Pocketbase persistent data

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

I deployed a custom version of pocketbase, and i created a volume at /pb_data but i have an issue with the persistence isn't working, i guess it's a problem with the path/directory.

# Use the official Go image to build the PocketBase binary
FROM golang:1.21-alpine AS builder

# Set the working directory
WORKDIR /app

# Copy go mod and sum files
COPY go.mod go.sum ./

# Download all dependencies
RUN go mod download

# Copy the source code into the container
COPY . .

# Build the PocketBase application
RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -o pocketbase .

# Start a new stage from scratch
FROM alpine:latest

# Install necessary packages
RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates

# Set the working directory
WORKDIR /pb

ENV PORT=8080

# Expose port 8080
EXPOSE 8080

# Copy the binary from the builder stage
COPY --from=builder /app/pocketbase /usr/local/bin/pocketbase

# Command to run PocketBase
CMD ["/usr/local/bin/pocketbase", "serve", "--http=0.0.0.0:8080", "--dir=/pb_data", "--publicDir=/pb_public"]

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asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

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brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

what does --dir represent in this case?

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

i think it represents the directory where PocketBase will store its data

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

have you tried /pb/pb_data ?

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

i did not

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

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brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

switch to the v2 runtime and then use target ports on your domain

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

"then use target ports on your domain" what you mean

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

instead of me explaining, remove and re-add your domain after switching to the v2 runtime and you will see what i mean

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

same

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

from your logs -

Error: unknown flag: --publicDir

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

since it's the default folder i'll remove that

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

should i do the same for --dir/pb_data ?

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

the template doesnt set a dir, so maybe omit that too

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

meh.. 0.056 go: go.mod requires go >= 1.22 (running go 1.21.13; GOTOOLCHAIN=local)
I need go minimal 1.22 how to update this in docker image ?

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

line 2 of your dockerfile

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

ok now maybe the right path to the volume is /pb_data

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

I would first leave it at /pb/pb_data

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

ok i redeploy to test it

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

ok this path isn't working

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

what about pocket base have you changed anyway?

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

Okey with pb/pb_data did

  • i updated it deployed

  • backup my data

  • tested the data persistence with a redeploy
    But everything got erased

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

can you try the pocket base template please

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

the pocketbase template works fine but i have a custom main.go pocketbase code

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

you have no issues with data persistence using the template, correct?

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

yep

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

okay then it's something you are misconfiguring

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

please send the GitHub repo for your pocketbase

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

Im doing the test again with volume on /pb_data.

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

going forward let's leave the volume mounted to /pb/pb_data as that's what the template has the volume mounted to

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

F…. it's same… both are not working

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

^

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

here it is
https://github.com/asmirbe/pocketbase

asmirbelkic
HOBBY

10 months ago

Can't understand what is causing the issue….

brody
EMPLOYEE

10 months ago

then I'm unsure, all I have for you right now is that something you have done is misconfigured.

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