Azure docker settings.js location

General
1

When pulling the latest docker image onto an Azure container instance, the settings file ends up in the user directory instead of the mounted file share at /data.

Any way to avoid this so settings.js is on the file share? Would prefer not to write my own dockerfile if possible.

Cheers

Logs:

16 Oct 15:32:11 - [info] Node-RED version: v2.0.6
16 Oct 15:32:11 - [info] Node.js  version: v14.17.6
16 Oct 15:32:11 - [info] Linux 5.4.81-microsoft-standard x64 LE
16 Oct 15:32:11 - [info] Loading palette nodes
16 Oct 15:32:22 - [info] Settings file  : /usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/settings.js
16 Oct 15:32:22 - [info] Context store  : 'default' [module=memory]
16 Oct 15:32:22 - [info] User directory : /data
16 Oct 15:32:22 - [warn] Projects disabled : editorTheme.projects.enabled=false
16 Oct 15:32:22 - [info] Flows file     : /data/flows.json
16 Oct 15:32:22 - [info] Server now running at http://127.0.0.1:1880/
2

The default image will put (copy it from /usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red if there isn't already one present) the settings.js in the /data directory as this is the default userDir for the container.

The only way it should be using the settings.js from /usr/src/node-red/node_modules/node-red/ is if you have explicitly asked it to by adding the --settings command line argument to the container.

I don't use azure, but there should be a way to get a full list of arguments that have been passed to the container some where?

3

There was no --settings command given, just the default command:

> node-red-docker@2.0.6 start /usr/src/node-red
> node $NODE_OPTIONS node_modules/node-red/red.js $FLOWS "--userDir" "/data"

After adding a settings.js to /data manually it pulls from the right location. Very strange.

4

It's the volume writeable by uid 1000?

5

Should be - it saves flows.js and all the credentials as expected.