[QUESTION] Docker mapping all of /app/public question

[cyrus104]

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I am using docker to map an nfs/smb volume in for my configuration. The issue with this is you can smb map a folder but not a file. I would like to see if there would be an issue with mapping the whole /app/public folder in. I know there are a decent number of files in there that might have issues with restarts or rebuilts?

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[Lissy93]

Yeah, this has been something that's been discussed on and off over the past few months. From my end, I'd like to make a change where all user configured stuff is in a single directory. The issue with that, is that it would be a breaking change, for everyone with auto-update enabled, so would need to be planned properly.

In the short-term, if you must map a directory, then you can map the /public folder, but you will need to paste Dashy's current /public files into your new folder, the first time you set it up. Otherwise the app won't work.

[cyrus104]

What about creating a config folder in side the public app and then adding an if statement looking for the config files and if it falls fall back to the current location?

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[Lissy93]

Just an update, I am addressing this in a big update to the conig that I'm working on at the moment.

It's part of some much bigger changes, so it may take a week or two to complete.

When it's merged, you'll just be able to map /user-data, and that directory can include all your custom assets (config files, and optional assets like icons, stylesheets, widgets, fonts, images, etc etc)

[rizlas]

Sounds great. I have dashy on kubernetes and the same problem occurs if you want a custom config file from the beginning. I'm countering it with an init container but would be great to have a specific folder for users configuration.

Thank you!

[Lissy93]

@rizlas see https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/discussions/799 :)

[joshbuker]

Hi @Lissy93, just running into this same issue myself and was wondering if there's any update on the /user-data mapping?

[gzl10g]

I have a swarm cluster with nfs volumes for persistance and have the same problem with the config file.