Where is the source code when installation is done using DigitalOcean Marketplace

[cptalpdeniz]

Hello,

I setup a DigitalOcean droplet then installed Redash using DigitalOcean Marketplace. As far as I see, this uses docker. The issue is I need to make changes to the files (for example change logo) and few other things but I never used docker and I cannot find the files in /var/www/ as well. I was only able to find /opt/redash/ but then this is also pretty empty. Where are the source files and how do I use docker with it?

[cptalpdeniz]

I mean I don't understand this at all, I just need to change ONE file, server is running so clearly this file is SOMEWHERE in the somewhere but I cannot find it, I can't even find the file using find command run on /, most stupid thing I have ever seen... Literally wasted 8 hours trying to find where the files are just because of this docker thing. Is there ANY HELP available?

[cptalpdeniz]

Okay so I see that you shell into the docker container but then how to change the files? I want to setup a git repo where the files are located so that me and few groupmates can make changes

[masayuki038]

If you want to temporarily copy files, how about using docker cp?
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/cp/

[cptalpdeniz]

I'm trying bind mount so that the changes are reflected and I can setup the git on the host (which is the server) but then I'm getting OCI runtime create failed: container_linux.go:346: starting container process caused "exec: \"/app/bin/docker-entrypoint\": stat /app/bin/docker-entrypoint: no such file or directory": unknown

[masayuki038]

Hmm, I don't know...

If you want to change some files of Redash and deploy it continuously, I would do as follows:

• Fork redash
• Modify forked redash files
• Create a modified redash docker container
• Deploy the created container

[cptalpdeniz]

We already made changes to the current installed redash, unfortunately we cannot start over :/ I also do not know how to create a docker container

[guidopetri]

@cptalpdeniz sorry you've had a frustrating day. We're all volunteers here - nobody is paid to work on redash or answer questions - so please bear that in mind if you don't get a response right away.

The repo files are copied into the Redash docker container under the /app directory, as you can see here: https://github.com/getredash/redash/blob/master/Dockerfile#L96 this line copies the contents of ., i.e. the entire repo, into /app, changing the owner of the files to redash.

I'd suggest following @masayuki038 's instructions of forking the repo and modifying the files as needed, then building the container. You can follow the GHA instructions to do that, and to deploy it, you can use the docker-compose.yml file (pointing to your own container image) or deploy it manually with something like docker run. However, you'll need to learn a bit more about Docker for this, and we don't have a good documentation base that would help you. Perhaps you could open a PR or edit the wiki with some instructions once you've figured it out?