Current dockerfile will not be able to pass setup stage

[Haocen]

Thanks to config.json being reset after each rebuild of container.
Some files, like plugins installed and configuration files should be specified as volume.
Can anybody kindly tell me what files need to be preserved after each restart? Besides config.json?
My temporary solution is to specify the whole /src/usr/app as volume. Really bad practice, lost huge benefit of using docker.

[julianlam]

@BenLubar?

[BenLubar]

It'd be nice to have the config.json file stored in some subdirectory that would be able to be persisted. Additionally, having a list of installed plugins in there would be nice for switching containers without having to redo everything.

Right now, I have echo 1 > pidfile && exec node loader.js as my Docker startup command for the NodeBB containers I'm running and they aren't remade for each update (I'd rather do it the Docker way, but this works).

[BenLubar]

BenLubar@c76a139 solves the config file part, but not the plugins yet. Ideally the plugins should be done in a way that lets plugins that aren't from NPM work.

[BenLubar]

@Haocen In the last week or so, we've been using https://github.com/boomzillawtf/tdwtf to manage our Docker container. You could probably do something similar for yours. Basically, we no longer use NodeBB's plugin installation/update buttons, and updates are fully installed before the forum switches over to the new instance.

[Haocen]

Sounds like a solution, thank you for letting me know.