[Solved] Change the favicon

Troubleshooting
1

Hello,
I recently deployed Mattermost using Docker and set up an Nginx reverse proxy following the instructions provided in the official Mattermost documentation (version 7.8.6) found here: Mattermost Docker Installation Guide.

Is there a way to change the favicon for docker deployment

2

Hi @Ayid ,

I think you have multiple options here.
First you could try to overwrite the directory /mattermost/client/images/favicon in the container; just map it to a custom directory on your host using the volumes option in the docker-compose.yml file:

    volumes:
      - ${MATTERMOST_CONFIG_PATH}:/mattermost/config:rw
[...]
      - /path/to/new/favicon-files:/mattermost/client/images/favicon:ro

And the second option would be to override the files using the nginx reverse proxy in place:

root /path/to/your/custom-files;

        location / {
                try_files $uri @mattermost;
        }

        location @mattermost {
                proxy_pass              http://127.0.0.1:8065
[...]
        }

If there’s a matching file in your local path, nginx will deliver it instead of reverse-proxying to Mattermost.

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I tried this but it is still using the old file

4

Thanks for this suggestion @agriesser - super easy (and face-palming-ly obvious once I read it).

I’m using Caddy and it was as simple as this:

handle /static/images/favicon/* {
    rewrite * /static/images/favicon/favicon.png
}
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Woo hoo! Thanks for following up to confirm the solution, Alan! :raised_hands:t2: