<![CDATA[Image saving]]>Hello, recently I’ve came across a problem with the image saving in my nodebb. When the server restarts all the image data is lost. I would like to ask
1.how images are exactly saved?
2. can i save them in the database?
3. or is there any better way to save images on nodebb? Maybe some plugins?

Thanks in advance for any discussion/comments on this topic

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/2b656c86-cdde-44a1-a194-7d76517fd7b1/image-savingRSS for NodeTue, 17 Mar 2026 12:19:26 GMTThu, 03 Jul 2025 15:55:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Image saving on Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:24:57 GMT]]>You can use the S3 plugin. However, the underlying problem is that you are using some sort of service with an ephemeral virtual drive. It gets cleared every time the service restarts.

If you don’t want to use s3, you will have to set up a volume and mount it to the /public/uploads folder.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/105055https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/105055Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:24:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Image saving on Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:30:36 GMT]]>Yes its compatible with 3.2.x and 4.x

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/105053https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/105053Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:30:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Image saving on Fri, 04 Jul 2025 07:01:01 GMT]]>baris does it work with the 4.3 version? or with any 4+?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/105049https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/105049Fri, 04 Jul 2025 07:01:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Image saving on Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:06:44 GMT]]>You can use https://github.com/NodeBB-Community/nodebb-plugin-s3-uploads

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/105045https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/105045Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:06:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Image saving on Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:18:33 GMT]]>eeeee you are right, photos are saved there. But if there is some crash and the instance is recreated the assets are deleted.

Maybe there is a way to share images via some cloud services such as S3? Or maybe I can save them on database? Basically, any other way except of local one

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/105042https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/105042Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:18:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Image saving on Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:20:41 GMT]]>That shouldn’t happen.
Photos get saved immediately, maybe something not set up correctly with the path photos are saved at?

/public/uploads/
]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/105040https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/105040Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:20:41 GMT