Category: Installation
Updated

2023-08-03

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Installing Appsmith without the mount Volume configuration

Issue

I am new to Appsmith and I need to install it without the volume configuration. I have custom MongoDB and Redis instances and I am unsure if I need to use volume mount for persistence. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Resolution

The solution to installing Appsmith without volume configuration and using a custom instance for MongoDB and Redis involves modifying the environment variables in the docker-compose.yml file.

First, replace the default MongoDB URI with the custom URI in the MONGODB_URL environment variable. Similarly, replace the default Redis URI with the custom URI in the REDIS_URL environment variable.

Then, comment out the volumes section in the docker-compose.yml file to prevent Appsmith from using volume mounts.

Here is an example of the modified environment variables:

version: '3'services:  appsmith:    image: appsmith/appsmith:latest    container_name: appsmith    restart: always    ports:      - '80:80'    environment:      - VIRTUAL_HOST=app.example.com      - MONGODB_URL=mongodb://custom-uri:27017/appsmith      - REDIS_URL=redis://custom-uri:6379      - APPSMITH_APPJWTISSUER=https://app.example.com/      - APPSMITH_SERVERPORT=80    depends_on:      - mongo      - redis

By modifying the environment variables, Appsmith will use the custom MongoDB and Redis instances without needing volume mounts for persistence.