError as e:               │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928474692Z                     │ ❱  89 │   │   await handle_auth_error(e, ctx)  # always  │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928476511Z                     │    90 │   except Exception as e:                         │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928478308Z                     │    91 │   │   if isinstance(e, NetworkError) and _is_bro │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928480167Z                     │    92 │   │   │   invalidate_browser_setup()             │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928481993Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928484100Z                     │ /app/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/linkedin_mcp_ser │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928485989Z                     │ ver/dependencies.py:63 in handle_auth_error              │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928487811Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928489621Z                     │    60 │   ``DockerHostLoginRequiredError`` for a consist │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928491430Z                     │    61 │   """                                            │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928493363Z                     │    62 │   if get_runtime_policy() == RuntimePolicy.DOCKE │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928495174Z                     │ ❱  63 │   │   raise DockerHostLoginRequiredError(        │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928496980Z                     │    64 │   │   │   "No valid LinkedIn session is availabl │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928498900Z                     │    65 │   │   │   "Run --login on the host machine to cr │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928502447Z                     │    66 │   │   │   "then retry this tool."                │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928504493Z                     ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928506565Z                     DockerHostLoginRequiredError: No valid LinkedIn session is  
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928508352Z                     available in Docker. Run --login on the host machine to     
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928510137Z                     create a session, then retry this tool.                     
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928511919Z                                                                                 
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928513706Z                     The above exception was the direct cause of the following   
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928515482Z                     exception:                                                  
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928517257Z                                                                                 
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928519065Z                     ╭─────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ────────────╮
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928521021Z                     │ /app/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/fastmcp/server/s │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928522833Z                     │ erver.py:1240 in call_tool                               │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928524638Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928526593Z                     │ /app/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/fastmcp/tools/ba │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928528447Z                     │ se.py:377 in _run                                        │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928530257Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928532048Z                     │                 ... 2 frames hidden ...                  │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928533832Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928535625Z                     │ /app/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/linkedin_mcp_ser │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928537444Z                     │ ver/tools/person.py:360 in get_my_profile                │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928539245Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928541041Z                     │   357 │   │   │   except Exception as relogin_exc:       │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928542862Z                     │   358 │   │   │   │   raise_tool_error(relogin_exc, "get │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928544877Z                     │   359 │   │   except Exception as e:                     │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928546724Z                     │ ❱ 360 │   │   │   raise_tool_error(e, "get_my_profile")  │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928550337Z                     │   361                                                    │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928552308Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928554096Z                     │ /app/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/linkedin_mcp_ser │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928555893Z                     │ ver/error_handler.py:111 in raise_tool_error             │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928557687Z                     │                                                          │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928575053Z                     │   108 │                                                  │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928577076Z                     │   109 │   elif isinstance(exception, DockerHostLoginRequ │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928579094Z                     │   110 │   │   logger.warning("Docker host login required │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928581161Z                     │ ❱ 111 │   │   raise ToolError(str(exception)) from excep │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928583208Z                     │   112 │                                                  │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928585235Z                     │   113 │   elif isinstance(exception, LinuxBrowserDepende │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928587432Z                     │   114 │   │   logger.warning("Linux browser dependency m │
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928589552Z                     ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928591893Z                     ToolError: No valid LinkedIn session is available in Docker.
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928593904Z                     Run --login on the host machine to create a session, then   
[linkedin-mcp] 2026-05-22T02:47:59.928595902Z                     retry this tool.

Here's the files in the folders:

sean@hermes:~/.linkedin-mcp/profile$ ls -al
total 188
drwx------ 31 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:57  .
drwx------  5 sean sean  4096 May 22 13:00  ..
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  ActorSafetyLists
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  AmountExtractionHeuristicRegexes
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  CaptchaProviders
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  CertificateRevocation
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33 'Crowd Deny'
drwx------ 32 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:58  Default
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  FileTypePolicies
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  FirstPartySetsPreloaded
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  GrShaderCache
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  GraphiteDawnCache
-rw-rw-r--  1 sean sean    13 May 22 12:57 'Last Version'
-rw-------  1 sean sean  5923 May 22 12:57 'Local State'
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  MEIPreload
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  NativeMessagingHosts
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  OnDeviceHeadSuggestModel
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  OriginTrials
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  PKIMetadata
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  SSLErrorAssistant
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33 'Safe Browsing'
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  SafetyTips
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  ShaderCache
lrwxrwxrwx  1 sean sean    19 May 22 12:57  SingletonCookie -> REDACTED
lrwxrwxrwx  1 sean sean    11 May 22 12:57  SingletonLock -> hermes-3590
lrwxrwxrwx  1 sean sean    49 May 22 12:57  SingletonSocket -> /tmp/org.chromium.Chromium.kV11Kt/SingletonSocket
drwx------  3 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33 'Subresource Filter'
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  TrustTokenKeyCommitments
-rw-rw-r--  1 sean sean    86 May 22 12:57  Variations
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  WasmTtsEngine
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:57  WidevineCdm
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  ZxcvbnData
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  component_crx_cache
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  extensions_crx_cache
-rw-------  1 sean sean 49152 May 22 12:57  first_party_sets.db
-rw-------  1 sean sean     0 May 22 12:57  first_party_sets.db-journal
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:33  hyphen-data
drwx------  2 sean sean  4096 May 22 12:57  segmentation_platform
sean@hermes:~/.linkedin-mcp/profile$ cd ..
sean@hermes:~/.linkedin-mcp$ ls -al
total 36
drwx------  5 sean sean 4096 May 22 13:00 .
drwxr-x--- 25 sean sean 4096 May 22 12:56 ..
-rw-------  1 sean sean  267 May 22 12:33 browser-install.json
-rw-------  1 sean sean 7118 May 22 12:47 cookies.json
drwx------  6 sean sean 4096 May 22 12:33 patchright-browsers
drwx------ 31 sean sean 4096 May 22 12:57 profile
-rw-------  1 sean sean  282 May 22 12:59 source-state.json
drwx------  4 sean sean 4096 May 22 12:57 trace-runs
sean@hermes:~/.linkedin-mcp$