Mixpost

girish

The Pro version is installing only with a License code on starting the container. In other words, the entire code of Mixpost Pro is not in the image but is downloaded from the private repository every time the container is started.

Ah, I see. That approach won't work well on Cloudron. All our containers run on readonly file system I guess one can download code and run but that will make updates and backups quite tricky.

lao9s

@girish I got it. Can you tell me how other paid software works in this case?

So in the case of Mixpost Pro, it is important that:

Users only have access to the code with a license key.
The application cannot be installed without a license code.

What solutions do you recommend?

Thank you!

plusone-nick

Does anyone here have an implementation up and running who is willing to share their docs/additional steps?

Also, has anyone happened to get an implementation working using the Cloudron Proxy?

girish

@lao9s said in Mixpost:

@girish I got it. Can you tell me how other paid software works in this case?

From the apps that we have:

confluence - we can download the code (https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives) . When it starts up, you provide a license
onlyoffice ee - code can be installed from apt (https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/onlyoffice-ee-app/-/blob/master/Dockerfile). it picks up license from a file on startup
mattermost - https://mattermost.com/download/
gitlab/cloudron - apart from above which have binaries that are downloaded, both gitlab (https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab) and cloudron (https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/box) are source available. but needs license to do extra things. yes, this does mean that one can read the code and bypass license. We considered this and decided not to worry about such people and tackle it if it's a real problem (so far, it's not). GitLab EE has https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/license_file.html

In all the cases, one can install the app but simply not use it without a license.

lao9s

@girish Thank you for the response.

plusone-nick

@girish I am messing around with deploying Mixpost in a LAMP app and have gotten the config to work the Apache and SQL but i am having trouble with Redis
In the Cloudron docs is shows how to connect to MySQL via the local docker port: 172.18.30.1

What is the local IP for Redis? or best method to have a LAMP app connect to Redis?

It looks like a container instance of Redis is spun up per app?

nebulon

On Cloudron the apps get all the addon service credentials and connection details as environment variables in the container. So just open a webterminal into the app instance and run env

More info at https://docs.cloudron.io/packaging/addons/

humptydumpty

@plusone-nick Are you using Mixpost Lite or Pro?

plusone-nick

i am using pro

plusone-nick

@nebulon I guess I am a bit confused as I am aware of the credentials.txt and see the Redis config but don't understand what "URL" or IP i should use.

Both SQL and Redis have their respective protocols in their URL: mysql:// and redis://

Am i supposed to use that URL for Redis vs the local Docker IP provided like for SQL? I kinda figured Redis would have an IP i could also use.

girish

@plusone-nick The redis IP is dynamic, so you should connect to it by name. You can use the credentials in /app/data/credentials.txt (this is the same as the env vars). Does that not work?

plusone-nick

@girish going to test further tonight

plusone-nick

@girish got it working with the docker host name in .env (CLOUDRON_REDIS_HOST) it did not like the (CLOUDRON_REDIS_URL)

Have to get Horizon installed and the stuff Scheduled, will report back 🫡

plusone-nick

@girish Got horizon installed, but it soon kills as there is no schedule set. The Mixpost instructions advise setting a mixpost-horizon.conf in /etc/supervisor/conf.d but as you know its read only.
What is the best method to approach this?

plusone-nick

EDIT: Apologies I got the Schedule going with the cron job... It's the Horizon/Supervisor config at /etc/supervisor/conf.d which is the last blocker

humptydumpty

Go, Nick. Go!

plusone-nick

@humptydumpty lol 🫡
Final update for now: got all services "UP" and "working"

BUT... - still need to have Horizon/Supervisor Config set as it only stays alive for a little, in that time I was able to push some posts through

Dwindled down from 38 to 7 errors – something regarding: Illuminate & Symfony

[2023-08-06 22:56:13] production.ERROR: Not enough arguments (missing: "name"). {"exception":"[object] (Symfony\Component\Console\Exception\RuntimeException(code: 0): Not enough arguments (missing: "name"). at /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app/vendor/symfony/console/Input/Input.php:76)
[stacktrace]
#0 /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php(321): Symfony\Component\Console\Input\Input->validate()
#1 /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(181): Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run()
#2 /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(1081): Illuminate\Console\Command->run()
#3 /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(320): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand()
#4 /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(174): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun()
#5 /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php(201): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run()
#6 /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app/artisan(37): Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel->handle()
#7 {main}
"}

