Static values for Ports in the Proxy/nginx.conf make install in Kubernetes not possible

[GoingOffRoading]

Host may be an issue as well

I think the Host IP can be set as an EVAR and the nginx.conf would pick it up.

i.e.

environment:
      - host=$hostIP

As seen in Proxy/nginx.conf: https://github.com/LibrePhotos/librephotos-docker/blob/main/proxy/nginx.conf

proxy_set_header Host $host;

But this same flexibility is not included in the ports that the backend and front end us.

eg:

proxy_pass http://frontend:3000/;

proxy_pass http://backend:8001;

This negates the possibility of a Docker user changing the ports Librephotos uses if 3000 and 8001 were already taken. In Kubernetes, unless the Kubernetes service load-balancer can provide static IPs (that's more complicated than it sounds, not possible for self hosted without complications), then the Kuberetes users are SOL.

Requested fix:

Set the host machine IP, as well as the backend and frontend ports as environmental variables.

Defaults would be localhost, 3000, and 8001, but non-default users could change those as needed.

[GoingOffRoading]

Secondary but related issue: https://github.com/LibrePhotos/librephotos-docker/blob/main/proxy/nginx.conf

proxy_pass http://frontend:3000/; proxy_pass http://backend:8001;

frontend and backend should call host, which should be a configurable variable... This opens up deployment options which may include not having all of the services running on the same 'machine'/localhost.

[GoingOffRoading]

Left some notes on how to work around the localhost port issue for installs on Kubernetes here: https://github.com/ohthehugemanatee/homenet-documentation/issues/1

[GoingOffRoading]

Can confirm on recommended solution above.

I copied the dockerfile and nginx.conf from: https://github.com/LibrePhotos/librephotos-docker/tree/main/proxy

Changed the proxy_pass values to my server, changed the ports to reflect the configured ports. Nginx worked as expected.

[varet80]

In kubernetes you can expose the service in any port you like! and you do not need this. See the Helmchart: https://github.com/varet80/publiccharts/tree/main/charts/librephotos It can also be extended to use the targetPort on the generated nginx.conf.

This chart is working on my private setup, and also mounts a storage of Nextcloud! it is following the similar approach you see on Kustomize'd work with some additions.