[SOLVED] Homepage LXC - Local images for background

[elyviere]

Hi.

I've just gotten started on my Proxmox journey, so please be kind.

I've installed Homepage LXC with the Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts (https://github.com/tteck/Proxmox/raw/main/ct/homepage.sh). I downloaded a couple of images to the VE and am trying to use them for the background of homepage.

On the homepage website, it says to place images in /app/public/images and then access them via /images/background.png. However in proxmox I also noticed that there's an images folder in /opt/homepage/images, which I thought might be related, so I placed my image in both locations. Either way, I tried a bunch of different options:
background: images/cranes.jpg
background: /images/cranes.jpg
background: cranes.jpg
background: /cranes.jpg
and none of these worked. When accessing the homepage I get a 404 for the GET-request for cranes.jpg. However, using a url like so:
background: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1502790671504-542ad42d5189?auto=format&fit=crop&w=2560&q=80
worked without any issue. I've also verified permissions for the images and containing directories, and they're all at least 644.

Has anyone managed to get this working in an LXC container and can see what it is I'm doing wrong? Thanks for your help!

 

[sva]

It seems like the right location is /opt/homepage/images based on the LXC you started with.

Maybe give this a whirl?

"You will need to restart the container any time you add new images, this is a limitation of the Next.js static site server."

https://gethomepage.dev/latest/configs/settings/

 

[elyviere]

Good catch, then I know where they're supposed to be at least.

I did try that, even restarted the proxmox server itself, and still no luck. Also tried to use one of the pre-existing images in the /opt/homepage/images folder, 1.png, but that still did not give me a background image.

 

[sva]

Good catch, then I know where they're supposed to be at least.

I did try that, even restarted the proxmox server itself, and still no luck. Also tried to use one of the pre-existing images in the /opt/homepage/images folder, 1.png, but that still did not give me a background image.

Taking a better look at how this app works, you should be able to do something like below:

mkdir /opt/homepage/public/images/
Copy your images there
Reboot your container
Access from a browser: http://<homepage>:<port>/images/<imagename.png>

 

[elyviere]

Yess, there we go. That was the solution, placing the images in /opt/homepage/public/ allowed me to access them via the browser.

Thank you for taking the time to dig into the app to find that sva, can't have been easy but it certainly is very appreciated!

 

[sva]

Yess, there we go. That was the solution, placing the images in /opt/homepage/public/ allowed me to access them via the browser.

Thank you for taking the time to dig into the app to find that sva, can't have been easy but it certainly is very appreciated!

My pleasure! Feel free to mark as solved