Reading this whole topic and posts inside it maybe you don’t understand the purpose and idea of docker, containers and deploy procedure.
Also i won’t recommend ssh-ing into the container and putting random single files there.
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Sure… i dont disagree with you at all… im brand new to this docker … node thing… and im sure it will make sense in time… its just a steep learning curve… can i say that “php” is way more forgiving…
Im realy trying my best to get my head around how this node thing work… its not like im sitting here and blowing bubbles… just trying to understand the best way … work flow of getting things done… hence asking all these “silly” questions…
Also another topic, wrongly relating nodejs with docker - docker and nodejs are NOT related in any way 
You are spot on there @teodor however the way some portray the topic of node, many posts seem to imply a relationship, certainly within Wappler, docker is often offereed being the “correct way of doing things”,
Also those choosing to go the VPS route are often told they are wrong or even told they must be stupid.
In my view there is no “correct” solution, just a personal choice.
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When I first started with Docker, this was my one concern as many of my sites may have 5 gb of images included in the various pages.
What I did was rather use the Docker Volume, more meant for user uploads, however it is persistent storage, so on redelpoy it is never effected.
I therefore never store my images inside the assets folder inside the public folder, unless its a small site with 2 or 3 of them, instead i setup a user uploads path and store all my own images in there too, so a 5 gb site of images, and only 100 mb of ejs files, only redeploys the 100mb portion and never the entire 5gb images portion.
Agreed, I have done 10 different ways, and although this took some head scratching at first, it now works great for my particular needs.
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Yes, i confess if Wappler also included a db such as MySQL or Maria with the inbuilt node server it would be a great enhancement
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You can use sqlite locally with the built in node server, so that you don’t need a separate database server to run
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I enable MariaDB and MySQL on my NodeJS projects, if using Docker, yes its another image, inside the same Docker container, but it works flawlessly, and I am able to connect to it via Navicat, or SQLPro Studio, etc. So I see it just like PHP and MySQL are different, and NodeJS and MySQL are different.
Being able to use a third party SQL application, which was the same thing i used to do with PHP projects, basically makes no difference to me, i do not even notice it.
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thanks to all for your valuable contributions… seems like there is more than one way to skin a cat…
Maybe not the “correct wappler way” but still working and providing a end solution… thanks for sharing… I guess as long as the “end goal” is the same then why not…
I guess for my test approach I will do the following:
- As I have 1 site that all my clients use as a main “base” but different stylesheets and a few other files. tracking… and so on…
- Create 4 droplets on DO.
- Deploy the MAIN site template to all 4 droplets.
- Then FTP only the stylesheets and other few files that make the sites different to each droplet.
that is a awesome idea using a Docker Volume to store the images… so no need then for S3 uploads… and straight onto a Docker… nice one… but my clients will never fill the space that DO provides for a droplet… so… 25GB for a client would be ok… but i understand why you use it so that (persistent storage, so on redelpoy it is never effected) … thanks for sharing your knowledge.
If they are 4 different sites, with 4 different domain names, just based on a single template, then yes, that would work fine, however as you say many ways to skin a cat, so if its a single domain, and the style changes based upon some other variable then you could serve a different set of style sheets etc. based upon that variable, regardless of being on a single docker droplet/container.
Take a look at this example from one of my sites I have done this on
This is a Namibia holiday and therefore the style sheet is browns, greens, etc. Safari type colours, the logo is a Giraffe saying Africa Collection
This is a beach type holiday so the stylesheet changed to the blues and greys and the logo altered to a Turtle, same domain, and based on a variable one of the 2 style sheets load, and different images appear.
There are also some pages which are both, in other words if you got to that page after viewing beach holidays it will stay blue even if its a Safari destination, because it can be an either or situation.
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Very nice… and a great idea if you have one domain
That is a great site… seems alot of work has gone into that one! Well done!
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It’s now possible to manage remote files with Docker in Wappler 4.5.3:
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