Profiles retained locally

Author: olesho

Dockerfile.local

@@ -315,6 +315,21 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash - && \
 RUN echo '#!/bin/bash\ncd /opt/eval-server && node examples/with-http-wrapper.js' > /usr/local/bin/start-eval-server.sh && \
     chmod +x /usr/local/bin/start-eval-server.sh
 
+# ============================================================================
+# Chromium Data Directory Configuration
+# ============================================================================
+
+# Environment variable for configurable data directory
+ENV CHROMIUM_DATA_DIR=/data
+
+# Create data directory structure for optional volume mounting
+RUN mkdir -p /data/user-data /data/config /data/cache && \
+    chown -R kernel:kernel /data && \
+    chmod -R 755 /data
+
+# Declare volume for optional mounting of Chromium profiles and data
+VOLUME ["/data"]
+
 # Expose ports
 EXPOSE 8000 8001 8080 8081 8082
 

Makefile

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ help: ## Show this help message
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "Available commands:"
 	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "  %-15s %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "Chromium Data Persistence:"
+	@echo "  - Set CHROMIUM_DATA_HOST=./chromium-data for persistent browser data"
+	@echo "  - Example: CHROMIUM_DATA_HOST=./chromium-data make run"
+	@echo "  - For docker-compose, uncomment the ./chromium-data:/data volume"
 
 init: ## Initialize submodules (run this first)
 	git submodule update --init --recursive
@@ -23,7 +28,8 @@ build: init ## Build extended image with DevTools frontend
 run: ## Run extended container with DevTools (interactive)
 	@echo "🚀 Starting extended kernel-browser with DevTools..."
 	@if [ -n "$(URLS)" ]; then echo "📄 Opening URLs: $(URLS)"; fi
-	URLS='$(URLS)' ./run-local.sh
+	@if [ -n "$(CHROMIUM_DATA_HOST)" ]; then echo "🗂️  Using persistent data: $(CHROMIUM_DATA_HOST)"; fi
+	CHROMIUM_DATA_HOST='$(CHROMIUM_DATA_HOST)' URLS='$(URLS)' ./run-local.sh
 
 compose-up: build ## Start with docker-compose (background)
 	@echo "🚀 Starting with docker-compose..."

docker-compose.yml

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ version: '3.8'
 
 services:
   kernel-browser:
-    image: "kernel-browser:local"
-    container_name: "kernel-browser-local"
+    image: "kernel-browser:extended"
+    container_name: "kernel-browser-extended"
     privileged: true
     shm_size: 2gb
     deploy:
@@ -30,13 +30,15 @@ services:
       - NEKO_WEBRTC_NAT1TO1=127.0.0.1
       # Run as kernel user (not root)
       - RUN_AS_ROOT=false
-      # Mount Chromium flags
-      - CHROMIUM_FLAGS=--user-data-dir=/home/kernel/user-data --disable-dev-shm-usage --start-maximized --remote-allow-origins=* --no-sandbox --disable-setuid-sandbox
+      # Mount Chromium flags (user-data-dir will be set automatically by start-chromium.sh using CHROMIUM_DATA_DIR)
+      - CHROMIUM_FLAGS=--disable-dev-shm-usage --start-maximized --remote-allow-origins=* --no-sandbox --disable-setuid-sandbox
     volumes:
       # Persist recordings in local directory
       - "./recordings:/recordings"
       # Mount Chromium flags file (will be created by run script)
       - "./kernel-images/images/chromium-headful/.tmp/chromium/flags:/chromium/flags:ro"
+      # Optional: Uncomment to persist Chromium data across container restarts
+      # - "./chromium-data:/data"
     tmpfs:
       - /dev/shm:size=2g
     restart: unless-stopped

run-local.sh

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ export UKC_METRO="dummy-metro-for-local-run"
 
 
 # Local-friendly Chrome flags (less restrictive than cloud) + custom DevTools frontend
-export CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--user-data-dir=/home/kernel/user-data --disable-dev-shm-usage --start-maximized --remote-allow-origins=* --no-sandbox --disable-setuid-sandbox --custom-devtools-frontend=http://localhost:8001/"
+# Note: --user-data-dir will be set automatically by start-chromium.sh using CHROMIUM_DATA_DIR
+export CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--disable-dev-shm-usage --start-maximized --remote-allow-origins=* --no-sandbox --disable-setuid-sandbox --custom-devtools-frontend=http://localhost:8001/"
 
 echo "🔧 Configuration:"
 echo "   Image: $IMAGE"
@@ -56,12 +57,24 @@ echo "🏃 Starting extended container with kernel-images run system..."
 # Source common build vars
 source ../../shared/ensure-common-build-run-vars.sh chromium-headful
 
-# Directory on host where recordings will be saved  
+# Directory on host where recordings will be saved
 HOST_RECORDINGS_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/recordings"
 mkdir -p "$HOST_RECORDINGS_DIR"
 
+# Optional Chromium data directory for persistence
+# Set CHROMIUM_DATA_HOST to enable volume mounting (e.g., ./chromium-data)
+if [[ -n "${CHROMIUM_DATA_HOST:-}" ]]; then
+  echo "🗂️  Using persistent Chromium data directory: $CHROMIUM_DATA_HOST"
+  mkdir -p "$CHROMIUM_DATA_HOST"
+  CHROMIUM_DATA_VOLUME="-v $(realpath "$CHROMIUM_DATA_HOST"):/data"
+else
+  echo "🔄 Using ephemeral Chromium data (no persistence)"
+  CHROMIUM_DATA_VOLUME=""
+fi
+
 # Build Chromium flags file and mount
-CHROMIUM_FLAGS_DEFAULT="--user-data-dir=/home/kernel/user-data --disable-dev-shm-usage --disable-gpu --start-maximized --disable-software-rasterizer --remote-allow-origins=*"
+# Note: --user-data-dir will be set automatically by start-chromium.sh using CHROMIUM_DATA_DIR
+CHROMIUM_FLAGS_DEFAULT="--disable-dev-shm-usage --disable-gpu --start-maximized --disable-software-rasterizer --remote-allow-origins=*"
 if [[ "$RUN_AS_ROOT" == "true" ]]; then
   CHROMIUM_FLAGS_DEFAULT="$CHROMIUM_FLAGS_DEFAULT --no-sandbox --no-zygote"
 fi
@@ -92,6 +105,11 @@ RUN_ARGS=(
   --mount type=bind,src="$FLAGS_FILE",dst=/chromium/flags,ro
 )
 
+# Add Chromium data volume if specified
+if [[ -n "$CHROMIUM_DATA_VOLUME" ]]; then
+  RUN_ARGS+=( $CHROMIUM_DATA_VOLUME )
+fi
+
 # Add URLS environment variable if provided
 if [[ -n "${URLS:-}" ]]; then
   echo "   URLs: $URLS"