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I have this packaged. Use that term loosly it was for a client I was working with. It is a rehash of the LAMP app but with some changes to the dockerfile to somewhat automate it. I anyone want to test for themselves let me know. It is very basic but it works for me. It has been running "stable" with my client for about 6 months or so now and I just pulled it into a git repo ready for sharing.

https://i-librarian.net/

"I, Librarian is an online service that will organize your collection of PDF papers and office documents. It provides a lot of extra features for students and research groups both in industry and academia. It is a reference manager, PDF manager and organizer focused on private group collaboration."

Source: https://github.com/mkucej/i-librarian-free

Interesting, I will add it to my list to look at building.

I am fairly new to packaging for Cloudron but I have a few packages under my belt. Once I get some time in my personal life I was going to write a series of blogs posts to help others out from my own experiences.

Hi all,
I have packaged this for Cloudron. I could use some more people to test functionality, conversion of books etc. You can clone, build and install from this repo.

EDIT: I should mention it is quite a hefty build it may take some time to build the image. I may need to tidy up any installs too but would like to get some feedback from the community first.

cool, thanks all happy to do this in my spare time to give back to the community. Great to see us all working together to get some amazing apps out there, can't wait to see what the future has in store!

@girish thanks

I am going back to the drawing board for this one. So watch this space all....

@girish thank you I have also packaged calibre-web and I am working on Mayan EDMS just now. If people get use out of it I am happy to share the repo too.

@girish awesome stuff. Just checked the install. The first time install instructions has the wrong default password the text says changeme123 but the ini file is changeMe123.

@girish hi when do you think it will be published to the app store?

If anyone is interested the repo is here https://github.com/euanmcgregor/vault-cloudron

It is working, I am just looking at LDAP integration just now.

@thetomester13 awesome glad it is of use to you I will look at the LDAP integration soon just finishing off a few other packages just now.

@scooke you will need to install the cloudron cli there is stuff in the docs telling you how. Login to your instance using cloudron login then cloudron build then cloudron install. You will docker either installed locally or using the build service app from the store. Also need a repo on docker hub . Failing that you can use my build which I can get the tag for you.

Also how do you know I am not the one in those movies?

I have packaged this for Cloudron. I have been using the desktop version for sometime and the Cloudron app is the natural extension of the app. Providing a web interface and the full sync capability to and from the desktop app.

Repo is here

@webmin88 I was looking at this also, it is on my list to personally package this but I am currently working on Mayan EDMS which I am still packaging but if you want to try it, it is currently working well but not quite ready for the app store as I need to write some tests to help the guys out. You can see the thread here

@girish ah with you. No it needs to be generated by the calibre project it is an empty database created that the web app uses to connect to. I created it as I would then need to install calibre into the app container then use the api to generate the empty db then remove calibre. Seemed a waste of time so I created a blank one for the purpose of ease.

https://github.com/campbellmcgregor/teddy-cloudron is the latest very-alpha package.
login is admin/admin and LDAP is not working yet. I am also not sure if it is seeing the postgresdb but would be good for some testing other than me.

not really suitable for production use yet.

EDIT: postgres is being used as its database

I have a suggestion. Can we get a category that is specifically for development or packaging of the cloudron apps. Just to allow us to keep everything together?

Just an idea

@Mallewax sorted thanks!

Hi all,
I have done a bit of work on the repos that @girish mentioned and I believe I have it packaged and working with the latest version with LDAP integrations. How can I get people to do some testing and then look to help get this into the appstore for everyone to use?

Thanks

@mario this would be useful and I was looking at this a week ago. Vault uses MLOCK to stop the data from being sent to disk, like using swap memory, in order to get MEMLOCK you need to tell docker to provide that privilege to the container. Which from what I can see is a limitation on Cloudron (for good reasons). I have the package done and I can share it out once I have cleaned the code up a little but in order to get Vault to run, MLOCK capabilities needs to be disabled in the config file.

