Configurar Discourse para usar un servidor PostgreSQL separado

[Discourse]

Digamos que estás utilizando AWS RDS o un servidor PostgreSQL existente gestionado en otro lugar. Es bastante sencillo hacer que Discourse utilice dicha configuración, sin necesidad de otorgar privilegios de superusuario a nada que Discourse ejecute. A continuación, te explicamos cómo.

Prerrequisitos

Discourse requiere que la versión principal de PostgreSQL coincida con la que incluimos en nuestras imágenes de docker; si intentas ejecutarlo en una versión más nueva o más antigua, podría funcionar, pero no lo garantizamos, y si algo se rompe en el futuro, te quedas con ambas piezas. También requerimos algunas extensiones que se distribuyen en el paquete postgresql-contrib (o su equivalente).

Genera aleatoriamente una contraseña para la conexión (más de 20 caracteres). En esta guía, usaremos s3kr1t como marcador de posición.

Configuración de la DB

Como superusuario de la base de datos, ejecuta lo siguiente:

CREATE USER discourse PASSWORD 's3kr1t';
CREATE DATABASE discourse OWNER discourse;
\c discourse
CREATE EXTENSION hstore;
CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm;

Eso es todo lo que hay que hacer para preparar la DB para su uso por Discourse.

Configurar Discourse

Configura Discourse de la manera habitual y luego edita containers/app.yml de la siguiente manera:

1. Elimina la línea - "templates/postgres.template.yml" debajo de la clave de nivel superior templates (cerca de la parte superior del archivo);

2. Debajo de la clave de nivel superior env, establece lo siguiente:

    DISCOURSE_DB_USERNAME: discourse
    DISCOURSE_DB_PASSWORD: s3kr1t
    DISCOURSE_DB_HOST: <IP o nombre de host>
    DISCOURSE_DB_NAME: discourse
   

3. También debes establecer lo siguiente si tu base de datos no utiliza el puerto predeterminado (5432):

   DISCOURSE_DB_PORT: <puerto>
   DISCOURSE_DB_BACKUP_PORT: <puerto>
   

4. Recompila con ./launcher rebuild app, y deberías estar listo para empezar.

[alexweej (Alexander “Weej” Jones)]

There is an additional setting, DISCOURSE_DB_PORT, which can, naturally, configure the TCP port number. @mpalmer please update the post?

Thanks

[mpalmer (Matt Palmer)]

This isn’t supposed to be a comprehensive description of every possible way you can configure your database connection, rather it’s a quick howto to make things a bit easier.

[alexweej (Alexander “Weej” Jones)]

Is there somewhere more authoritative for this documentation? I even tried (unsuccessfully) to track down the source code for this…!

Thanks

[mpalmer (Matt Palmer)]

The discourse_docker repo is where all that lives.

[alexweej (Alexander “Weej” Jones)]

Thanks for the pointer, I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve gone through almost an entire setup without realising the wealth of documentation on that page.

That said, the only reference to DISCOURSE_DB_PORT is in web.template.yml: https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker/search?utf8=✓&q=DISCOURSE_DB_PORT&type=

[mpalmer (Matt Palmer)]

Yes, it could probably stand to be promoted into the default “web_only” template, with a suitably explanatory comment. PRs welcome!

[Ivan_Rapekas]

Hi, first thanks for this guide. I try to setup external postgresql on the same machine, where docker installed. Do I need to bind port of my external postgresql 5432 to docker? Could anybody assist how to do it, using Discourse configuration file?

[mpalmer (Matt Palmer)]

Your question doesn’t make any sense. You don’t bind external listening ports to Docker.

[Ivan_Rapekas]

I follow the instruction a the top. First I set up an ordinary docker, it works. Then I want to switch the application to external postgres. When I rebuild the app, I get an error

Is the server running on host "127.0.0.1" and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

My server has not a FQDN yet, I use 127.0.0.1 as a DB host. The database is listening on 127.0.0.1:5432, I am able to connect with psql. Where am I wrong? I tried to play with pg_hba.conf but no success, of course.

[Ivan_Rapekas]

Hi guys, possible of my personal server configuration or what else… But I found a solution by running a docker in hosted mode (not bridged as default):

/var/discourse/launcher rebuild app --docker-args --net=host --skip-mac-address

After that the discourse engine could connect to external postgres database, run at 127.0.0.1:5432. Default bridged mode does not allow docker to access ports listening at the host without tricks.

Hope this might help somebody.

[davedogs]

When I run ./launcher rebuild app, I get this error PG::ConnectionBad: timeout expired during the bundle exec rake db:migrate. Has anyone comes across this issue? I can successfully access the database with a postgres client.

[jpsayshello (Jaimin)]

I have not tried this yet.
Here it is suggested to remove web.template.yml but i see bunch of other stuff happening in discourse_docker/templates/web.template.yml at master · discourse/discourse_docker · GitHub

What about that ?

[schleifer (Andrew Schleifer)]

@jpsayshello

Here it is suggested to remove web.template.yml

No it doesn’t. 

@mpalmer

Remove the line - "templates/postgres.template.yml"

[Tango]

Can you take the same approach for Redis?

remove “templates/redis.template.yml” & add a line in the app.yml file for DISCOURSE_REDIS_HOST

Thanks in advance

Todd

[itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma)]

Is there an obvious benefit that I’m maybe missing?

(I assume running redis on a separate machine will just add unwanted latency if nothing else)

[Tango]

Just that its managed & 1 less thing to worry about

[itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma)]

You don’t have to worry about redis that ships with discourse. I haven’t seen it failing on me in the last 1 year of self hosting discourse.

[Tango]

Thanks @itsbhanusharma,

Do you know what the process would be even if I did?

This article, albeit a little old says to add

DISCOURSE_REDIS_HOST

which is the same format as the article you so kindly mentioned, so that all makes sense.

Just not sure where to put it (maybe underneath other changes made to the app.yml file or maybe in the "templates/redis.template.yml")

and also

what if any lines or files need to be deleted

Thanks

Todd

[itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma)]

That variable should go into the file where you declared postgres variables. Just be warned that exposing redis for a production environment is lethal. (Because of poor security practices of redis itself)