README.md: failed at the `python3 getting_started.py` step

[mwherman2000]

I followed the steps for using the In-Browser setup (on a Windows 10 laptop with Chrome). I executed the following commands:

https://labs.play-with-docker.com

ADD NEW INSTANCE

git clone https://github.com/kdenhartog/indy-dev.git
cd indy-dev
sudo make build
sudo make start

cd python
python3 getting_started.py

All seemed to work fine except for the last python3 getting_started.py command. It appeared to fail. How can I work around this?

[colfax4]

The issue relates to the user within the indy_dev docker-container not having permission to create and write to the .indy_client directory.

To work around the issue, you can manually create the .indy_client directory and open-up the permissions for the container:

cd indy-dev
mkdir .indy_client
chmod -R 777 .indy_client

This allowed me to successfully execute the getting_started.py script.

[kdenhartog]

awesome! Thanks @colfax4 for finding the solution to this. I'm going to see if I can automate this through the script, so others won't encounter this problem.