You could argue that the docker container in Cloudron is self-contained but something like this would be better hosted internally behind a firewall than something you would put up onto DO for example.

Happy to take differing options and/or opinions.

Calibre web operates completely standalone. It just uses the calibre database to store and order the books.

@girish I think this app is ready to roll for some more testing if you want to take the package for pushing to the store?

@girish will do sorry thought I had.

EDIT: license added to repo

@marcuswquinn This is cool but the web version just just entered beta, will keep an eye on this going stable as it will be a good one to include.

Hi all,

I have started to package this and it it working but the initial start script just not executing during install. If you run the /app/pkg/start.sh it will work fine.

I have been working on and off with this for a while but could use some help in getting the last bit over the line because it is driving me nuts.

Repo is here

Any help appreciated.

@girish all done!

https://github.com/euanmcgregor/mayan-cloudron

ok think we are good to go. I have pushed the code to my github the repo I will merge with the Cloudron hosted git soon.

Just need some people to test install etc. and then will look at getting some tests into the package. It is still on version 3.4.17 as the latest version 3.5.1 has some issues in the celery queues which I will look at once that branch is a bit more stable.

@ultraviolet a quick update, there are some weird crashing issues. I have asked for support from the upstream devs so will see what they say.

hi all,

I was actually working on this a few weeks ago. I forked @doodlemania2's repo and updated it to the latest version. I also enabled SFTP access I am also working to implement the proxyauth addon to pass though to the django app (still wip) as it does not support LDAP natively.

I don't have access to fork in the cloudron gitlab so I had to copy to my github account. You can find the repo here:
https://github.com/campbellmcgregor/paperless-ng-cloudron

thanks

@doodlemania2 thanks, I may send you another PR in a day or so hit a few walls with the proxyauth.

@avatar1024 I have tested this in my dev envrionment it is a direct drop in replacement for the one that is currently on the app store for cloudron. It works the exact same way except has Gantt under the board view. I have a test version if anyone wants to use it.

@nebulon or @girish can you up my cloudron git project numbers so I can publish it please my username is the same as the forum?

@girish I think it does I would need to dig into it a bit more.

@girish sorry yes I do, I am travelling for work atm will publish the package later this week.

@JOduMonT I will consider that an option

Hi all,
I just moved my backups to a Hetzner storagebox and last night was the first trial of a full backup. This morning I saw this error:

Command failed with exit code 1 (EPERM): df -kPT /backups_sshfs

I did some Googling but I am coming up short as to why this error is occurring. I can supply logs if anyone requires them.
Any ideas?

@doodlemania2 thanks I might have used it for the base of mine but will double check!

@girish yeah there is one error:

Which could be nginx which is mentioned in the manual here

Hi all,

I am just embarking on Cloudron packaging. I was just wondering is there any standards where certain files should live. I have seen some repos use /app/pkg folder but I was wondering if there is something written down?

Thanks

Actually, I went and RTFM: https://cloudron.io/documentation/storage/ I might be able to add custom properties but that would mean all the containers would have the priv.

@girish can you shed any light on the --cap-add=IPC_LOCK being passed to docker?

thanks

@timconsidine If I get some time tonight I was going to look at the nginx config but if anyone wants to have a crack at it feel free

@mehdi awesome thanks.

@girish all good, thank you.

@girish that is awesome stuff. I have disabled mlock in the config to get to get it going, once 5.4 is out I will adjust the manifest file.

Just working on LDAP integration!

@fbartels I did try to get ldap going, the issue doing it automatically during install is you need to unseal and login to the vault before you can enable the LDAP. Which is hard when the login info is in a text file I am sure it is possible but my knowledge is a bit limited on that, plus it might not be idempotent.

When I tried it manually it gave me that exact error I am still checking to see what the issue might be but I have kind of drawn a blank at the moment. Will take a fresh look later this week when I get a bit of time.

@thetomester13 LDAP can't be done during install because there is no API or config file. It may need to be thrown in via a SQL import but I will get to that later. you can login with admin and admin123. If you want to configure LDAP I have pushed a new commit to the repo that fixed a few bugs in creating a script to add the LDAP and email envs to a text file in the /app/data dir.

