Using ./launcher from Terminal

[brianb]

I want to run the import category file as shown on this discourse doc page https://meta.discourse.org/t/administrative-bulk-operations/118349#heading--8

first thing is open a terminal and run

cd /var/discourse
./launcher enter app

then from the example

rake import:file["category-export-2019-05-16-052430.json"]

I've tried to figure it out but I'm not a great linux admin nor am I familiar at all with rails.

Is it possible to use./launcher enter app
command from the terminal launched by cloudron for discourse app?

[robi]

@briankb-0 yes, you can use the app file manager to upload any files you need and the terminal to run the cli commands.

Just check that you're in the right directories or use fill file paths.

[brianb]

@robi so what folder do I need to be in to run ./launcher enter app?

This is from the Terminal of an instance of Discourse installed via Cloudron dashboard.

[robi]

@briankb-0 you can use ls and cd look around, or use the file manager to look around and find the launcher file that is executable then note it's directory.

Once you launch the terminal it will drop you into /app/code which you can validate with pwd

If you paste some screenshots, we can guide you from there.

[girish]

@briankb-0 the launcher script only works with Discourse's own packaging stuff i.e if you use https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker . It does not work in Cloudron, we have our own packaging at git.cloudron.io/cloudron/discourse-app

Generally, you should be able to do everything using rake or bundle exec since Discourse is just a rails app. See https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/discourse for some examples.