Installation improvements planned for 0.1.2¶

Date: 2023-03-27
Attendees: Mukesh, Pavish

Priority¶

Documentation for setting up Mathesar using a Mathesar Service Docker Image
Documentation for setting up Mathesar without using the install.sh script for docker-compose
Documentation for setting up Mathesar without Docker
UI for setting up/connection to user DB
- Show in the UI for using the same django DB server to create new db if user wants to
- Show an option to connect to different server
Mention in UI that we add custom types (optional) and casting functions (mandatory) in the user DB
Update upgrade UI to mention instructions on how to perform an update in non-docker (docker-compose) environments
Make our config file easier to for users to understand
- This should no longer be a concern once we have the UI for installation

Discuss storing connection string
1. Stored encrypted and decrypted while making connection, or
2. Connection through encrypted channel?
  - Setup is complicated
  - Requires changes to user db
Create desktop packages / add to repos
- Requires a lot of work and attention
- Should we prioritize this anytime soon?
- For 0.1.2, it’s not possible
Do we need an image for DB + webserver?
Consider removing the interactive installer
- Removing this would not a priority once documentation is updated for all setup options
Use podman for Mathesar
- Having a single Docker image should solve this. We can add documentation saying users can use either Docker or Podman
Helm chart, Kubernetes manifest
- Not possible for 0.1.2
- Maybe as a community specified installation option

Marius Documentation https://github.com/mariusdebeer/mathesar/blob/master/docs/docs/installation/ubuntu-manual.md
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