Could I get some help hosting on render.com? Having some libreoffice problems

[ryanhuang519]

Whenever I try to do libreoffice conversions, I always get:
convert to PDF: process first start: start process: LibreOffice socket not available: context deadline exceeded

I've also tried running with autostart-libreoffice = true, but my requests are now just timing out. Anyone able to help?

[gulien]

Hello @ryanhuang519,

The demo instance is working just fine on a « Starter » instance type. LibreOffice is also on auto-start. Otherwise only default options.

[ryanhuang519]

Ah, I think I might just be making a stupid mistake, I'm pretty new to Docker. Did you create it via their container hub link option? Or as a Docker repo that is connected. Also, how did you manage the GET "/" 200 health check? Also, how did you pass the auto-start-libreoffice option in Render? Thanks!

[gulien]

I have custom Dockerfile (based on the official image) with a slightly modified version of Gotenberg (e.g., a module that handles specific stuff for the demo). It is therefore connected via a GitHub repository (with a render.yaml file).

Other than that, I’m not really familiar with Render, but:

• /health is the correct health check URL
• You should look on how to override the Docker image command with Render