Hello, it’s not clear what is the app dir with releases I have files generated by the phoenix web app that can be downloaded. They are stored in a directory called downs of the app dir. if I change release I expect these files to stay where they are and be found by all releases I have added plu…

I thought it worked but in fact that does not work because at compile time Application.get_env(:my_app, :downs_path) || Path.expand(’./downs’), Application.get_env returns nil so you get the path of the machine which builds the release not the runtime path I ended up with plug Plug.Static, …

according to a similar post Plug.Static is unable to serve files in production - #8 by OvermindDL1 this could be that the path for plug static is resolved at compile time plug Plug.Static, at: “/downs”, from: Path.expand(‘./downs’) so the . is the directory where the release was built, so when mo…

finally the answer from the doc of plug static Plug.Static will be unable to serve assets if you build releases or if you change the current directory. Instead do: plug Plug.Static, from: {:app_name, "priv/app/path"}

[image] blset: I have added plug Plug.Static, at: "/downs", from: Path.expand('./downs'), gzip: false I guess the issue comes from Path.expand/1. As stated in its doc, it converts the path to an absolute one and expands any . and .. characters and a leading ~ Given that fact, you could t…

Another reliable way is to use a path relative to :code.priv_dir(:your_app)

indeed downs is not a classic assets folder it is a folder in some enclosing dir that is - maindir - downs - rel1 - rel2 - further releases and I run rel1/bin/app start form the maindir or rel2/bin/app start according to the release I want to start the solution I have fou…

So I would do something like: plug Plug.Static, at: "/downs", from: Application.get_env(:my_app, :downs_path) || Path.expand('./downs'), gzip: false Then in config/releases.exs import Config config :my_app, :down_path, System.fetch_env!("DOWNS_PATH") And I will create on the producti…

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blset February 23, 2020, 5:44pm 8

That works well thank you very much for help