Help to save config in docker

[tipitao]

Hello, since the plugin for Openmediavault 8.x is having problems and does not work, I have deployed a docker compose. Docker works correctly for me (it shows me the user folders I want), the only small problem is that the configuration is not saved. I suppose it was because when restarting docker, since the storage is not persistent, it is not saved. I'm trying but I can't find the key. My docker compose is:

services:
  Filebrowser:
    image: gtstef/filebrowser:stable
    volumes:
      - /Raid5/Userdata1:/srv/Raid5/Userdata1
      - /Raid5/Userserdata2:/srv/Raid5/Userdata2
      - ./data/database.db:/Nvme/Dockers/Filebrowser/data
      - ./config/settings.json:/Nvme/Dockers/Filebrowser/config
      - /Nvme/Dockers/Filebrowser:/cache
    ports:
      - '8095:80' # Filebrowser listens on 8080 inside docker, but here we are exposing the host port as 80 still.
    restart: unless-stopped

I have the user data on a 3-disk raid 5 with ('Raid5') of type 'multiple devices'. The dockers I have deployed on an Nvme disk that I see as a link ('/Nvme). I run my Docker with specific users (no t root).I have tried several route changes and I cannot save the configuration.

Best regareds

PS. I'm starting out in Linux to leave Windows and I still don't have a good level of Linux.

[Kurami32]

Hi! Sorry for the late answer. You figured out why it wasn't working? I see some small issues with your compose file, I'll write them here in case stills useful :)

• There's some issues with the bind mounts, docker by default treats every mount without extension as folder by default, so if you mount like this docker may complain.

volumes:
  - ./data/database.db:/Nvme/Dockers/Filebrowser/data # Also, you're mounting the database into `data`, I'll explain below.

• We use .yaml/.yml for the config file, I see that you're using settings.json, which will be invalid.

• We recommend to use a data folder for the config.yaml, database.db files (and other files like branding or the cache folder), so all can live under that folder into a single mount. See this, it can help you!

• You will need to configure some environment variables to specify the paths of the config and database files if you mount the data folder to another path inside docker that's not the default, the default path that the app searches for is /home/filebrowser/data.

So, in summary, you compose file should look like this:

services:
  filebrowser:
    image: gtstef/filebrowser:stable
    environment:
      FILEBROWSER_CONFIG: "data/config.yaml"
      FILEBROWSER_DATABASE: "data/database.db"
    volumes:
      - /Raid5/Userdata1:/srv/Raid5/Userdata1
      - /Raid5/Userserdata2:/srv/Raid5/Userdata2
      - ./data:/home/filebrowser/data # Just a single mount, the config file, database, and cache folder, all will be inside that folder, make sure those two files exist in the host inside the data folder.
    ports:
      - '8095:80'
    restart: unless-stopped

Now you'll only need the config.yaml, here's a basic one with your sources, but read the documentation if you need more options.

• data/config.yaml

server:
  cacheDir: /home/filebrowser/data/tmp  # Inside the data folder too
  sources:
    - path: "/srv/Raid5/Userdata1" # Path inside docker
      name: "Source01" # Modify the name
      config:
        defaultEnabled: true
    - path: "/srv/Raid5/Userdata2"
      name: "Source02"
      config:
        defaultEnabled: true

Also see this, I hope it was of help!