Docker: config.js doubts

beto

I just installed CryptPad in docker-compose and everything works wonderfully, however reading the documentation it mentions that to add an administrator user I have to:

Copy their public key found in User Menu (avatar at the top right) > Settings > Account > Public Signing Key

Paste this key in cryptpad/config/config.js in the following array (uncomment and replace the placeholder): . . . . .

The problem is that in my docker-compose.yml volumes I don't have cryptpad/config/config.js

I have it in an environment variable that came with the GitHub compose:

CPAD_CONF=/cryptpad/config/config.js

Although I can enter docker to modify the config.js from there, I suppose it will be overwritten when I update to a new version (I think so)

I tried to add the cryptpad/config/config.js volume to my docker compose and repull my image but the container did not start the log it sends an error message that says

Sed could not edit : not a regular file

mentioning the config.js file

The question is the docker-compose configuration that came in github did not have the /cryptpad/config/config.js volume, is it some error or was it simply omitted for that example? Is there a way to add that volume without the aforementioned error? or do I have to destroy the entire container with the images and volumes?

My docker-compose:


version: '3.8'

services:
  cryptpad:
    image: "cryptpad/cryptpad:version-5.5.0"
    hostname: cryptpad

    environment:
      - CPAD_MAIN_DOMAIN=https://your-main-domain.com
      - CPAD_SANDBOX_DOMAIN=https://your-sandbox-domain.com
      - CPAD_CONF=/cryptpad/config/config.js

    volumes:
      - ./data/blob:/cryptpad/blob
      - ./data/block:/cryptpad/block
      - ./customize:/cryptpad/customize
      - ./data/data:/cryptpad/data
      - ./data/files:/cryptpad/datastore

    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
      - "3001:3001"
      - "3003:3003"

    ulimits:
      nofile:
        soft: 1000000
        hard: 1000000

Thank you very much and greetings

Marx1st

I've got the same problem. I just can't figure out where to put the config.js, so that docker-entrypoint.sh does find it.
Which is the correct path? Is there a volume missing?

mostdcoa

See https://github.com/cryptpad/documentation/issues/28

I submitted this issue over the weekend with the steps to configure this. If you still can't figure it out then let me know here.

TheNomad11

mostdcoa

Thanks so much! The offical Cryptpad docker installation instructions are confusing and incomplete. I was able to install it with your help, thanks so much!

Mathilde

TheNomad11 The offical Cryptpad docker installation instructions are confusing and incomplete

Yes, sorry, we are a little bit late to deploy the documentation for 5.6.0, which will contain all these necessary changes.

TheNomad11

Mathilde You write in the docs:

Note that you'll still need to follow the CryptPad configuration steps

Maybe it would be better to make two seperate guides with clear steps for Docker and non-Docker. As it is now it is confusing, especially for non-sysadmins. Which steps exactly? You just mention

especially Configure administrators
Especially means there are some other steps as well, so which?

It was not clear for me either that we have to clone the CryptPad repository. Most docker installs just require to edit docker-compose.yml, maybe an .env file and than docker compose up -d.
Confusing also that we have to built our own docker image at the same time as there is an official one available that we get via docker compose pull. And it seems that this step is not necessary although it is required according the docs. The building process got interupted in my case and the Cryptpad instance works well without it.

Thanks for your help, and sorry, I am no sysadmin and am still learning, so please bear with me as my post might look stupid 😉