Flame dashboard configuration lost after my server lost power
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ReactionHaunting1956 · 2023-10-16 04:26

I used the default docker run -p 5005:5005 -v /path/to/data:/app/data
-e PASSWORD=flame_password pawelmalak/flame The only thing I changed
was the password.

After months of it woking just fine, I had a power outtage and my
server shut off for several hours. After turning back on and verifying
the server and services were up , I left it alone. Then I visited the
flame dashboard as usual and that's when I noticed everything was
gone. No wallpaper, no icons, no custom greeting. It was back to black
and white.

I checked the container settings on Portainer and found the volume
listed as /path/to/data and the path in container listed as /app/data.
I don't know where to find these in my Linux server or what to change
it to to get my customizations back.

If it can't be done and the settings are gone, What do I need to do to
prevent this from happening again? Do I need to add a database to this
bashboard for my settings to remain permanent?

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thekrautboy · 2023-10-16 04:36

> I used the default docker run -p 5005:5005 -v
/path/to/data:/app/data -e PASSWORD=flame_password pawelmalak/flame
The only thing I changed was the password.

> I checked the container settings on Portainer and found the volume
listed as /path/to/data and the path in container listed as /app/data.

But these paths match? So it should still work? Unless the power
outage has damaged files in that path and Flame cannot load them
anymore. Which is why you have a backup, right...

Did you literally use /path/to/data or is that just as a example? If
you actually did use that, thats your mistake. It should be clear by
the author of the software that you should change this part, and not
only the password, and by using a odd path like `/path/to/data` this
is usually obvious to most users.

With Docker container mappings such as bind mounts, the left side of
the `:` is the side for the Docker host, you can chose freely where
you want to map this to, for example `/home/username/docker/flame` or
whatever path is useful to you.

The right side of the `:` is the path inside the container, you cannot
simply pick whatever there and expect it to work. Typically the
creator of the container mentions in their documentation which
container paths (right side) should be mapped to the host (left side,
choose freely) in order to have data persistent.

If you are lucky your data still exists, in the literal messed up path
that you picked, so go look at `/path/to/data` if it exists and if it
has anything in there. Maybe the flame data is there and you can copy
it to a more standard path, modify your mapping in Portainer and
continue using it. Or the data is gone and you learned something
today.

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ReactionHaunting1956 · 2023-10-16 04:50

Thank you so much for the detailed answer! I really appreciate the
time you took to respond.

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thekrautboy · 2023-10-16 04:55

Youre welcome :)