Parse Server is an open source version of the Parse backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js.
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$ curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-parse/master/docker-compose.yml > docker-compose.yml
$ docker-compose up -d
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To run this application you need Docker Engine 1.10.0. Docker Compose is recomended with a version 1.6.0 or later.
Running Parse with a database server is the recommended way. You can either use docker-compose or run the containers manually.
The main folder of this repository contains a functional docker-compose.yml
file. Run the application using it as shown below:
$ curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-parse/master/docker-compose.yml > docker-compose.yml
$ docker-compose up -d
If you want to run the application manually instead of using docker-compose, these are the basic steps you need to run:
- Create a new network for the application and the database:
$ docker network create parse_network
- Start a MongoDB database in the network generated:
$ docker run -d --name mongodb --net=parse_network bitnami/mongodb
Note: You need to give the container a name in order to Parse to resolve the host
- Run the Parse container:
$ docker run -d -p 1337:1337 --name parse --net=parse_network bitnami/parse
Then you can access your application at http://your-ip/parse
If you remove the container all your data and configurations will be lost, and the next time you run the image the database will be reinitialized. To avoid this loss of data, you should mount a volume that will persist even after the container is removed.
For persistence you should mount a volume at the /bitnami
path. Additionally you should mount a volume for persistence of the MongoDB data.
The above examples define docker volumes namely mongodb_data
and parse_data
. The Parse application state will persist as long as these volumes are not removed.
To avoid inadvertent removal of these volumes you can mount host directories as data volumes. Alternatively you can make use of volume plugins to host the volume data.
NOTE: As this is a non-root container, the mounted files and directories must have the proper permissions for the UID
1001
.
This requires a minor change to the docker-compose.yml
file present in this repository:
mongodb:
...
volumes:
- '/path/to/your/local/mongodb_data:/bitnami'
...
parse:
...
volumes:
- '/path/to/parse-persistence:/bitnami'
...
In this case you need to specify the directories to mount on the run command. The process is the same than the one previously shown:
- Create a network (if it does not exist):
$ docker network create parse-tier
- Create a MongoDB container with host volume:
$ docker run -d --name mongodb \
--net parse-tier \
--volume /path/to/mongodb-persistence:/bitnami \
bitnami/mongodb:latest
Note: You need to give the container a name in order to Parse to resolve the host
- Run the Parse container:
$ docker run -d --name parse -p 1337:1337 \
--net parse-tier \
--volume /path/to/parse-persistence:/bitnami \
bitnami/parse:latest
Bitnami provides up-to-date versions of Mongodb and Parse, including security patches, soon after they are made upstream. We recommend that you follow these steps to upgrade your container. We will cover here the upgrade of the Parse container. For the Mongodb upgrade see https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mongodb/blob/master/README.md#upgrade-this-image
- Get the updated images:
$ docker pull bitnami/parse:latest
- Stop your container
- For docker-compose:
$ docker-compose stop parse
- For manual execution:
$ docker stop parse
- Take a snapshot of the application state
$ rsync -a /path/to/parse-persistence /path/to/parse-persistence.bkp.$(date +%Y%m%d-%H.%M.%S)
Additionally, snapshot the MongoDB data
You can use these snapshots to restore the application state should the upgrade fail.
- Remove the currently running container
- For docker-compose:
$ docker-compose rm parse
- For manual execution:
$ docker rm parse
- Run the new image
- For docker-compose:
$ docker-compose up parse
- For manual execution (mount the directories if needed):
docker run --name parse bitnami/parse:latest
When you start the parse image, you can adjust the configuration of the instance by passing one or more environment variables either on the docker-compose file or on the docker run
command line. If you want to add a new environment variable:
- For docker-compose add the variable name and value under the application section in the
docker-compose.yml
file present in this repository:
parse:
...
environment:
- PARSE_HOST=my_host
...
- For manual execution add a
-e
option with each variable and value:
$ docker run -d -e PARSE_HOST=my_host -p 1337:1337 --name parse -v /your/local/path/bitnami/parse:/bitnami --network=parse_network bitnami/parse
Available variables:
PARSE_HOST
: Parse server host. Default: 127.0.0.1PARSE_PORT_NUMBER_NUMBER
: Parse server port. Default: 1337PARSE_MOUNT_PATH
: Parse server mount path. Default: /parsePARSE_APP_ID
: Parse server App ID. Default: myappIDPARSE_MASTER_KEY
: Parse server Master Key: mymasterKeyPARSE_ENABLE_CLOUD_CODE
: Enable Parse Cloud Code support. Default noMONGODB_HOST
: Hostname for Mongodb server. Default: mongodbMONGODB_PORT_NUMBER
: Port used by Mongodb server. Default: 27017
You can use Cloud Code to run a piece of code in your Parse Server instead of the user's mobile devices. To run your Cloud functions using this image, follow the steps below:
- Create a directory on your host machine and put your Cloud functions on it. In the example below, a simple "Hello world!" function is used:
$ mkdir ~/cloud
$ cat > ~/cloud/main.js <<'EOF'
Parse.Cloud.define("sayHelloWorld", function(request, response) {
return "Hello world!";
});
EOF
- Mount the directory as a data volume at the
/opt/bitnami/parse/cloud
path on your Parse Container and set the environment variablePARSE_ENABLE_CLOUD_CODE
toyes
. You can use thedocker-compose.yml
below:
NOTE: In the example below, Parse Dashboard is also deployed.
version: '2'
services:
mongodb:
image: 'bitnami/mongodb:latest'
volumes:
- 'mongodb_data:/bitnami'
parse:
image: 'bitnami/parse:latest'
ports:
- '1337:1337'
environment:
- PARSE_ENABLE_CLOUD_CODE=yes
volumes:
- 'parse_data:/bitnami'
- '/path/to/home/directory/cloud:/opt/bitnami/parse/cloud'
depends_on:
- mongodb
parse-dashboard:
image: 'bitnami/parse-dashboard:latest'
ports:
- '80:4040'
volumes:
- 'parse_dashboard_data:/bitnami'
depends_on:
- parse
volumes:
mongodb_data:
driver: local
parse_data:
driver: local
parse_dashboard_data:
driver: local
- Use the
docker-compose
tool to deploy Parse and Parse Dashboard:
$ docker-compose up -d
- Once both Parse and Parse Dashboard are running, access Parse Dashboard and browse to 'My Dashboard -> API Console'.
- Then, send a 'test query' of type 'POST' using 'functions/sayHelloWorld' as endpoint. Ensure you activate the 'Master Key' parameter.
- Everything should be working now and you should receive a 'Hello World' message in the results.
Find more information about Cloud Code and Cloud functions in the official documentation.
- The Parse container has been migrated to a non-root user approach. Previously the container ran as the
root
user and the Parse daemon was started as theparse
user. From now on, both the container and the Parse daemon run as user1001
. As a consequence, the data directory must be writable by that user. You can revert this behavior by changingUSER 1001
toUSER root
in the Dockerfile.
We'd love for you to contribute to this container. You can request new features by creating an issue, or submit a pull request with your contribution.
If you encountered a problem running this container, you can file an issue. For us to provide better support, be sure to include the following information in your issue:
- Host OS and version
- Docker version (
docker version
) - Output of
docker info
- Version of this container (
echo $BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION
inside the container) - The command you used to run the container, and any relevant output you saw (masking any sensitive information)
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