Appwrite [Lite / Slim / Mini / Zero]

[eldadfux]

We need to design a single Docker container that can run all of the Appwrite services and internal processes using Supervisord. This should be a feature with Appwrite minimum, must-have features (ClamAV disabled, no need for Traefik). This is something we need to allow developers to run Appwrite easily on low-end systems and 1-click deployment services (Raspberry PI, Free hosting tiers, Heroku, KintoHub, and others).

The new container can extend/copy the Dockerfile we're using in branch 0.7.x and should add on top of its installations for all our 3rd party containers and run all internal process (scheduler + workers) as shown in the docker-compose file: https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/blob/e4ff592eacc29000d04d0ba8c433b25e8a28c9bd/docker-compose.yml

This issue should be managed as a standalone repo that we'll later merge under the appwrite namespace.

[ghost]

Hi! Can I take this issue? Would be glad to start contributing to Appwrite and this issue looks like a great beginning.

[eldadfux]

Yeh sure @qt-sergal. I have assigned you with the issue. I'll open a separate repo for you to submit a PR with the new Dockerfile. Please reach out to me on Discord if you have any question.

https://appwrite.io/discord

[ghost]

Okay! Great, I will start working on it right away.

[eldadfux]

Great! this is the new repo: https://github.com/appwrite/lite the name is temporary as we want to put it to a community vote :)

[ritwikchakraborty123]

Sir I also want to contribute or may be collaborate with other contributer

[Arunoday-bhattacharjee]

Hey I would also like to contribute to this issue . Can I help in any way?

[eldadfux]

Hey @qt-sergal, would be great if you could post an update about your progress with this issue. 🙏🏻

[ghost]

Hi! Sorry, I am already done working on it, just got busy and wasn't sure if i should pull request things part-by-part or all at once.
Will create a pull request to the other repository later today.

[eldadfux]

@qt-sergal That's great, looking forward!

[eldadfux]

Hey @qt-sergal any updates? sorry for nudging...

[ghost]

Really sorry for stalling. Due to the situation I told you about before in Direct Messages, I don't have enough time. Regarding the PR i mentioned earlier - i tested it more, locally and encountered quite many problems with the required setup. I can still send it if you want me to.

[eldadfux]

@qt-sergal yeh, please send it or submit as a draft PR, and maybe I can try and help with some of the problems.

[eldadfux]

@qt-sergal would you like to still work on it? should I review the PR? Please let me know.

[eldadfux]

This issue is up for grabs again.

[kodumbeats]

Can this issue be assigned to me? I'd like to see Appwrite on my pi cluster.

[eldadfux]

@kodumbeats we would love your help, but this is probably the more relevant issue for running Appwrite Raspberry PI: #465

Let me know if you want to collaborate on it together...

[kodumbeats]

@eldadfux Absolutely I do! I've got a spare pi 4, which should help - I can dev directly on the device if need be.

[cweagans]

Something else to consider here: it would be really awesome if Appwrite could be stripped down so aggressively that it could be run on shared hosting (e.g. without realtime features -- essentially just serving as a RESTful CRUD API thing). If that's possible, then the "minimal" install would essentially just be a LAMP/LEMP stack.

[eldadfux]

Update 15-01-2022

We have added service flags to disable some Appwrite features that will not be able to work in a slim environment, such as Cloud Functions and usage stats. We're still testing ways to allow stats to work on the main DB. This will allow us to run stats without InfluxDB and reduce the stack.

[ammarahm-ed]

@eldadfux Did you guys drop the idea of running everything in a single container using Supervisord?