# Bitnami package for Parse Dashboard

## What is Parse Dashboard?

> Parse Dashboard is a standalone dashboard for managing your Parse apps. You can use it to manage your Parse Server apps.

[Overview of Parse Dashboard](https://parseplatform.org/)
Trademarks: This software listing is packaged by Bitnami. The respective trademarks mentioned in the offering are owned by the respective companies, and use of them does not imply any affiliation or endorsement.

## TL;DR

```console
docker run --name parse-dashboard bitnami/parse-dashboard:latest
```

## Why use Bitnami Images?

* Bitnami closely tracks upstream source changes and promptly publishes new versions of this image using our automated systems.
* With Bitnami images the latest bug fixes and features are available as soon as possible.
* Bitnami containers, virtual machines and cloud images use the same components and configuration approach - making it easy to switch between formats based on your project needs.
* All our images are based on [**minideb**](https://github.com/bitnami/minideb) -a minimalist Debian based container image that gives you a small base container image and the familiarity of a leading Linux distribution- or **scratch** -an explicitly empty image-.
* All Bitnami images available in Docker Hub are signed with [Notation](https://notaryproject.dev/). [Check this post](https://blog.bitnami.com/2024/03/bitnami-packaged-containers-and-helm.html) to know how to verify the integrity of the images.
* Bitnami container images are released on a regular basis with the latest distribution packages available.

Looking to use Parse Dashboard in production? Try [VMware Tanzu Application Catalog](https://bitnami.com/enterprise), the commercial edition of the Bitnami catalog.

## Why use a non-root container?

Non-root container images add an extra layer of security and are generally recommended for production environments. However, because they run as a non-root user, privileged tasks are typically off-limits. Learn more about non-root containers [in our docs](https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-tanzu/application-catalog/tanzu-application-catalog/services/tac-doc/apps-tutorials-work-with-non-root-containers-index.html).

## Only the latest stable branch maintained in the free Bitnami catalog

Starting December 10th, 2024, only the latest stable branch of each container image will receive updates in the free Bitnami catalog. To access up-to-date releases for all upstream-supported branches (e.g., LTS), consider upgrading to Bitnami Premium. Previously released versions will not be deleted and will remain available for pulling from DockerHub.

Please check the Bitnami Premium page in our partner [Arrow Electronics](https://www.arrow.com/globalecs/na/vendors/bitnami?utm_source=GitHub&utm_medium=containers) for more information.

## Supported tags and respective `Dockerfile` links

Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags [in our documentation page](https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-tanzu/application-catalog/tanzu-application-catalog/services/tac-doc/apps-tutorials-understand-rolling-tags-containers-index.html).

You can see the equivalence between the different tags by taking a look at the `tags-info.yaml` file present in the branch folder, i.e `bitnami/ASSET/BRANCH/DISTRO/tags-info.yaml`.

Subscribe to project updates by watching the [bitnami/containers GitHub repo](https://github.com/bitnami/containers).

## Prerequisites

To run this application you need Docker Engine 1.10.0.

## How to use this image

### Run the application manually

If you want to run the application manually instead of using the Helm chart, these are the basic steps you need to run:

1. Create a network for the application, Parse Server and the database:

    ```console
    docker network create parse_dashboard-tier
    ```

2. Start a MongoDB&reg; database in the network generated:

    ```console
    docker run -d --name mongodb --net=parse_dashboard-tier bitnami/mongodb
    ```

    *Note:* You need to give the container a name in order to Parse to resolve the host.

3. Start a Parse Server container:

    ```console
    docker run -d -p 1337:1337 --name parse --net=parse_dashboard-tier bitnami/parse
    ```

4. Run the Parse Dashboard container:

    ```console
    docker run -d -p 80:4040 --name parse-dashboard --net=parse_dashboard-tier bitnami/parse-dashboard
    ```

    Then you can access your application at `http://your-ip/`

### Persisting your application

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 the persistence of [MongoDB&reg;](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/mongodb#persisting-your-database) and [Parse](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/parse#persisting-your-application) data.

The above examples define docker volumes namely `mongodb_data`, `parse_data` and `parse_dashboard_data`. The 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](https://docs.docker.com/engine/tutorials/dockervolumes/). Alternatively you can make use of volume plugins to host the volume data.

#### Mount host directories as data volumes using the Docker command line

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:

1. Create a network (if it does not exist):

    ```console
    docker network create parse_dashboard-tier
    ```

2. Create a MongoDB&reg; container with host volume:

    ```console
    docker run -d --name mongodb \
      --net parse-dashboard-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.

3. Start a Parse Server container:

    ```console
    docker run -d -name parse -p 1337:1337 \
      --net parse-dashboard-tier
      --volume /path/to/parse-persistence:/bitnami \
      bitnami/parse:latest
    ```

4. Run the Parse Dashboard container:

    ```console
    docker run -d --name parse-dashboard -p 80:4040 \
    --volume /path/to/parse_dashboard-persistence:/bitnami \
    bitnami/parse-dashboard:latest
    ```

## Upgrade this application

Bitnami provides up-to-date versions of Parse Dashboard, 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 Dashboard container.

