Package files deleted when docker container (re)starts

[neil]

Infos:

• Used Zammad version: 3.3.x
• Used Zammad installation source: docker-compose
• Operating system: Ubuntu 18.04
• Browser + version: N/A

Expected behaviour:

• After installing a package, it’s possible to restart the docker-compose container and the package will (still) function. (In my case, the package modifies the UI, so it requires a restart, as confirmed in another post.)

Actual behaviour:

• The zammad-init service uses rsync --delete to reinitialise the mounted volume on every start. This has the nasty side-effect of uninstalling all package files. (It also makes the file backup routine pointless as it backs up the same thing every time.)

Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

• Install a package
• docker-compose restart

[MrGeneration]

You chose the wrong technology for custom changes.
One of the biggest advantages of docker containers is that you can just restart them and everything that broke is gone.