How can I change this and have it retained across upgrades ? If I edit the web.template.yml in /var/discourse/templates I get a problem pulling new versions.

Eg: samples/web_only.yml master DISCOURSE_DB_PASSWORD: SOME_SECRET DISCOURSE_DB_HOST: data injects after: templates/web.template.yml master chmod: "+x" con…

You can add the commands to change the rotation period in your container file :slight_smile:

In app.yml ? Any pointer to where I can see what I need to change or how to do this ? — EDIT ---- Ok - I figure that logrotate is being used, I can see /etc/logrotate.d/nginx in the container. If I edit that file in the container won’t it get destroyed when I rebuild my container and I’ll have t…

You run your commands AFTER we run our commands, so you can change whatever and have it persisted.

Just in case I’ve got the wrong end of the stick, I need to make my change in the container in /etc/logrotate.d/nginx ? If so - when I rebuild the container the configuration change will be lost. It’s not persisted outside the container like configuration I specify in app.yml. I need to write and…

Nope, you would use an after hook never edit supplies shared templates

OK - I can hook into the rebuild process after your commands ? How and where do I do that - apologies for not being familiar with all the ins and outs of how discourse is building the containers.

Fantastic - I get it now :slight_smile:

Looking at web.template.yml there’s no hooks after logrotate’s configuration templates/web.template.yml master fi - file: path: /usr/local/bin/rake chmod: +x contents: | #!/bin/bash …

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sam (Sam Saffron) May 3, 2016, 11:14am 11

feel free to do a PR to add a hook there if you need.

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