Movim doesn't work

[pisua]

Hi, we try deploy without docker compose a full docker environment using these command for deploying our own movim pod for our company.

-> create a docker network docker network create --subnet=172.20.0.0/16 my-net

-> create postgres container docker create --restart=always --name postgres -p 5432:5432 \ -e POSTGRES_USER=root -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=movim \ -v /var/volumes/postgres/:/var/lib/postgresql/data \ -e POSTGRES_DB=movim --net my-net postgres

-> create pgADmin container to acces to the databse using http docker create --restart=always --name pgAdmin -p 8000:80 \ -e "PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL=macha.jumelin@cohorte-technologies.com" \ -e "PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD=postgres" \ --net my-net \ dpage/pgadmin4

->create xmpp openfire container docker create --name xmpp --restart=always \ -p 9090:9090 -p 5222:5222 -p 7777:7777 \ -v /var/volumes/openfire/:/var/lib/openfire/ \ --net my-net gizmotronic/openfire

->create movim container docker create --name movim --net my-net --restart=always \ -e POSTGRES_DB=movim -e POSTGRES_HOST=postgres \ -e POSTGRES_PORT=5432 -e POSTGRES_USER=root \ -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=movim -e MOVIM_ADMIN=movim \ -e MOVIM_PASSWORD=movim -e MOVIM_DOMAIN=http://localhost/ \ -p 8080:8080 -e MOVIM_PORT=8080 -e MOVIMINTERFACE=0.0.0.0 \ movim/movim:0.14.1rc4

after running all these container

i'm able to connect to my postgres database movim , my xmpp server openfire. But i can't connect to any administrative web interface for movim in order to set the xmpp server to use as well as i can't connect to movim using the Mac OS client .

For the movim container Do you have any documentation about how to create a movim container properly ? is there any missing environment variable in my docker create container ? How to define in the movim container the link to the xmpp container ? Is there any web technical interface to configure it using the browser ?

Thanks in advance for you quick answer

Cohorte technologies.

[kawaii]

Good morning!

You don't seem to have any kind of reverse proxy (nginx or Apache) container used to serve the Movim application. The Movim container requires a FastCGI compatiable webserver to act as a proxy, it also needs to be able to see the static content (bind mount works). See the following example;

services:
  movim:
    image: movim/movim:latest
    volumes:
    - ${PWD}/movim:/var/www/html:rw
  nginx:
    image: nginx:mainline-alpine
    ports:
    - published: 80
      target: 80
    volumes:
    - ${PWD}/nginx:/etc/nginx/conf.d:ro
    - ${PWD}/movim:/var/www/html:ro
version: '3.7'

I've removed any environment keys from the YAML to keep it simple. You need an nginx container which you can mount configuration into, here is example nginx configuration to use.

[pisua]

Hi, i understand that we need a frontal http to have a working movim container. So it seems it's not an autonomous container. Why do you don't provide a version ready to use with already a http server inside the container ? it should be better to have an nginx or apache2 with the correct configuration inside this container and a port expose. Regarding other official container like phpmyadmin or pgAdmin or jenkins, we don't have set an http container to have a working interface.

Anyway , i've created a httpd apache2 container from the official docker hub repo and shared a volume between movim and apache2 container.

Can you give me a configuration for apache2 with all needed module to ensure everything is ready and working ?

For my point of view i use a http container (nginx or httpd) to restrict access to application in http and use only proxypass.

Thanks in advance for you answer. Regards, Aurélien PISU

[kawaii]

It's generally considered bad practice to run more than a single service per Docker container. One of the perks of Docker is process isolation. Unfortunately I am not familiar with Apache2 at all, I only use nginx personally so perhaps @edhelas can provide some example configuration?

In the future, when NGINX Unit is more mature, I may create a prototype movim-unit container for testing, but currently this is how it works. It makes it infinitely easier to maintain for me.

[pisua]

Hi, i understand your concern about havin a single service per container. That what majority kind of container provides and it's a the best pratice. We can give as an example nextcloud or owncloud for instance.

But in the major cases the server is available and work without having to set a front httpd server with the correct configuration.

if you can provide a movim-unit that provides an interface and a ready to use container it would be better.

Regarding my understand it seems the dependencies between the 2 container nginx (or httpd) and movim seems very high. I understand it's how it works today but with apache2, we can't deploy our own movim due to lack of documentation. @edhelas, if you can provides some example, that would be nice. Thanks in advance for your answer Aurélien PISU

[edhelas]

@pisua When you launch the daemon manually it generates a configuration for Apache and nginx, an example is available on the official documentation there https://github.com/movim/movim/wiki/Install-Movim#4-configure-your-web-server .

The rest is simply to point the subdomain or directory to the Movim root repository. Furthermore you have an example for Apache there. https://github.com/movim/movim/blob/master/etc/apache2/conf-available/movim.conf

[pisua]

Hi, i've tested with a apache2 that includes php7 and set on our virtualhost the configuration based on your example : I ensure that the necessary modules are loaded and i get a 200 http status that contains this error message : An error occured, check syslog for more information

Can you give me more info to understand where is the issue ?

here the configuration used : <VirtualHost *:80> ProxyPass /movim/ws/ ws://movim:8080/ Alias /movim/ /var/www/html/

<Directory /var/www/html> DirectoryIndex index.php Options +FollowSymLinks -Indexes AllowOverride FileInfo Options Require all granted

<Location /movim/> Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"

[edhelas]

Can you please check syslog for more information? :)

[pisua]

Where can i find it ? Do i have to look on the movim container or apache ?

Thanks in advance for you answer Aurélien

[kawaii]

You probably want to tail the Movim container logs, to see what PHP-FPM is outputting when you hit the page.

[edhelas]

@pisua it seems that you need more help about packaging/deploying your own Docker Movim instance.

This bug-tracker is more there to list and fix issues related to the current movim_docker file. I think that it's better for you to come to our chatroom to discuss about those issues: xmpp:movim@conference.movim.eu?join

If you're ok with that I'll close this ticket and we continue the discussion there.