Updates dockerfile

Dockerfile

@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
   CMD curl --fail http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
 
 # Ensure the logfile directory exists with proper permissions
-RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app/data/logs/docker/ && chmod -R 0755 /usr/src/app/data/logs/docker/
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app/data/logs/docker && chmod -R 0755 /usr/src/app/data/logs/docker
 
-CMD ["sh", "-c", "node /usr/src/app/app/index.js >> /usr/src/app/data/logs/docker/app.log 2>&1"]
+# 1.5gb max memory is 75% of the 2gb limit for the container
+CMD ["sh", "-c", "node --max-old-space-size=1536 /usr/src/app/app/index.js >> /usr/src/app/data/logs/docker/app.log 2>&1"]

scripts/deploy.sh

@@ -25,8 +25,16 @@ GREEN_CONTAINER="blot-container-green"
 BLUE_CONTAINER_PORT=8088
 GREEN_CONTAINER_PORT=8089
 
+# To determine the user ID and group ID of the user running the container
+# ssh into the server and run `id ec2-user` and you'll see something like:
+# uid=1000(ec2-user) gid=1000(ec2-user) groups=1000(ec2-user),4(adm),10(wheel),190(systemd-journal),991(docker)
+# This means the user ID is 1000 and the group ID is 1000 so the 
+# resulting user:group is 1000:1000
+BLOT_USER=1000:1000
+
 # Define the docker run command template with placeholders
 DOCKER_RUN_COMMAND="docker run --pull=always -d \
+  --user $BLOT_USER \
   --name {{CONTAINER_NAME}} \
   -p {{CONTAINER_PORT}}:8080 \
   --env-file /etc/blot/secrets.env \