Finally i found a workaround : i overload the CMD but i need to reinstall plugins i use before run.
It was indeed the named volume which is persistent, so it kept the old files.
So the new docker-compose is like below (where user 1000 is the user on the Docker host who run NodeBB ). It does not use persistent volume for NodeBB but a simple bind of config.json, so everytime a new version is published, all files and directory will be recreated when pulled.
For better performance i share static content with a named volume static with an nginx container.
Note : it does not run setup, so usable for an existing installation.
version: "3.3" services: redis: image: redis:alpine container_name: redis restart: unless-stopped volumes: - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro - redis:/data networks: - web nodebb2: image: nodebb/docker:latest container_name: nodebb restart: unless-stopped user: 1000:1000 volumes: - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro - ./config.json:/usr/src/app/config.json:ro - static:/usr/src/app/public networks: - web depends_on: redis: condition: service_started command : > sh -c "npm i nodebb-plugin-calendar nodebb-plugin-category-notifications nodebb-plugin-custom-pages nodebb-plugin-desktop-notifications nodebb-plugin-gravatar nodebb-plugin-imgur nodebb-plugin-newsletter nodebb-plugin-night-mode nodebb-plugin-ns-embed nodebb-plugin-poll nodebb-plugin-question-and-answer nodebb-plugin-anti-spam-question nodebb-plugin-google-analytics nodebb-plugin-soundpack-default && node ./nodebb upgrade; node ./nodebb start" networks: web: name: web volumes: redis:Nginx container config
version: '3' services: reverse-proxy: container_name: reverse-proxy hostname: reverse-proxy image: nginx:latest restart: unless-stopped ports: - 80:80 volumes: - conf:/etc/nginx - html:/usr/share/nginx/html - nodebb-static:/usr/share/nginx/html/nodebb_static - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro environment: - NGINX_PORT=80 networks: - web networks: web: name: web volumes: conf: html: nodebb-static: external: name: nodebb_static