<![CDATA[Updating a node app]]>I'm packaging an app I built here: https://git.cloudron.io/AtriLahiji/eleutheriapay-app

I tested installing 0.1.9 of my app and then building & updating to 0.2.0 but it didn't seem to change. Is there something I'm missing? I'm not incredibly experienced with Docker so I feel like theres something I'm messing up in the Dockerfile but I honestly cant see why it wouldn't just replace the contents of the /app/code directory.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/3617/updating-a-node-appRSS for NodeThu, 16 Apr 2026 14:59:24 GMTThu, 05 Nov 2020 06:59:55 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Updating a node app on Thu, 05 Nov 2020 15:16:25 GMT]]>@mehdi said in Updating a node app:

@atrilahiji Also, some browsers are a bit ... aggressive with their caching policies. You may want to force-refresh (ctrl/cmd + shift + R in most browsers), maybe even a few times, before anything else, just to check it wasn't just cache

This has been my experience as well.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/18198https://forum.cloudron.io/post/18198Thu, 05 Nov 2020 15:16:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updating a node app on Thu, 05 Nov 2020 08:59:23 GMT]]>@atrilahiji Also, some browsers are a bit ... aggressive with their caching policies. You may want to force-refresh (ctrl/cmd + shift + R in most browsers), maybe even a few times, before anything else, just to check it wasn't just cache

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/18168https://forum.cloudron.io/post/18168Thu, 05 Nov 2020 08:59:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updating a node app on Thu, 05 Nov 2020 08:08:33 GMT]]>@atrilahiji said in Updating a node app:

but I honestly cant see why it wouldn't just replace the contents of the /app/code directory

Let's start with this. When you do cloudron exec do you see the latest code in /app/code ?

If not, are you sure the cloudron build and cloudron update is succeeding (maybe paste the output here)?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/18166https://forum.cloudron.io/post/18166Thu, 05 Nov 2020 08:08:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updating a node app on Thu, 05 Nov 2020 07:59:30 GMT]]>No luck 😞

I still get the old UI

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/18165https://forum.cloudron.io/post/18165Thu, 05 Nov 2020 07:59:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updating a node app on Thu, 05 Nov 2020 07:30:38 GMT]]>@girish Oh so I made a pretty distinct change to the UI of my app between the 2 versions but didnt notice the change as if it still had the old frontend code. I'll try it again incase I goofed something up real bad

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/18163https://forum.cloudron.io/post/18163Thu, 05 Nov 2020 07:30:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updating a node app on Thu, 05 Nov 2020 07:15:34 GMT]]>@atrilahiji said in Updating a node app:

I tested installing 0.1.9 of my app and then building & updating to 0.2.0 but it didn't seem to change

What didn't change? Did you do cloudron build and then cloudron update after you change the Dockerfile?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/18159https://forum.cloudron.io/post/18159Thu, 05 Nov 2020 07:15:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Updating a node app on Thu, 05 Nov 2020 07:13:07 GMT]]>For context, the app is structured like so: https://git.lahijiapps.dev/atrilahiji/personal-site

What I am aiming for:

  • Frontend and Backend folders to be updated
  • The logo and favicon in the frontend/dist folders after installation should be preserved somehow
  • the .env file in /app/code should be preserved if it already exists
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