MUPX: files lost on re-deploy and restart

[crackedbeefcake]

i have set the storagePath relative to user like suggested here
Images = new Meteor.Files({ collectionName: 'Images', storagePath: '~/tmp/meteor/imgs' });
but when i restart meteor in development or redeploy to the project with mupx, all imgs are gone.

[dr-dimitru]

Make sure you aren't overwriting folder where files is stored on deploy.
I recommend to use rsync with -azuiP flags.

And currently I won't recommend to use relative path to user. I'm emphatically recommend to always use absolute path. Or at least left default value for storagePath to see if it's working properly.

[crackedbeefcake]

then i would have to rsync to my local machine everytime I push code to the server, and when I forget once, the data would be overwritten?
or do i missunderstand?

[dr-dimitru]

Can't clearly answer as I don't now your server's structure and how it's configured, and I've never worked with MUP/MUPX

• You don't need to sync your server with local machine (unless you want to keep all uploaded files locally)
• If storagePath is out of your Meteor/NodeJS directory uploaded files shouldn't be overwritten
• Have you tried to use package's default storagePath?
• Have you tried to use absolute value for storagePath?

[crackedbeefcake]

i have tried storagePath: '/tmp/UploadedFiles', no storagePath and
storagePath: '~/tmp/meteor/imgs'.

I am running an Ubuntu 14.04.4 x64 droplet on digitalOcean

[dr-dimitru]

• Do you able to obtain uploaded files in those directories?
• Do you upload compiled app (NodeJS) or as "Meteor App"?

[crackedbeefcake]

• what do you mean by this?
• mupx writes this: Deploy app 'anna_app' (linux) to the console when they start to deploy. so i assume its "Meteor App". but any images that i have locally do not get uploaded

[dr-dimitru]

1. Can you go to /tmp/UploadedFiles on you server and ls -la to see uploaded files
2. Yes, MUPX won't deploy anything what is not related to application codebase - this is expected behaviour

Deploy you application, and then upload files

[crackedbeefcake]

• the tmp folder at /opt/anna_app/tmp contains nothing but bundle.tar.gz. and /tmp is empty.

[dr-dimitru]

Do you have any error/warning at server's console?
Meteor-Files should warn you if storagePath is not writable/accessible

[crackedbeefcake]

i can upload. see the portfolio page
the image you see is uploaded via the package.
the current storagePath is '/tmp/UploadedFiles'
i have no warnings.

[dr-dimitru]

I guess your server just wiping out /tmp folder frequently, as it's basically temporary folder

[crackedbeefcake]

but the files are still online.

[dr-dimitru]

Sorry, but I did't get you.

1. What is not working right now?

[crackedbeefcake]

when i do mupx deploy again, all the files are gone.
so everytime I make a change to the code, i have to reupload all the projects.

[dr-dimitru]

probably mupx builds app inside /tmp/ and probably wipes out tmp folder after build, try to use /data/UploadedFiles