Hi, Whenever I need to add a plugin or edit some setting in PuTTy docker I need to rebuild the container. Is there a faster way to edit in Docker without having to rebuild? Best regards Olle

If you add or remove a plugin you must rebuild. Btw consider dropping PuTTY in favour of Windows Terminal.

[image] Olle11: Is there a faster way to edit in Docker without having to rebuild? It’s not really recommended, but you can do something like cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter app cd /var/www/discourse/plugins/your-plugin-path git pull sv restart unicorn But unless you’re changing somethin…

But that’s not going to run any migrations?

I’m assuming that if he doesn’t know any more than he seems to that there aren’t going to be any migrations. :person_shrugging: But, yeah, if it were you, then I would have said to also bin/rails db:migrate And then you’d say “but what about assets?” And I’d say, “Yeah, you need to do that too. …

Hmm maybe I should just do it like I use to so I don’t break the site, Is Windows Terminal better to use than PuTTY? Best regards Olle

[image] Olle11: maybe I should just do it like I use to so I don’t break the site, If you move to a new server, you’ll make no changes to the site until you know the new site works. It’s impossible to break the site.

[image] Olle11: Is Windows Terminal better to use than PuTTY? Yes, it’s much more modern. Windows Terminal offers multiple tabs, customizable themes, Unicode and UTF-8 support, GPU acceleration, and better integration with modern Windows features compared to PuTTY. Windows Terminal integrat…

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david (David Taylor) May 29, 2025, 11:44am 3

Developing plugins against a production site will be a very tedious process. I’d recommend you look at setting up a local (or cloud) development environment. We have a few guides over here:

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