How can I update files from the bonita docker image (i.e. logging.properties)

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Hello,

can you please advise on how to update files (i.e. logging.properties) in Bonita running in the official docker container?

Ideally when I stop the container and I start a new one I'd like the update to the file being persisted.

Thank you

 

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Hello.

For configuration files not stored in the database (e.g. logging.properties), right now, the way to configure them is by using a volume.

For the case of the logging.properties, there is an env property that allows changing its path:
https://documentation.bonitasoft.com/bonita/2021.1/bonita-docker-installation#_bonita_server_logging_file_bonita_setup_logging_file

So it would mean to change the logging properties configuration:

  • Starts the image with a volume containing  `logging.properties` e.g. with mount point /opt/custom-config/
  • Set the env property BONITA_SERVER_LOGGING_FILE tp that path. e.g. -e BONITA_SERVER_LOGGING_FILE=/opt/custom-config/logging.properties
  • The volume can be created in a persistent fashion: https://docs.docker.com/storage/volumes/

For other config files, when there are no specific env properties, you can use a custom configuration script:

  • Create a script that copies/modify configuration files of the tomcat that you want to change
  • Put that script in a volume
  • mount that volume in /opt/custom-config.d/
  • It will be exected at container first startup
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Thank you,
I created a local file /home/ubuntu/custom-config/logging.properties with some logging configuration, then
I tried this command:

docker run --name bonita -v /home/ubuntu/custom-config:/opt/custom-config -e “BONITA_SERVER_LOGGING_FILE=/opt/custom-config/logging.properties” -d -p 8081:8080 bonita

The volume is mounted correctly, but the log files have always the same verbosity.

What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,