# Session 0005: rebuild.py Rewrite & App Volume Mount

**Date:** 2026-02-22
**Status:** Completed
**Origin:** MDF Webseiten session 0035

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## Work Done

- [x] Diagnosed root cause: dashboard was calling Coolify API stop/start on a placeholder test-nginx, not actual MDF containers
- [x] Rewrote `rebuild.py` to use `ops rebuild` CLI via host nsenter bridge (no Coolify API)
- [x] Updated `ops rebuild` to do `docker compose down` before `up -d --build`
- [x] Added safety backup step to Recreate operation
- [x] Added `app/` directory as volume mount to ops-dashboard compose (enables live edits without rebuild)
- [x] Added ops-dashboard git remote at `git.mnsoft.org/git/APPS/ops-dashboard.git`
- [x] Committed and pushed all server repos (MDF, infrastructure, ops-dashboard)

## Key Decisions / Learnings

- `app/` as volume mount is essential for iterating on dashboard backend without container rebuilds
- `static/` was already volume-mounted; `app/` mount completes the live-edit setup
- Coolify API is unreliable for locally-built images — ops CLI via nsenter bridge is the correct pattern
- Safety backup before Recreate ensures data can be recovered if the restore fails

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**Tags:** #Session #OpsDashboard #Infrastructure