InvenTree running in Containers: how to persist plugins like inventree-part-import

[igel1]

Hi all,

when I got it right, the plugin inventree-part-import stores it's config files in the /root/.config/inventree_part_import directory.

That's fine as long as the container is running, but whenever I shutdown the containers via "docker compose down" the whole
configuration is lost.

What is the recommended way to cope with that issue?
And how do I run this plugin correctly?
Do I have to login into the container every time and run the plugin/tool from within the container?

Sorry - for these questions ... bear with me - I am a InvenTree-Newbie.

Kind regards

A.S.

[SchrodingersGat]

I'm not sure about that particular plugin, but you can always expose an external volume in your container setup (e.g. docker compose file) to ensure that some file locations within the container persist across sessions.

[igel1]

Okay, followed your hint and edited docker-compose.yml (section inventree-server) to become:

        volumes:
            # Data volume must map to /home/inventree/data
            - ${INVENTREE_EXT_VOLUME}:/home/inventree/data:z
            - ${INVENTREE_PART_IMPORT_PLUGIN_CONFIG_VOLUME}:/root/.config:z

... and added the new parameter INVENTREE_PART_IMPORT_PLUGIN_CONFIG_VOLUME to .env file:

# Specify the location of the external inventree-part-import volume
# where inventree-part-import stores its config
INVENTREE_PART_IMPORT_PLUGIN_CONFIG_VOLUME=./inventree-part-import/.config

That does the job - thank you for your hint!

Kind regards

A.S.