fix: create /usr/local/bin for proxycommands if it doesn't exist in the base container

Fixes #2676
Fixes ENG-1731

Signed-off-by: Russell Centanni <russell.centanni@gmail.com>

Author: lizardruss

e2e/tests/proxycommands/proxycommands.go

@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+
 	"github.com/loft-sh/devspace/cmd"
 	"github.com/loft-sh/devspace/cmd/flags"
 	"github.com/loft-sh/devspace/e2e/framework"
@@ -95,4 +96,49 @@ var _ = DevSpaceDescribe("proxyCommands", func() {
 		err = <-done
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 	})
+
+	ginkgo.It("devspace dev should proxy commands to host machine without /usr/local/bin", func() {
+		tempDir, err := framework.CopyToTempDir("tests/proxycommands/testdata/proxycommands-no-usr-local")
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+		defer framework.CleanupTempDir(initialDir, tempDir)
+
+		ns, err := kubeClient.CreateNamespace("no-usr-local")
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+		defer framework.ExpectDeleteNamespace(kubeClient, ns)
+
+		// create a new dev command and start it
+		done := make(chan error)
+		cancelCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+		defer cancel()
+
+		go func() {
+			defer ginkgo.GinkgoRecover()
+
+			devCmd := &cmd.RunPipelineCmd{
+				GlobalFlags: &flags.GlobalFlags{
+					NoWarn:    true,
+					Namespace: ns,
+				},
+				Pipeline: "dev",
+				Ctx:      cancelCtx,
+			}
+
+			done <- devCmd.RunDefault(f)
+		}()
+
+		// Check that the command is proxied to the host.
+		var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+		cmd := exec.Command("helm", "version")
+		cmd.Stdout = &stdout
+		cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+		err = cmd.Run()
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+
+		framework.ExpectRemoteFileContents("busybox", ns, "helm-version.out", stdout.String())
+
+		cancel()
+
+		err = <-done
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+	})
 })

e2e/tests/proxycommands/testdata/proxycommands-no-usr-local/devspace.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+version: v2beta1
+
+name: no-usr-local
+
+vars:
+  IMAGE: busybox
+
+deployments:
+  test:
+    helm:
+      chart:
+        name: component-chart
+        repo: https://charts.devspace.sh
+      values:
+        containers:
+          - image: ${IMAGE}
+            command: ["sleep"]
+            args: ["infinity"]
+
+dev:
+  test:
+    imageSelector: ${IMAGE}
+    proxyCommands:
+      - command: helm
+
+pipelines:
+  dev:
+    run: |
+      run_default_pipeline dev
+      exec_container --image-selector ${IMAGE} -- sh -c 'helm version > helm-version.out'

helper/cmd/proxycommands/configure.go

@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ package proxycommands
 import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
+
 	"github.com/loft-sh/devspace/helper/util/stderrlog"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -63,10 +64,24 @@ func (cmd *ConfigureCmd) Run(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 
 	// first configure the commands
 	for _, c := range cmd.Commands {
-		filePath := "/usr/local/bin/" + c
+		fileDir := "/usr/local/bin/"
+		filePath := fileDir + c
+
+		_, err := os.Stat(fileDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error checking for command path '%s': %v", fileDir, err)
+			}
+
+			err := os.MkdirAll(fileDir, 0755)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error creating command path '%s': %v", fileDir, err)
+			}
+		}
+
 		executeCommand := fmt.Sprintf(`#!/bin/sh
 /tmp/devspacehelper proxy-commands run %s "$@"`, c)
-		err := os.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(executeCommand), 0777)
+		err = os.WriteFile(filePath, []byte(executeCommand), 0777)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error writing command '%s': %v", filePath, err)
 		}