Make the location for .crc directory configurable

- Add a new config key called crc-dir
- Initialise Crc base directory variables based on the saved config
- New config will take effect after rerunning `crc setup`

cmd/crc-embedder/cmd/root.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ when building the crc executable for release`,
 }
 
 func init() {
-	err := constants.EnsureBaseDirectoriesExist()
+	err := constants.EnsureBaseDirectoriesExist("")
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("CRC base directories are missing: ", err)
 		os.Exit(1)

cmd/crc/cmd/root.go

@@ -46,15 +46,16 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	if err := constants.EnsureBaseDirectoriesExist(); err != nil {
-		logging.Fatal(err.Error())
-	}
 	var err error
 	config, viper, err = newConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		logging.Fatal(err.Error())
 	}
 
+	if err := constants.EnsureBaseDirectoriesExist(crcConfig.GetConfigDir(config)); err != nil {
+		logging.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
+
 	if err := setProxyDefaults(); err != nil {
 		logging.Warn(err.Error())
 	}

pkg/crc/config/settings.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const (
 	EmergencyLogin           = "enable-emergency-login"
 	PersistentVolumeSize     = "persistent-volume-size"
 	EnableBundleQuayFallback = "enable-bundle-quay-fallback"
+	CrcDir                   = "crc-dir"
 )
 
 func RegisterSettings(cfg *Config) {
@@ -141,13 +142,18 @@ func RegisterSettings(cfg *Config) {
 
 	cfg.AddSetting(EnableBundleQuayFallback, false, ValidateBool, SuccessfullyApplied,
 		"If bundle download from the default location fails, fallback to quay.io (true/false, default: false)")
+	cfg.AddSetting(CrcDir, constants.GetHomeDir(), validateDirectory, RequiresCRCSetup,
+		"Location for .crc")
 
-	if err := cfg.RegisterNotifier(Preset, presetChanged); err != nil {
+	if err := cfg.RegisterNotifier(Preset, settingChanged); err != nil {
 		logging.Debugf("Failed to register notifier for Preset: %v", err)
 	}
+	if err := cfg.RegisterNotifier(CrcDir, settingChanged); err != nil {
+		logging.Debugf("Failed to register notifier for .crc directory: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
-func presetChanged(cfg *Config, _ string, _ interface{}) {
+func settingChanged(cfg *Config, _ string, _ interface{}) {
 	UpdateDefaults(cfg)
 }
 
@@ -167,6 +173,10 @@ func GetPreset(config Storage) preset.Preset {
 	return preset.ParsePreset(config.Get(Preset).AsString())
 }
 
+func GetConfigDir(config Storage) string {
+	return config.Get(CrcDir).AsString()
+}
+
 func defaultNetworkMode() network.Mode {
 	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
 		return network.UserNetworkingMode

pkg/crc/config/settings_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -182,3 +183,28 @@ func TestPath(t *testing.T) {
 		IsSecret:  false,
 	}, cfg.Get(ProxyCAFile))
 }
+
+func TestDirectory(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg, err := newInMemoryConfig()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, SettingValue{
+		Value:     constants.GetHomeDir(),
+		Invalid:   false,
+		IsDefault: true,
+		IsSecret:  false,
+	}, cfg.Get(CrcDir))
+
+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "tempdir")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer os.Remove(tmpDir)
+	_, err = cfg.Set(CrcDir, tmpDir)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, SettingValue{
+		Value:     tmpDir,
+		Invalid:   false,
+		IsDefault: false,
+		IsSecret:  false,
+	}, cfg.Get(CrcDir))
+}

pkg/crc/config/validations.go

@@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ func validatePath(value interface{}) (bool, string) {
 	return true, ""
 }
 
+func validateDirectory(value interface{}) (bool, string) {
+	if err := validation.ValidateDirectory(cast.ToString(value)); err != nil {
+		return false, err.Error()
+	}
+	return true, ""
+}
+
 // validateHTTPProxy checks if given URI is valid for a HTTP proxy
 func validateHTTPProxy(value interface{}) (bool, string) {
 	if err := httpproxy.ValidateProxyURL(cast.ToString(value), false); err != nil {

pkg/crc/constants/constants.go

@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ func GetHomeDir() string {
 }
 
 // EnsureBaseDirectoriesExist creates ~/.crc, ~/.crc/bin and ~/.crc/cache directories if it is not present
-func EnsureBaseDirectoriesExist() error {
+func EnsureBaseDirectoriesExist(configDir string) error {
+	initialiseAllDirectories(configDir)
 	baseDirectories := []string{CrcBaseDir, MachineCacheDir, CrcBinDir}
 	for _, baseDir := range baseDirectories {
 		err := os.MkdirAll(baseDir, 0750)
@@ -175,6 +176,26 @@ func EnsureBaseDirectoriesExist() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func initialiseAllDirectories(crcDir string) {
+	if crcDir == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	CrcBaseDir = filepath.Join(crcDir, ".crc")
+	CrcBinDir = filepath.Join(CrcBaseDir, "bin")
+	CrcOcBinDir = filepath.Join(CrcBinDir, "oc")
+	CrcPodmanBinDir = filepath.Join(CrcBinDir, "podman")
+	CrcSymlinkPath = filepath.Join(CrcBinDir, "crc")
+	ConfigPath = filepath.Join(CrcBaseDir, ConfigFile)
+	LogFilePath = filepath.Join(CrcBaseDir, LogFile)
+	DaemonLogFilePath = filepath.Join(CrcBaseDir, DaemonLogFile)
+	MachineBaseDir = CrcBaseDir
+	MachineCacheDir = filepath.Join(MachineBaseDir, "cache")
+	MachineInstanceDir = filepath.Join(MachineBaseDir, "machines")
+	DaemonSocketPath = filepath.Join(CrcBaseDir, "crc.sock")
+	KubeconfigFilePath = filepath.Join(MachineInstanceDir, DefaultName, "kubeconfig")
+	PasswdFilePath = filepath.Join(MachineInstanceDir, DefaultName, "passwd")
+}
+
 func GetPublicKeyPath() string {
 	return filepath.Join(MachineInstanceDir, DefaultName, "id_ecdsa.pub")
 }

pkg/crc/preflight/preflight_checks_common.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 func bundleCheck(bundlePath string, preset crcpreset.Preset, enableBundleQuayFallback bool) Check {
 	return Check{
 		configKeySuffix:  "check-bundle-extracted",
-		checkDescription: "Checking if CRC bundle is extracted in '$HOME/.crc'",
+		checkDescription: fmt.Sprintf("Checking if CRC bundle is extracted in %q", bundlePath),
 		check:            checkBundleExtracted(bundlePath),
 		fixDescription:   "Getting bundle for the CRC executable",
 		fix:              fixBundleExtracted(bundlePath, preset, enableBundleQuayFallback),

pkg/crc/validation/validation.go

@@ -168,6 +168,16 @@ func ValidatePath(path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// ValidateDirectory checks if provided path exists and has sufficient permissions
+func ValidateDirectory(path string) error {
+	file, err := os.CreateTemp(path, "tempfile")
+	if err != nil {
+		return &invalidPath{path: path}
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
+	return nil
+}
+
 type imagePullSecret struct {
 	Auths map[string]map[string]interface{} `json:"auths"`
 }