nginx Folder missing on creating OCI image on Proxmox

[Sciurust]

Self-host installation scripts issue

• I understand this repository only tracks self-host installation scripts and any other issues should be reported in bitwarden/server

Steps To Reproduce

When I create an OCI image using ghcr.io/bitwarden/lite (across all versions), the container does not start as expected because the nginx folder is missing from the /var/run path. For some reason, the folder is not created at startup.

As a workaround, I added mkdir /var/run/nginx to /entrypoint.sh before the line chown -R $PUID:$PGID. After doing this, everything works as expected.

See the screenshots below.

Expected Result

Container should normaly start.

Actual Result

It starts with the error message: "chown: /var/run/nginx: No such file or directory" and "nginx entered FATAL state".
Afterwards, the application does not allow me to log in and shows another error message in the frontend.

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Additional Context

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Build Version

2026.4.1

Environment

Self-Hosted

Environment Details

Proxmox 9.1.9 over OCI Image (Not Docker)

Issue Tracking Info

• I understand that work is tracked outside of Github. A PR will be linked to this issue should one be opened to address it, but Bitwarden doesn't use fields like "assigned", "milestone", or "project" to track progress.

[bitwarden-bot]

Thank you for reporting this issue! We've added this to our internal tracking system.
ID: PM-37650
Link (for internal use): https://bitwarden.atlassian.net/browse/PM-37650

[Krychaz]

Hello,

Can you please provide details on how exactly you are trying to deploy this Bitwarden instance?

[Sciurust]

On Proxmox 9.1.9 I load the container-tamplate via Button "load from OCI register" and pull the latest version from ghcr.io/bitwarden/lite.

After that I'll click top right on "Create CT" as unpriviligate container and Nesting and use the bitwarden OCI template.
Every setting pretty much on standard config.

As attached you can see the Proxmox lxc config and the error report.
A simple "mkdir /var/run/nginx" in "/entrypoint.sh" solve the error and bitwarden works in Proxmox OCI LXC Enviroment as planned.

[Krychaz]

Thank you. I have passed this to our Engineering team for further review.

[mimartin12]

Hey @Sciurust ,
Proxmox uses LXC, as opposed to a Docker engine, to run OCI images. I use Proxmox personally, and I haven't considered deploying the lite image until reading over your issue here. After looking at your description of what is happening, it makes sense because LXC is going to run it as a system container, and it mounts /var/run as tmpfs. This is going to clear /var/run along with everything within it at run time. Causing the error chown: /var/run/nginx: No such file or directory.

Off the top of my head, I think the fix is exactly what you described as what you did, add /var/run/nginx directory creation in entrypoint.sh, also with the other var/run/nginx could be a fix, but let me chat with the team about this and get back to you.

[Krychaz]

@mimartin12 You probably meant to tag @Sciurust as they are OP.