Feature request: Add custom app to App Store for local Cloudron

[robi]

@infogulch

One option would be to include all the Metadata as a layer for the image, making it self contained and having its own layer ID.

That way we're tagging what is needed.

JFrog did this in a similar way, see https://jfrog.com/knowledge-base/what-is-the-docker-image-layer-marker/

Much simpler than tagging files across multiple image layers, etc.

[infogulch]

@robi Yes that's the idea, the docker artifact tool is a mechanism to identify and tag the layers so that the layer that contains the metadata is queryable via the docker registry api.

[robi]

@infogulch that's a bit odd IMO to have to find them, as they should be explicitly defined.

Perhaps make a post in App Dev section to get assistance with the solution you're working on, as a step in the right direction.

[tennox]

Am I reading this topic right that there is currently no way to install an app from a git repo apart from either:

• submitting to official app store
• using CLI
  ?

Would love to make our app available to install in an easy way, but not ready for app store publication (yet)

[marcusquinn]

Hi @tennox, welcome to Cloudron! What's your app? Does it have a Wishlist post?

• https://forum.cloudron.io/category/5/app-wishlist

[tennox]

Hi there @marcusquinn

I'm working on packaging a ready-to-roll IPFS node with:

• kubo (which was requested in this wishlist ... by you )
• a ucan proxy to enable an authenticated upload API

See this ipfs forum post for the origin story

I have successfully packaged it & deployed it to our cloudron, with a few open questions left (like configuration), and when it's ready I would submit it to the cloudron app store - but I would love to be able to give users an option to install it without needing to clone the repo and running CLI

[robi]

@tennox said in Feature request: Add custom app to App Store for local Cloudron:

I would love to be able to give users an option to install it without needing to clone the repo and running CLI

I think you can build a custom webUI to do just that with the Cloudron API, perhaps coopting n8n for any initial testing.

This is a greater need in general, and could include other useful features like migrating apps from one Cloudron to another leveraging the App install/restore process.

[robi]

@girish said in Feature request: Add custom app to App Store for local Cloudron:

I am trying to see if we can do some trick to make this less work. What is you could download a "template" and then we had a button in appstore view that says install from "template" ? I know this is not as cool as integrating with appstore but will it get the job done for now?

(Reason I ask is we already have the backup config download feature. If we add the docker image id or appstore id to it, it's already a template at this point).

How difficult would it be to make this happen in a few hours? Like in a separate DEV section of the App Store view?

Option 1: accept backup templates link from custom running apps for install

Option 2: accept valid git repos link of custom packaged apps for install

This doesn't disturb the release box code, need separate registries or cli installs.

[bmann]

I think git link / image registry link is the most flexible.

Essentially it could run the code that Cloudron CLI runs anyway.