[Feature Request]: Instalation Instruction Without Docker (e.g. for FrreBSD)

[chlarsen]

Description

Not everyone has Docker, but I have Redis, PostgreSQL, reverse proxy, Authelia and the lot at the ready. All I would love to have are plane-Jane non-Docker installation instructions fore the AFFiNE app itself. Any thoughts? Thank you!

Use case

No response

Anything else?

No response

Are you willing to submit a PR?

• Yes I'd like to help by submitting a PR!

[darkskygit]

currently affine server does not considered the case of installation in the non-docker environment, which may be have many edge cases and dependency issues
i will turn this issue into a discussion thread — when there are enough users who need this, we will consider scheduling it

[majortom64]

Being able to install without Docker would have great value for everyone who cares about running it natively on macOS, FreeBSD and/or every other operating system. It also makes it much easier to do a security audit, as one can easily understand what code is bing used for what.

[chlarsen]

Thank you both!
I have been working for a lnog time with mission-critical infrastructure, and the comments above reflect the two key approaches to it: Either you create a bespoke, walled garden and hope it will keep safe and pristine, or you make sure your interfacing ends (in the widest sense of the word) are compatible with prevailing "standards". The latter approach may be clearly more work initially, but it pays off in no time due to increased robustness and scalability.
Just my philosophical/architectural 2 cents :-).

[majortom64]

Another point: The current container actually requires Docker, rather than OCI containers, as it is dependent on Docker’s proprietary compose syntax. This means that one cannot run the system on Podman or macOS’s open source Containerization Framework. While instructions on installing without Docker would be best, an incremental improvement would be replacing the Docker Compose syntax with a set of standard OCI container files.

This would also make deploying under Kubernetes easier.