Overleaf Docker not starting but worked before about overleaf

[bockulator]

@ldehner @KnightWolf-50 I had the same problem and managed to """"fix"""" it by simply skipping the doc version recovery script during the startup.

I added this line to my custom Dockerfile

RUN mv /etc/my_init.d/910_initiate_doc_version_recovery /910_initiate_doc_version_recovery.backup

[mserranom]

Would you mind confirming the version of Overleaf CE you're using?

[ldehner]

@mserranom I am using sharelatex/sharelatext:latest

[KnightWolf-50]

I am having the exact same issue.
@ldehner did you find a solution?

[ldehner]

@KnightWolf-50 - sadly no, and nobody of the dev team seems to care. Any updates on your side?
=> maybe like the issue so it maybe gets some attention

I think that the solution would be to erase all mongo db instances, but I dont want to do this everytime it crashes. The whole data storage system isn't very good in my opinion, with everything just stored in mongo. Because I was afraid of something like this, I built myself a workflow which downloads the files after compile. But something like this can't happen in my opinion. At least I hoped for some support

[KnightWolf-50]

@ldehner I managed to get it working again, but as you mentioned, it required erasing the Mongo database. Fortunately, I had backups of all my projects, so in the end it was a hassle but I didn't lose any data.

[ldehner]

Thank you so much @bockulator. Thats kinda sketchy but also kinda genius. Actually Overleaf should implement a parameter to set if startup should skip it.. I am using unraid thus I had to do following:

# Create a directory for the custom Dockerfile
mkdir custom-sharelatex
cd custom-sharelatex

# Create and edit the Dockerfile
cat <<EOF > Dockerfile
# Start from the official ShareLaTeX image
FROM sharelatex/sharelatex

# Move the recovery script to skip it during startup
RUN mv /etc/my_init.d/910_initiate_doc_version_recovery /910_initiate_doc_version_recovery.backup

# Any additional customization can be added here
EOF

# Build the custom Docker image
docker build -t custom-sharelatex .

docker run -d \
  --network br0 \
  --ip 192.168.178.30 \
  -p 80:80 \
  -v /mnt/user/Overleaf/:/var/lib/overleaf \
  -e OVERLEAF_APP_NAME="Overleaf" \
  -e OVERLEAF_NAV_TITLE="Overleaf" \
  -e OVERLEAF_SITE_URL="https://your-overleaf-instance.example.com" \
  -e OVERLEAF_ADMIN_EMAIL="[email protected]" \
  -e OVERLEAF_REDIS_HOST="192.168.178.27" \
  -e OVERLEAF_REDIS_PORT="6379" \
  -e OVERLEAF_REDIS_PASS='your_redis_password' \
  -e OVERLEAF_MONGO_URL="mongodb://192.168.178.29" \
  -e OVERLEAF_BEHIND_PROXY="true" \
  -e OVERLEAF_SESSION_SECRET="your_random_string" \
  -e OVERLEAF_SECURE_COOKIE="1" \
  -e OVERLEAF_RESTRICT_INVITES_TO_EXISTING_ACCOUNTS="false" \
  -e OVERLEAF_ALLOW_PUBLIC_ACCESS="true" \
  -e OVERLEAF_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_READ_AND_WRITE_SHARING="false" \
  -e OVERLEAF_EMAIL_SMTP_HOST="smtp.example.com" \
  -e OVERLEAF_EMAIL_SMTP_PORT="465" \
  -e OVERLEAF_EMAIL_SMTP_USER="[email protected]" \
  -e OVERLEAF_EMAIL_SMTP_PASS='your_smtp_password' \
  -e OVERLEAF_EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="[email protected]" \
  --name overleafV2 \
  custom-sharelatex

[bockulator]

I'm happy I could help! Note though that some data may be corrupted. A clean re-install is probably the best way forward.