1. Get the updated images:

    ```console
    docker pull bitnami/parse-dashboard:latest
    ```

2. Stop your container

    * `$ docker stop parse-dashboard`

3. Take a snapshot of the application state

    ```console
    rsync -a /path/to/parse-persistence /path/to/parse-persistence.bkp.$(date +%Y%m%d-%H.%M.%S)
    ```

    Additionally, snapshot the [MongoDB&reg;](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/mongodb#step-2-stop-and-backup-the-currently-running-container) and [Parse server](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/blob/main/bitnami/parse#step-2-stop-and-backup-the-currently-running-container) data.

    You can use these snapshots to restore the application state should the upgrade fail.

4. Remove the currently running container

    * `$ docker rm parse-dashboard`

5. Run the new image

    * Mount the directories if needed: `docker run --name parse-dashboard bitnami/parse-dashboard:latest`

## Configuration

### Environment variables

#### Customizable environment variables

| Name                                         | Description                                             | Default Value |
|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_FORCE_OVERWRITE_CONF_FILE`  | Force the config.json config file generation.           | `no`          |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_ENABLE_HTTPS`               | Whether to enable HTTPS for Parse Dashboard by default. | `no`          |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_EXTERNAL_HTTP_PORT_NUMBER`  | External HTTP port for Parse Dashboard.                 | `80`          |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_EXTERNAL_HTTPS_PORT_NUMBER` | External HTTPS port for Parse Dashboard.                | `443`         |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_PARSE_HOST`                 | Parse host name.                                        | `parse`       |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_PORT_NUMBER`                | Port number in which Parse Dashboard will run.          | `4040`        |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_PARSE_PORT_NUMBER`          | Parse server port number.                               | `1337`        |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_PARSE_APP_ID`               | A sample string environment variable.                   | `myappID`     |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_APP_NAME`                   | Parse Dashboard App name.                               | `MyDashboard` |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_PARSE_MASTER_KEY`           | Parse server master key.                                | `mymasterKey` |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_PARSE_MOUNT_PATH`           | Parse Dashboard mount path.                             | `/parse`      |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_PARSE_PROTOCOL`             | Parse server protocol.                                  | `http`        |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_USERNAME`                   | Parse Dashboard user name.                              | `user`        |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_PASSWORD`                   | Parse Dashboard user password.                          | `bitnami`     |

#### Read-only environment variables

| Name                           | Description                                      | Value                                             |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_BASE_DIR`     | Parse installation directory.                    | `${BITNAMI_ROOT_DIR}/parse-dashboard`             |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_TMP_DIR`      | Parse temp directory.                            | `${PARSE_DASHBOARD_BASE_DIR}/tmp`                 |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_LOGS_DIR`     | Parse logs directory.                            | `${PARSE_DASHBOARD_BASE_DIR}/logs`                |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_PID_FILE`     | Parse PID file.                                  | `${PARSE_DASHBOARD_TMP_DIR}/parse-dashboard.pid`  |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_LOG_FILE`     | Parse logs file.                                 | `${PARSE_DASHBOARD_LOGS_DIR}/parse-dashboard.log` |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_CONF_FILE`    | Configuration file for Parse Dashboard.          | `${PARSE_DASHBOARD_BASE_DIR}/config.json`         |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_VOLUME_DIR`   | Parse directory for mounted configuration files. | `${BITNAMI_VOLUME_DIR}/parse-dashboard`           |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_DAEMON_USER`  | Parse system user.                               | `parsedashboard`                                  |
| `PARSE_DASHBOARD_DAEMON_GROUP` | Parse system group.                              | `parsedashboard`                                  |

When you start the parse-dashboard image, you can adjust the configuration of the instance by passing one or more environment variables on the `docker run` command line. If you want to add a new environment variable:

```yaml
parse-dashboard:
  ...
  environment:
    - PARSE_DASHBOARD_PASSWORD=my_password
  ...
```

* For manual execution add a `-e` option with each variable and value:

```console
 docker run -d -e PARSE_DASHBOARD_PASSWORD=my_password -p 80:4040 --name parse-dashboard -v /your/local/path/bitnami/parse_dashboard:/bitnami --network=parse_dashboard-tier bitnami/parse-dashboard
```

## Notable Changes

### Starting January 16, 2024

* The `docker-compose.yaml` file has been removed, as it was solely intended for internal testing purposes.

### 2.1.0-debian-10-r328

* The size of the container image has been decreased.
* The configuration logic is now based on Bash scripts in the *rootfs/* folder.

### 1.2.0-r69

* The Parse Dashboard container has been migrated to a non-root user approach. Previously the container ran as the `root` user and the Parse Dashboard daemon was started as the `parsedashboard` user. From now on, both the container and the Parse Dashboard daemon run as user `1001`. As a consequence, the data directory must be writable by that user. You can revert this behavior by changing `USER 1001` to `USER root` in the Dockerfile.

## Contributing

We'd love for you to contribute to this container. You can request new features by creating an [issue](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/issues) or submitting a [pull request](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/pulls) with your contribution.

## Issues

If you encountered a problem running this container, you can file an [issue](https://github.com/bitnami/containers/issues/new/choose). For us to provide better support, be sure to fill the issue template.

## License

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