Production Wokflow Issues

[RonanMorgan]

Hello !

I encountered several issues while trying to use Decidim for my NGO so I list them here in case someone else want to use this docker compose in production :

1. with the current image used it seems that you cannot use an S3 in order to save the file. You can of course use the "local" option but this is really not a good practice in production.
   This is explained in the documentation : https://docs.decidim.org/en/develop/configure/environment_variables
   I think an other image should be available (with a new tag "S3" maybe ?)

2. It seems that this env var should be activated the first time because the hello world script need to reset the db ?
   DISABLE_DATABASE_ENVIRONMENT_CHECK=1
   This is pretty worrying, I am still trying to understand this part, maybe the HelloWorld script should not be used in production mode.

3. The "seed" part of the HelloWorld script is not compatible with the validation test of the database in production mode
   ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid: Validation failed: Organization must exist, Hero image The file is not attached to any organization (ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid)

I am still on it but I will update it later,

[davidbeig]

Hello @RonanMorgan,

We are currently working on #119 with the Decidim Association, so that we can provide the Decidim community with a suitable install script that could use the Decidim image for production.

1. It's true that we need to build an image that has the capability to use some bucket service, mostly s3 compatible. Will be working on that, but don't know if it will enter our current work in progress.
   2 and 3. You could use the decidim image with a another entrypoint, and not the hello-world.sh and just make sure that the database exists and execute the migrations.

Right now i would tell you to use the image but build a docker-compose.yml suitable for you, with the necessary environment variables.

[RonanMorgan]

thanks for you answer !

About 2 & 3 : I currently don't know ruby on rails so I don't think I will be able to create my own seed command. Would you advise to do it directly with psql command for exemple ? could you provide the database schema in order to do so ?

[davidbeig]

You can check the decidim repo, there you'll find the db/migrate folder with all the migrations.

When starting for the first time your application you have to make sure that the database exists.

You can do so by: bin/rails db:create (with the correct env -> RAILS_ENV=production or RAILS_ENV=development). And then execute the migrations by using bin/rails db:migrate. With that you are good to go.

[RonanMorgan]

thanks !

Do you want me to close this issue ?

[davidbeig]

We can leave it open untill you succeed :)

[RonanMorgan]

I am adding other points :

4. [ActionDispatch::HostAuthorization::DefaultResponseApp] Blocked hosts: ....fr
   => I had to use this var env : RAILS_DEVELOPMENT_HOSTS
   But again this wont be possible for production mode

5. Can't verify CSRF token authenticity.