how-to-use-host-path-as-persistent-volume-for-bold-reports-deployment.md

How to use host path as persistent volume for Bold Reports deployment?

You can store the application data on your host machine to make the Bold Reports container a stateful application. The Bold Reports application will read and write the data on your host machine. In the following section, we will learn how to use the host path as a persistent volume for Bold Reports deployment.

1. When deploying the Bold Reports application using Docker or Docker compose, you can pass the host path as a persistent volume. Here is an example using the Docker command.

   docker run --name boldreports -p 80:80 -p 443:443 \
   -e APP_URL=<app_url> \
   -v <host_path_for_appdata_files>:/application/app_data \
   -v <host_path_for_nginx_config>:/etc/nginx/sites-available \
   -d syncfusion/boldreports:<tag>

   Persisting application app_data

   Replace the <host_path_for_appdata_files> value with a directory path from your host machine in the advanced docker run command.

   For example
   Windows: -v D:/boldreports/nginx:/etc/nginx/sites-available
   Linux: -v /home/boldreports/nginx:/etc/nginx/sites-available

   Nginx configuration

   Replace the <host_path_for_nginx_config> value with a directory path from your host machine in the advanced docker run command.

   For example
   Windows: -v D:/boldreports/nginx:/etc/nginx/sites-available
   Linux: -v /home/boldreports/nginx:/etc/nginx/sites-available

   Example:

   docker run --name boldreports -p 80:80 -p 443:443 \
   -e APP_URL=https://example.com \
   -v D:/boldreports/app_data:/application/app_data \
   -v D:/boldreports/nginx:/etc/nginx/sites-available \
   -d syncfusion/boldreports:6.3.24

2. After running the command, access the Bold Reports App by entering APP_URL in a browser. At this point, Bold Reports should be running in <app_url> (as appropriate)

   

   Note: The BoldReports site is not immediately available because the containers are still being initialized and may take a couple of minutes for the first load.

Application Startup

Configure the Bold Reports On-Premise application startup to use the application. Please refer the following link for more details on configuring the application startup.

https://help.boldreports.com/enterprise-reporting/administrator-guide/application-startup/