The connection to Calibre desktop app is not something I am sure I can do. The database file (metadata.db) is empty but I am not sure how Calibre can talk to the DB on the backend in Cloudron. If you have any info how it interacts I can have a look.

There is an e-reader build into the web app too.

@Captain-Kirk nope it can manage pdf files too. Attach to notes it can't render them but you can version control open and download pdfs.

@marcuswquinn this is exactly what I am looking for but I can't see how this would install into cloudron everything is mentioning the browser add on and no ability to install using a web interface. Unless I am missing something?

Thanks @nebulon I think that was the last piece of the puzzle!

This is working and now needs some people to test installs etc. it is still rough around the edges, needs ldap and mail etc. but I will get this sorted over the coming days.

I should mention the initial install takes around 10 mins as there is a lot of database migrations and django stuff to get though.

@webmin88 do you have a repo that you can share?

I started to package this. The issue is there is no support for LDAP and as far as I can see there is no way to apply mail settings automatically.

It is working if you install manually, I have not done extensive testing on it yet but it is a start.

The repo is here.

ah yes there was an error. I have fixed it in my dev box. It was an unpinned dependency, there are also issues with upgrading so it is still very much beta.

I will publish the change shortly.

@girish could you give me access to the cloudron hosted repo so I can make my commits direct?

The latest push in my own public repo here has the fix. For info this is the change that pins the dependency to allow compiling. I have mentioned it in the upstream project and it should be fixed soon if it has not been already.

Ok I have been testing the upgrading which is tricky for me to figure out. Could use a fresh pair of eyes.

This is how this image is working:

1. Build image with deps
2. pull the image version from the upstream repo based on the version number in the dockerfile
3. run down and install everything
4. Once complete the start.sh script in /app/pkg kicks off.
5. After defining all the environment variables it will run this line of code:

if [ ! -e "/app/data/init-completed" ]; then
  /app/data/venv/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py initialsetup
  echo "Setting up for initial install, this may take some time"
  touch /app/data/init-completed
fi

If there is a file called init-completed it will skip it.

Now this is where the issue with upgrades come in I believe there is a command /app/data/venv/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py performupgrade.

I have tried testing upgrades for a few hours but when it starts up all the services I simply get access denied issues.

To replicate:

• Clone my repo https://github.com/euanmcgregor/mayan-cloudron
• Do an install to your cloudron - check that it works and login to check the version it should
• Alter the dockerfile and change the variable from ENV MAYAN_VERSION=3.4.17 to ENV MAYAN_VERSION=3.5.1 which is the latest version
• Perform a cloudron update

Hope this make sense any help is appreciated.

I have come up with another way of installing to allow me to update the package. In the start.sh it will do it's initial install but that function of the app installs further items into /app/code/ which during an non debug session is RO. Is there any other way to allow this to install then seal the system to RO?

An example during initialsetup:

  Applying tags.0006_documenttag... OK
  Applying tags.0007_auto_20170118_1758... OK
  Applying tags.0008_auto_20180917_0646... OK
  Applying user_management.0001_initial... OK
  Applying web_links.0001_initial... OK
  Applying web_links.0002_auto_20191210_0436... OK
  Applying web_links.0003_auto_20191211_0233... OK
Installing package: Bootstrap (=3.4.1)... Downloading... Verifying... Extracting... Patching files... Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/pathlib.py", line 1258, in mkdir
    self._accessor.mkdir(self, mode)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/app/code/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/node_modules/bootstrap'

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    self._accessor.mkdir(self, mode)
OSError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/app/code/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/node_modules'

Or if there is any other suggestions that I could try to get this installed?

EDIT: I should add I am unable to do this during build as the app needs the database etc. to migrate and change the database

@doodlemania2 sure next time I am at a desk I will send you a PR

@doodlemania2 sent you a PR

@nebulon working perfectly. Thank you.