Container fails to start due to sqlite issue

[dasilvatek]

I am not running the installer.sh script (for the same reasons as others). I'm pretty good with Docker and my homelab is all containerized including several websites/applications behind nginx-proxy. I simply want to run the PDS image without the compose stack (because I don't use Caddy and already have Watchtower) but I'm having a heck of a time getting past this hurdle with sqlite.

I have:

• reviewed the installer.sh script and don't see what I'm missing
• searched this repo and checked others' published guidance on topic
• DNS and nginx-proxy config tested and working for the desired domain
• all the required system packages installed as defined in the installer.sh script
• a pds.env file with HOST, DOMAIN, SECRET, PASSWORD, PDS_DATA_DIRECTORY=/data/pds and PDS_PORT=4000
• tried adding PDS_DB_SQLITE_LOCATION=/data/pds/pds.sqlite and created the file manually
• even tried rebuilding the Docker image locally which fails - ERROR [build 5/5] RUN pnpm install --production --frozen-lockfile > /dev/null

Running Docker fails with this sqlite error - are these dependencies not built into the published image? How do I move forward?

Node.js v20.11.1
/app/node_modules/.pnpm/better-sqlite3@10.1.0/node_modules/better-sqlite3/lib/database.js:65
		throw new TypeError('Cannot open database because the directory does not exist');
		      ^

TypeError: Cannot open database because the directory does not exist
    at new Database (/app/node_modules/.pnpm/better-sqlite3@10.1.0/node_modules/better-sqlite3/lib/database.js:65:9)
    at Function.sqlite (/app/node_modules/.pnpm/@atproto+pds@0.4.74/node_modules/@atproto/pds/src/db/db.ts:31:22)
    at getDb (/app/node_modules/.pnpm/@atproto+pds@0.4.74/node_modules/@atproto/pds/src/did-cache/db/index.ts:16:19)
    at DidSqliteCache (/app/node_modules/.pnpm/@atproto+pds@0.4.74/node_modules/@atproto/pds/src/did-cache/index.ts:17:20)
    at Function.fromConfig (/app/node_modules/.pnpm/@atproto+pds@0.4.74/node_modules/@atproto/pds/src/context.ts:161:22)
    at Function.create (/app/node_modules/.pnpm/@atproto+pds@0.4.74/node_modules/@atproto/pds/src/index.ts:57:34)
    at main (/app/index.js:16:25)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/app/index.js:72:1)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1376:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1435:10)