save to path on host instead of a volume

.gitignore

@@ -164,6 +164,6 @@ cython_debug/
 #.idea/
 /chatgptApp/static/
 /resources/simple-gradio-app
-/chatgptApp/chat_sessions.db
+/resources/chat_sessions.db
 /chat_sessions.db
 /resources/**

Dockerfile

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ ENV OPENAI_API_KEY $OPENAI_API_KEY
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV PYTHONPATH /opt/chatgptApp
 
-RUN mkdir /opt/app
+RUN mkdir /opt/app && \
+    mkdir /opt/resources
 
 COPY chatgptApp /opt/app
 COPY ./requirements.txt /opt/app/requirements.txt

Makefile

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 PORT=8083
 APP_NAME=openai-chatgpt-gradio-app
 VOLUME_NAME=chat-sqlite3-volume-2
+DB_PATH_ON_HOST=$(PATH_TO_DB)
 
 build_test:
 	flake8 --config=.flake8
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ build_test:
 	docker run -p ${PORT}:${PORT} ${APP_NAME}
 build_run:
 	docker build --tag=${APP_NAME} --build-arg OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY} .
-	docker run -v ${VOLUME_NAME}:/opt/app -p ${PORT}:${PORT} ${APP_NAME}
+	# docker run -v ${VOLUME_NAME}:/opt/app -p ${PORT}:${PORT} ${APP_NAME}
+	docker run -v ${DB_PATH_ON_HOST}:/opt/resources -p ${PORT}:${PORT} -e PATH_TO_DB="/opt/resources" -it ${APP_NAME}
 run_local:
 	docker run -v ${VOLUME_NAME}:/opt/app -p ${PORT}:${PORT} ${APP_NAME}
 
@@ -36,7 +38,8 @@ run_app:
 	python main.py
 deploy_headless:
 	docker build --tag=${APP_NAME} --build-arg OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY} .
-	docker run -dit -v ${VOLUME_NAME}:/opt/app -p ${PORT}:${PORT} ${APP_NAME}
+	# docker run -dit -v ${VOLUME_NAME}:/opt/app -p ${PORT}:${PORT} ${APP_NAME}
+	docker run -dit -v ${DB_PATH_ON_HOST}:/opt/resources -p ${PORT}:${PORT} -e PATH_TO_DB="/opt/resources" ${APP_NAME}
 git_push:
 	flake8
 	git add .

README.md

@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ deploy_headless:
 
 Check the container with `docker logs`
 
+Volumes and storage on host
+When a docker volume is used, the data can be exported, or copied from the container:
+```commandline
+docker exec -it tender_bose /bin/bash
+docker cp tender_bose:/opt/app/chat_sessions.db ./resources/
+
+```
+
 ### Nginx 
 
 In case of deploying the app to your own server, you can use nginx for reverse proxy. Use the following endpoint block as a suggestion for the nginx config file:

chatgptApp/main.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import logging
 import sqlite3
 import gradio as gr
@@ -80,7 +81,6 @@ def task():
 
 def list_db_tab():
     """Returns data from an SQL query as a list of dicts."""
-    path_to_db = DB_NAME
     select_query = "SELECT * FROM chat_session_01"
     con = sqlite3.connect(path_to_db)
     con.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
@@ -238,8 +238,9 @@ def main(system_message, human_message_prompt_template):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     DB_NAME = "chat_sessions.db"
+    path_to_db = os.path.join(os.environ["PATH_TO_DB"], DB_NAME)
 
-    conn = sqlite3.connect(DB_NAME, check_same_thread=False)
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(path_to_db, check_same_thread=False)
     c = conn.cursor()
     # create a table to store the chat sessions
     c.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS chat_session_01 (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, question TEXT, answer TEXT)")