Configuration file for docker-compose setup

[majdal]

Hello! Great work on this super useful tool!

I am following the instructions for the docker setup, which includes editing the config.properties file.

The sample config here gives some hints, but I'm having trouble getting a server instance up and running. I think it has to do with the server not being able to connect to the db.

Would you be able to provide a complete server config sample, with the values filled in. This is especially true for those of us who are not familiar with Java syntax. For example, I can't tell if database.server = mysql should be like that, or database.server = http://mysql.

Additionally, the sample docker-compose file exposes port 9306, while the config.properties suggests that it should be 3306.

In any case, it would be nice to have a minimalist config.properties that could get a new user like me up and running quickly.

[sebastian-raubach]

Hi, thanks for posting this issue.
I've added a dedicated example to the Germinate documentation. It shows a complete docker-compose.yml setup as well as the relevant bits of the config.properties files of each Germinate and Gatekeeper:
https://germinateplatform.github.io/germinate-server/setup-example.html

Hope this helps clear things up.

[majdal]

This is great - thank you, Sebastian.

I'm still having a bit of trouble with the authentication, however. I'm more of a Python user, so the Java errors are a bit cryptic to me...

For a reverse proxy, I used Caddy with the following config:

<my.domain>

reverse_proxy localhost:9080

reverse_proxy /auth localhost:9081

I setup gatekeeper to use the same domain name, because I assume there's some kind of cross site security issues that would rise otherwise.

But, I get a 404 when I visit ´my.domain/auth´. I tried to change web.base in the gatekeeper config to be web.base=https://<my.domain>/auth, which is the same value as gatekeeper.url in germinate's config.properties. Still the same error. Any tips?

[sebastian-raubach]

Hi,
I'm not familiar with Caddy at all, unfortunately.
If you get a 404, then this has nothing to do with Germinate or Gatekeeper, as the request simply hasn't reached them yet.
Does your configuration work for the Germinate side of things at all?

[majdal]

Hello - I think it's a config problem rather than a reverse proxy problem. Because when I visit the page locally from the machine that's running docker (http://localhost:9081), I still get a 404.

The Germinate side renders perfectly, though.

[sebastian-raubach]

The only error in the example configuration I could find was this line:

web.base=http://localhost:8082/

which should have been

web.base=http://localhost:9081/

I've got the exact configuration from the example running on a VM here and everything works fine, so really not sure why it's not working at your end.

[sebastian-raubach]

If you are able to send your docker-compose.yml and your config.properties files (feel free to remove passwords) to germinate@hutton.ac.uk then maybe I can help you further.