Themes on Windows with Docker

[mobiuscoffee]

I ran into a problem while trying to get audiogram to work on my Windows machine. I'm not a programmer, but it's easy enough to follow the steps laid out here.

However, I ran into a problem when trying to create a custom theme for audiogram. I edited the file and put in the correct sized background files, but when I started up audiogram the themes weren't there. I couldn't select them and only the defaults were present.

It feels like the themes aren't being copied into the container, and through some testing that seems to be the case, but I have no idea how to fix that.

[mobiuscoffee]

It's pretty clear this is more a docker problem than a audiogram problem, but I think it's something that a lot of people could potentially have trouble with.

I've found a workaround that solves the problem, but is pretty sloppy.

I figured out I can make changes to the local theme files and then copy them over to the container with a Docker Quickstart Terminal.

docker cp c:/Users/<Name>/audiogram/settings/themes.json <container>:/home/audiogram/audiogram/settings/themes.json

The same thing can be done with background images.

docker cp c:/Users/<Name>/audiogram/settings/backgrounds/<background image> <container>:/home/audiogram/audiogram/settings/backgrounds/<background image>

Every time I make a change to the theme file I just have to recopy it over and refresh my audiogram tab to have the changes take effect.

[veltman]

Yes, this is a general issue of working with Docker. Changes you make to the file on your computer won't show up in the Docker container automatically. You have a few choices:

1. edit the settings/themes.json file in the Docker container instead
2. edit it on your computer and copy it, e.g. docker cp /where/i/edited/settings/themes.json audiogram:/home/audiogram/audiogram/settings/themes.json
3. if you’re using your own repo, commit the changes and build a docker image from that repo instead
4. Delete the settings folder from the Docker container and mount your local settings folder that you’re editing, by running it with something like:

docker run -p 8888:8888 -v /where/your/settings/folder/is/:/home/audiogram/audiogram/settings/ -t -i audiogram

Now changes you save in /where/your/settings/folder/is/ should be reflected.

[mobiuscoffee]

I tried running the command to mount my local settings folder, and after figuring out c:/ has to be /c/ in Docker I ran into a different problem that I'm not sure how to fix.

I ran npm start and got a bunch of errors.

audiogram@e0192e004f54:~/audiogram$ npm start

> audiogram@0.9.4 start /home/audiogram/audiogram
> npm run postinstall && bin/server


> audiogram@0.9.4 postinstall /home/audiogram/audiogram
> mkdir -p editor/js && browserify client/index.js > editor/js/bundle.js

module.js:328
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module '../settings/'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:326:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:277:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/audiogram/audiogram/server/render.js:1:84)
    at Module._compile (module.js:410:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:344:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:301:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)

npm ERR! Linux 4.4.16-boot2docker
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v4.2.6
npm ERR! npm  v3.5.2
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! audiogram@0.9.4 start: `npm run postinstall && bin/server`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the audiogram@0.9.4 start script 'npm run postinstall && bin/server'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the audiogram package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     npm run postinstall && bin/server
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs audiogram
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls audiogram
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/audiogram/audiogram/npm-debug.log

I copied over the npm-debug.log file like it suggests.

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/nodejs', '/usr/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using npm@3.5.2
3 info using node@v4.2.6
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle audiogram@0.9.4~prestart: audiogram@0.9.4
6 silly lifecycle audiogram@0.9.4~prestart: no script for prestart, continuing
7 info lifecycle audiogram@0.9.4~start: audiogram@0.9.4
8 verbose lifecycle audiogram@0.9.4~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
9 verbose lifecycle audiogram@0.9.4~start: PATH: /usr/share/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/home/audiogram/audiogram/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
10 verbose lifecycle audiogram@0.9.4~start: CWD: /home/audiogram/audiogram
11 silly lifecycle audiogram@0.9.4~start: Args: [ '-c', 'npm run postinstall && bin/server' ]
12 silly lifecycle audiogram@0.9.4~start: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
13 info lifecycle audiogram@0.9.4~start: Failed to exec start script
14 verbose stack Error: audiogram@0.9.4 start: `npm run postinstall && bin/server`
14 verbose stack Exit status 1
14 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:232:16)
14 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
14 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:172:7)
14 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:24:14)
14 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
14 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
14 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:821:16)
14 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:211:5)
15 verbose pkgid audiogram@0.9.4
16 verbose cwd /home/audiogram/audiogram
17 error Linux 4.4.16-boot2docker
18 error argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
19 error node v4.2.6
20 error npm  v3.5.2
21 error code ELIFECYCLE
22 error audiogram@0.9.4 start: `npm run postinstall && bin/server`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the audiogram@0.9.4 start script 'npm run postinstall && bin/server'.
23 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
23 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the audiogram package,
23 error not with npm itself.
23 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
23 error     npm run postinstall && bin/server
23 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
23 error     npm bugs audiogram
23 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
23 error     npm owner ls audiogram
23 error There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]