Files are being lost on container redeploys

[javon27]

LibreChat/deploy-compose.yml

Line 90 in a87d4e0

pgdata2:

I'm not an expert on containers, but I think the reason files are lost is because we don't have a named volume that can persist between deployments? This includes avatar images and other file uploads. I'm using the Railway one-click deployment.

[danny-avila]

persist between deployments

if you are using the same directory the containers were initialized on, they should be persisting .

MongoDB

  mongodb:
    container_name: chat-mongodb
    image: mongo
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - ./data-node:/data/db

Mounts the host directory ./data-node to the container's /data/db directory, ensuring MongoDB data persists.

Meilisearch

  meilisearch:
    container_name: chat-meilisearch
    image: getmeili/meilisearch:v1.7.3
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - ./meili_data_v1.7:/meili_data

Mounts the host directory ./meili_data_v1.7 to the container's /meili_data directory, ensuring Meilisearch data persists.

VectorDB (PostgreSQL with pgvector)

  vectordb:
    image: ankane/pgvector:latest
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: mydatabase
      POSTGRES_USER: myuser
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mypassword
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - pgdata2:/var/lib/postgresql/data

Uses a Docker named volume pgdata2 to persist PostgreSQL data in the container's /var/lib/postgresql/data directory.

Volumes Definition

volumes:
  pgdata2:

Defines the named volume pgdata2 used by the vectordb service for data persistence.

    ./images:/app/client/public/images: This line mounts the ./images directory from the host machine to the /app/client/public/images directory within the container.

This ensures that any images stored by the api service are persisted on the host machine, making them accessible even if the container restarts or is recreated.