Set up Persistent volume properly

Dockerfile

@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ ENV HOME=/home/user \
     HF_MODEL_NAME="BitBasher/llama-2-7b-mini-ibased-GGUF" \
     GGUF_MODEL_URL='https://huggingface.co/BitBasher/llama-2-7b-mini-ibased-GGUF/resolve/main/llama-2-7b-mini-ibased.Q5_K_M.gguf' \
     MODEL_CLASS='gguf' \
-    CHROMADB_LOC='/home/user/data/chromadb'
+    CHROMADB_LOC='/home/user/data/chromadb' \
+    HF_HOME=/data/.huggingface 
 
 # Set the non-root user's home directory as the working directory
 WORKDIR $HOME
 
-# Create the /home/user/data directory and ensure it has the correct permissions
-RUN mkdir -p ./data && chown user:user ./data
+# Correctly create a symbolic link from /data to /home/user/data
+RUN ln -s /data /home/user/data
 
 # Change to the non-root user
 USER user
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ COPY --chown=user:user requirements.txt $HOME/app/
 # Copy Static files for Jinja2 templates
 COPY --chown=user:user ./static /home/user/app/static
 
-
 # Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --user -r $HOME/app/requirements.txt
 
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ COPY --chown=user:user ./app .
 # Make port 7860 available to the world outside this container
 EXPOSE 7860
 
-# Indicate that a volume is expected at /home/user/data
-VOLUME /home/user/data
-
 # Adjust the COPY command for the entrypoint script to ensure correct placement
 COPY --chown=user:user entrypoint.sh /home/user/entrypoint.sh
 

entrypoint.sh

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 echo "Starting entrypoint script..."
 
+# Attempt to modify permissions of /data to ensure it's writable by the user
+# Note: This might not work if /data's permissions are restricted outside the container
+chown -R user:user /data
+
 # Authenticate with Hugging Face
 export HF_HOME=/home/user/data/hf_cache
 echo "Using Hugging Face API token for authentication"