By rgnrlbrk
My App is probably still running on an old docker image although I have pushed a newer images to the DO registry and the registry is also showing the correct SHA256 image ID.
I’ve successfully deployed the App a few times but it’s still showing old content. How can I verify, that my App is running on the same docker image ID/hash that the registry is displaying? I can’t find that information on the Apps control panel.
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Hello @rgnrlbrk, contrary to what the documentation would lead us to believe, automatic deployments after updating an image don’t actually work.
The issue was that I was always using the docker tag “:latest”. I don’t know why deployments worked for a couple of weeks but now it isn’t working anymore. My workaround is to use different tags now and put the new images into the app spec file like this:
doctl registry login
docker push $IMAGE_NAME
doctl apps spec get $DO_APP_ID > $SPEC_FILE
# Replace image in app spec
echo "Setting tag $TAG"
sed -i '' "s/tag: [a-z0-9]*$/tag: $TAG/g" app_spec.yml
doctl apps spec validate $SPEC_FILE
doctl apps update $DO_APP_ID --spec $SPEC_FILE
its concerning that this hasnt been addressed in over a year.
what ive found works is to use the create-deployment command with the “force-rebuild” option. oddly named considering the image is already built but i digress.
here is the command
doctl app create-deployment <app ID> --force-rebuild
# shorthand
doctl a cd <app ID> --force-rebuild
the bummer here is if you change the spec (which creates a new deployment) there is no “force-rebuild” for the update command. so you have to do both
doctl app update <app ID> --spec <app-spec>.yaml
doctl app create-deployment <app ID> --force-rebuild
#shorthand
doctl a u <app ID> --spec <app-spec>.yaml
doctl a cd <app ID> --force-rebuild
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