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Doc/Sample improvement: cron via docker-compose needs Redis-environment as well

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This had me scratching my head a bit: I've set REDIS_HOST for the app:-target in the Apache docker-compose-file, and every five minutes (when cron comes around) I would get Redis server went away stains in the log.

It turns out that of course the solution is to pass the REDIS_{HOST, PORT} environment variables also to the cron:-target, e.g. in https://github.com/nextcloud/docker/blob/4cf9a20fdf5740e92e3b213a52d463c88449559a/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/postgres/apache/compose.yaml#L41.

I suggest to add the REDIS_*-variables to the cron:-section in the example template (possibly elsewhere?) to remind folks to do this.

[Or I misdiagnosed the issue, and I have some other problem – I had assumed the whole time that the cron-container would just trigger tasks in the running instance, but apparently that wasn't the case.]

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Open .examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/postgres/apache/compose.yaml around line 41 and compare the environment variables on the app and cron services. Update the example so cron receives the REDIS_HOST and REDIS_PORT variables, then verify the compose configuration remains valid.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, docker-compose, redis
Domain
devops, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
50/100

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