[note] Fixing Git Installation Issues in apache/airflow:2.10.2 Docker Image

📌 Introduction

The article discusses the issue of permission errors when attempting to install packages from GitHub while using the apache/airflow:2.10.2 Docker image. It presents a solution that involves temporarily switching to the root user to install ‘git’ and then reverting to the airflow user for further installations.

🚀 Quick Start

FROM apache/airflow:slim-2.10.2

USER root
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git

USER airflow
COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

🔁 Recap

• Permission errors can occur with the apache/airflow:2.10.2 image when installing packages from GitHub.
• To resolve this issue, install git as the root user before switching back to the airflow user.
• The Dockerfile provided demonstrates the steps to perform these actions.