@girish @lao9s any thoughts or suggestions?

girish

@plusone-nick said in Mixpost:

[2023-08-06 22:56:13] production.ERROR: Not enough arguments (missing: "name"). {"exception":"[object] (Symfony\Component\Console\Exception\RuntimeException(code: 0): Not enough arguments (missing: "name"). at /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app/vendor/symfony/console/Input/Input.php:76)

this seems like some CLI is expecting more arguments (specifically --name or something)

plusone-nick

All errors cleared, and the system has been up for about two days going on three so i think it's safe to say its usable

Still need a workaround for one last step to complete: configure a process monitor Supervisor as it wants to write to /etc/supervisor/conf.d

Other than that i will document the steps i took and share them here before the end of the week

plusone-nick

Cloudron + Mixpost + LAMP = +1

Note: this is for the Pro/Enterprise version of Mixpost

On a fresh LAMP install open a terminal

Step 1:

 cd /app/data/

Step 2:

 composer create-project inovector/mixpost-pro-team-app

Step 3: From the File Manager: You can use command line if you like

 Change owner of the mixpost-pro-team-app folder to www-data

Step 4 Enter the mixpost-pro-team-app folder and open .env and Populate:

APP_URL=https://YOUR-DOMAIN
APP_ENV=production (WHEN READY)
APP_DEBUG=fale

Step 5: Populate SQL (creds @: /app/data/credentials.txt)

DB_HOST=172.18.30.1            /
DB_PORT=3306                     /
DB_DATABASE=CLOUDRON_MYSQL_DATABASE
DB_USERNAME=CLOUDRON_MYSQL_USERNAME
DB_PASSWORD=CLOUDRON_MYSQL_PASSWORD

NOTE: I had to put the slash / after the two DB_ env vars because the numbers were causing a line bug in the markdown while generating this post so make sure to remove them if you copy and paste the whole code block

Step 6: Populate REDIS (creds @: /app/data/credentials.txt )

REDIS_HOST=CLOUDRON_REDIS_HOST
REDIS_PASSWORD=CLOUDRON_REDIS_PASSWORD
REDIS_PORT=6379

- Save and Close

Step 7: Configure Database Tables:

cd /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app  
php artisan queue:batches-table
php artisan migrate
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=mixpost-config

Step 8: go to and edit

/app/data/apache/app.conf

Change both instances of: /app/data/public
To:

/app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app/public

- Save and Close

Step 9: On the CRON tab paste and save below:

* * * * * cd /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app && php artisan schedule:run >> /app/data/null 2>&1

Step 10: Install Supervisor:

sudo apt-get install supervisor

Step 11: Cache Config:

php artisan config:cache

Step 12: Cache Routes:

php artisan route:cache

Step 13: Restart the APP to save the config

Step 14: Go to /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app/ & Then Start Horizon

cd /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app/
php artisan horizon

Step 15: Go to the landing page and register!

🦾

NOTE: i think there is still a need to figure out a solution to configure Supervisor: https://docs.inovector.com/books/server-configuration-mixpost/page/installing-configuring-supervisor

Until then manually start the app with php artisan horizon as needed
I Only have one license so I had to retrace the steps I took. If there are any errors please forgive me!
If anyone runs into issues let me know. I will help troubleshoot and can rebuild my instance as needed =]
️+1

Cloudron makes it easy to run web apps like WordPress, Nextcloud, GitLab on your server. Find out more or install now.

Cloudron Forum

Mixpost

Cloudron + Mixpost + LAMP = +1

On a fresh LAMP install open a terminal

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3: From the File Manager: You can use command line if you like

Step 4 Enter the mixpost-pro-team-app folder and open .env and Populate:

Step 5: Populate SQL (creds @: /app/data/credentials.txt)

Step 6: Populate REDIS (creds @: /app/data/credentials.txt )

- Save and Close

Step 7: Configure Database Tables:

Step 8: go to and edit

- Save and Close

Step 9: On the CRON tab paste and save below:

Step 10: Install Supervisor:

Step 11: Cache Config:

Step 12: Cache Routes:

Step 13: Restart the APP to save the config

Step 14: Go to /app/data/mixpost-pro-team-app/ & Then Start Horizon

Step 15: Go to the landing page and register!

🦾