# Error when trying to create a connector with curl request

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038>\
**Category:** Self-Managed Connectors\
**Created:** [18 January 2023 10:38 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038 "2023-01-18T10:38:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SeverusP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@SeverusP](https://forum.confluent.io/u/SeverusP)\
**Post date:** [20 January 2023 14:36 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/23 "2023-01-20T14:36:31Z")

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With `/data/` I’ve permission problems

```auto
C:\Windows\system32>docker exec -it kafka-connect bash
[appuser@ff0799e74189 ~]$ mkdir /data/
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/data/’: Permission denied

```

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**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\
**Post date:** [20 January 2023 15:00 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/24 "2023-01-20T15:00:06Z")

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ah then 2 options

connect to docker as root

`docker exec -it -u root kafka-connect bash`

or switch the dir to  
`/home/appuser/data`

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**Author:** ![SeverusP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@SeverusP](https://forum.confluent.io/u/SeverusP)\
**Post date:** [20 January 2023 15:17 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/25 "2023-01-20T15:17:10Z")

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Error now is another time about mediatype with the same command above. 🙀 🙀 🙀 🙀

I made this

```auto
[root@ff0799e74189 appuser]# cd /data/
[root@ff0799e74189 data]# ls
error processed unprocessed

```

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**Author:** ![OneCricketeer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/onecricketeer/32/1551_2.png) [@OneCricketeer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/OneCricketeer)\
**Post date:** [22 January 2023 00:21 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-connector-with-curl-request/7038/26 "2023-01-22T00:21:45Z")

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Directories and permissions aren’t causing HTTP errors

Stop using a windows curl.exe binary. Try Insomnia or Postman

Or exec into the container, then run curl (assuming it’s installed)

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