Unable to create repository with error "Operation not permitted fatal: could not set 'core.repositoryformatversion' to '0'" on Bitbucket Data Center
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Summary
While creating a repository we see "chmod on /var/atlassian/application-data/shared-home/data/repositories/18/config.lock failed: Operation not permitted fatal: could not set 'core.repositoryformatversion' to '0'" error in Bitbucket Data Center UI.
Environment
Tested on Bitbucket Data Center 8.9.10
Applies to Bitbucket Data Center 8.x
Diagnosis
Please navigate to the following directories and verify the user name, group name, and permissions on directory and sub-directories including files. For the <repo_id>, go to Bitbucket UI → select the Repository → Repository Settings → Location (in the end path, you will get the ID of the repository)
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a. /var/atlassian/application-data/bitbucket/shared/ and run ls -lart command.
b. /var/atlassian/application-data/bitbucket/shared/data/repositories/ and run ls -lart command.
c. /var/atlassian/application-data/bitbucket/shared/data/repositories/<repo_id>/ and run ls -lart command.Cause
This issue generally occurs due to incorrect username, group name, and permissions on directories, sub-directories including files on Bitbucket Home or sub-directories, and files inside Bitbucket Home. This can happen when Bitbucket is started with different users instead of atlbitbucket user.
For example: Bitbucket started with the root user and user and group details retain with the root user instead of atlbitbucket.
Solution
Providing the correct user name, group name and permissions on the directory, sub-directories including files on Bitbucket Home in recursive order should resolve this issue.
To do that, please follow the below example and commands:
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chown -R atlbitbucket:atlbitbucket /var/atlassian/application-data -- please replace the atlbitbucket with valid user if any.
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