Upgrade nodebb to latest version on docker

Mario Pacheco

Hi,
I follow the documentation and I install nodebb on docker but I install node v0.5.7. How can I upgrade do the lastest version of nodebb?

Mário

flex

@Mario-Pacheco by using alternative images maybe? Like the benlubar docker hub image.

Mario Pacheco

hi @flex, thanks for your help
It really helps, but now I have another problem, when I shutdown my app on docker i can't start it again, I have to rebuild it, did you know how can I fix this?

Mario

flex

@Mario-Pacheco said in Upgrade nodebb to latest version on docker:

lly helps, but now I have another problem, when I shutdown my app on docker i can't start it again, I have to rebu

When you do docker stop <my nodebb container> you cant restart the container with docker start <my nodebb container> ?

Very strange because I can...

Mario Pacheco

hi @flex i cant do "docker stop...", when I start my app for the first, I see the logs of app and the only way to exit its with CTRL + C, maybe that's why I cant restart my app.

Mário

flex

@Mario-Pacheco
Can you paste your commands?
I think it's because of a bad parameter like -t -i or something like that.

Mario Pacheco

@flex
to create my database I use redis
docker run --name my-forum-redis -d -p 6379:6379 redis
to create my nodebb app I use
docker run --name my-forum-nodebb --link my-forum-redis:redis -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -p 4567:4567 -P -t -i benlubar/nodebb

flex

@Mario-Pacheco
docker run --name my-forum-nodebb --link my-forum-redis:redis -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -p 4567:4567 -P -t -i benlubar/nodebb

-i is (according to docker run --help) :

-i, --interactive Keep STDIN open even if not attached

And -t:

-t, --tty Allocate a pseudo-TTY

I think the problem is -i. Just remove it. To see the same messages shown with -i parameter, just type docker logs <container name OR Id>

Moreover, I am not shure but -p and -P are almost the same, you can use -p alone.

-P, --publish-all Publish all exposed ports to random ports
-p, --publish=[] Publish a container's port(s) to the host

Mario Pacheco

@flex but if remove -i I can't write the host id, db adress, etc, etc

flex

Indeed @Mario-Pacheco. But you can pass a config file previously written :

--volume=/path/to/config.json:/usr/src/app/config.json

The config file is like :

{           
    "url": "https://forum.<your domain>.com",  
    "secret": "<secret password to database>",
    "database": "redis", 
    "port": 4567, 
    "redis": {
        "host": "redis",  
        "port": "6379", 
        "database": "0"
    }             
}

I give you my command line to launch the forum :

docker run -d \
--name <name of the forum> \ 
--link <name of redis container>:redis \ 
--env 'VIRTUAL_HOST=forum.<your domain>.com' \                                  <= For the nginx reverse proxy container 
--env 'LETSENCRYPT_HOST=forum.<your domain>.com' \                              <= For the letsencrypt container 
--env 'LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=<email>@<your domain>.com' \
--volume=/Path/to/config.jso:/usr/src/app/config.json \                         <= For the config file
--volume=/Path/to/uploads/files:/usr/src/app/public/uploads/files \             <= To keep your data if you remove the container
--volume=/Path/to/uploads/profile:/usr/src/app/public/uploads/profile \         <= To keep your data if you remove the container
--volume=/Path/to/datas:/data \                                                 <= To keep your data if you remove the container
benlubar/nodebb

Mario Pacheco

@flex it works, thanks