Changes to db setting in config.json are not persisting

[shrey]

On a fresh Mattermost install, i tried to edit the config.json file, via the File Manager, to connect to a remote Postgres database as the primary database (https://docs.mattermost.com/configure/environment-configuration-settings.html#data-source).

But, as soon as i restart the app, the changes get overwritten by the default mysql config.

Need some help to figure out the issue here.

[girish]

@shrey it's not possible to use a different database other than the one that the package pre-configures. This is true for any app and not just mattermost. Databases are part of the application lifecycle - update/restore/backups etc. It's not possible to make it external.

You should be able to configure other settings though.

[shrey]

@girish Oh, didn't know that.

[girish]

@shrey Database and email are "special". It's part of app packaging and cannot be changed across apps.

https://docs.cloudron.io/packaging/addons/ are the services provided by Cloudron.

We do make things optional on a case by case basis. For example, email can be set as optionally configured in the package. Next release we will make turn configuration option. These are of course easier to do than making database configuration optional because they are not part of backups/updates.