new: allow serving static files from mounted volume

Author: ludomikula

deploy/docker/Dockerfile

@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ LABEL maintainer="lowcoder"
 # Change default nginx user into lowcoder user and remove default nginx config
 RUN usermod --login lowcoder --uid 9001 nginx \
   && groupmod --new-name lowcoder --gid 9001 nginx \
-  && rm -f /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+  && rm -f /etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
+  && mkdir -p /lowcoder/assets
 
 # Copy lowcoder client data
 COPY --chown=lowcoder:lowcoder --from=build-client /lowcoder-client/packages/lowcoder/build/ /lowcoder/client
@@ -196,7 +197,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --no-instal
       nodejs \
       openjdk-17-jdk-headless \
   && npm install -g yarn \
-  && rm -rf /var/cache/apt/lists
+  && rm -rf /var/cache/apt/lists \
+  && mkdir -p /lowcoder/assets
 
 # Add lowcoder api-service
 COPY --chown=lowcoder:lowcoder --from=lowcoder-ce-api-service /lowcoder/api-service /lowcoder/api-service

deploy/docker/docker-compose-multi.yaml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ services:
       MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: secret123
     # Uncomment to save database data into local 'mongodata' folder
     # volumes:
-    #   - ./mogodata:/data/db
+    #   - ./mongodata:/data/db
     restart: unless-stopped
 
   redis:
@@ -95,4 +95,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - lowcoder-node-service
       - lowcoder-api-service
+    # Uncomment to serve local files as static assets
+    # volumes:
+    #   - ./static-assets:/lowcoder/assets
 

deploy/docker/docker-compose.yaml

@@ -52,5 +52,6 @@ services:
       LOWCODER_MAX_QUERY_TIMEOUT: 120
     volumes:
       - ./lowcoder-stacks:/lowcoder-stacks
+      - ./lowcoder-stacks/assets:/lowcoder/assets
     restart: unless-stopped
 

deploy/docker/frontend/nginx-http.conf

@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ http {
             }
         }
 
+	location /assets {
+	    alias /lowcoder/assets;
+	    expires 1M;
+	}
+
         location /api {
             proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
             proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;

deploy/docker/frontend/nginx-https.conf

@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ http {
             }
         }
 
+        location /assets {
+            root /lowcoder/assets;
+            alias /lowcoder/assets;
+            expires 1M;
+        }
+
         location /api {
             proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
             proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;