Installing Apps and Other Artifacts to Containers
Applications and other artifacts (such as DXP activation keys) are installed to DXP Docker containers via the container’s /mnt/liferay/deploy folder. The container entry point symbolically links the /mnt/liferay/deploy folder to the container’s [Liferay Home]/deploy folder (i.e., /opt/liferay/deploy). Any artifacts that you provide to the /mnt/liferay/deploy folder are auto-deployed to Liferay.
Here are two ways to install artifacts:
A Docker volume can also be used to install artifacts to a container.
Installing Artifacts Using a Bind Mount
Here are the steps:
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Create a host folder and a subfolder called
deploy.mkdir -p [host folder]/deploy -
Copy your artifact into the
[host folder]/deployfolder. For example,cp my-app.lpkg [host folder]/deploy -
Create a container, that includes a bind mount that maps your artifact’s folder to the container’s
/mnt/liferay/deployfolder. Since this example’s artifact is in a folder calleddeploy, you can bind mount to the container’s/mnt/liferayfolder.docker run -it -m 8g -p 8080:8080 -v [host folder path]:/mnt/liferay liferay/dxp:[tag]
Liferay launches and installs the artifact. The container reports a message like this:
[LIFERAY] The directory /mnt/liferay/deploy is ready. Copy files to [host folder]/deploy on the host operating system to deploy modules to Liferay Portal at runtime.
After Liferay launches, you can install additional artifacts to Liferay by copying them to your [host folder]/deploy folder.
Installing Artifacts Using docker cp
Use a docker cp command like this one to copy your artifact to your running container’s /mnt/liferay/deploy folder.
docker cp ~/my-apps/some-app.lpkg [container]:/opt/liferay/deploy
See Providing Files to the Container for more information.
Now you know how to install apps and other artifacts to Liferay.