Updates galore. Improved folder structure, componentized, and notifications upon completion.

docker-compose.yml

@@ -13,13 +13,20 @@
 
 services:
   videopress:
-    # build:
-    #   context: .
-    #   dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
 
     # ── Alternatively, use a pre-built image: ───────────────────────────────
-    image: bmcgonag/videopress:latest
+    # image: videopress:latest
+
     container_name: videopress
+
+    # Run as UID:GID 1000:1000 (matches the 'appuser' created in the Dockerfile).
+    # This ensures the container can write to bind-mounted host directories
+    # that are owned by UID 1000.
+    user: "1000:1000"
+
     restart: unless-stopped
 
     # ── Port mapping ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -38,8 +45,19 @@ services:
     # You can also set MEDIA_HOST_PATH as an environment variable before
     # running docker compose:
     #   export MEDIA_HOST_PATH=/mnt/nas/videos && docker compose up -d
+    #
+    # IMPORTANT — before first run, create the data directory on the HOST
+    # and give it to UID 1000 (the container's non-root user) so SQLite can
+    # write the settings database:
+    #
+    #   mkdir -p ./data
+    #   chown 1000:1000 ./data
+    #
+    # If you skip this step Docker will create ./data as root and the
+    # container will fail to start with "unable to open database file".
     volumes:
       - ${MEDIA_HOST_PATH:-/path/to/your/videos}:/media
+      - ./data:/data
 
     # ── Environment variables ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
     environment:
@@ -47,6 +65,10 @@ services:
       # Must match the right-hand side of the volume mount above.
       MEDIA_ROOT: /media
 
+      # SQLite database path inside the container.
+      # Must match the right-hand side of the ./data:/data volume mount.
+      DB_PATH: /data/videopress.db
+
       # TCP port Gunicorn listens on (must match EXPOSE in Dockerfile and
       # the right-hand side of the ports mapping above).
       PORT: 8080
@@ -57,15 +79,14 @@ services:
     # ── Resource limits (optional — uncomment to enable) ─────────────────────
     # Compressing large video files is CPU-intensive.  Limits prevent the
     # container from starving other workloads on the host.
-    # Feel free to comment out this whole section if youw ant it to run full blast.
-    deploy:
-      resources:
-        limits:
-          cpus: '4'
-          memory: 2G
-        reservations:
-          cpus: '1'
-          memory: 512M
+    # deploy:
+    #   resources:
+    #     limits:
+    #       cpus: '4'
+    #       memory: 2G
+    #     reservations:
+    #       cpus: '1'
+    #       memory: 512M
 
     # ── Health check ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     healthcheck: