Assets 404 when restarting containers

[robtec]

I have a fork of this project (https://github.com/robtec/vendure-docker-deploy)

When I docker compose down then docker compose up -d I lose the test asset images on my site

I persist the database as a docker volume so this is not deleted on the docker compose down

I'm guessing its repopulating the database or something on startup?

[robtec]

I just tested adding a product (non seeded/populated one) and it also results in a 404 asset after compose cycle

[agoransson]

I had the same issue, I don't think it has to do with database - more likely it's the container that is rebuilt and the locally stored data would be deleted inside the container. I guess.

I overcame this by attaching a new volume and modifying the assetplugin path to that persistent volume mount. Worth noting is that I am using Northflank. But the same should be possible if you attach f.ex. a docker volume to your compose setup and change the asset plugin to the correct mount path.

        AssetServerPlugin.init({
            route: 'assets',
            assetUploadDir: '/assets'
        }),