How do we setup a spring boot application to handle uploaded files?

[zgulde]

We're assuming you have a spring boot application is setup to handle file
uploads, and the location that files are uploaded to are specified your
application.properties.

We'll also assume that you have set the site up already with the domain name
example.com.

1. Create a folder for the uploaded files in your application

   myserver run mkdir -p /srv/example.com/public/uploads
   

   The directory can be named whatever you want, so long as it is inside the
   public for your site (i.e. /srv/example.com/public).

2. Modify the application.properties file on the server:

   myserver run nano /srv/example.com/application.properties
   

   Add the file upload path (i.e. the path to the directory you created in the
   last step) to the application.properties file

   ...
   file-upload-path = /srv/example.com/public/uploads
   ...
   

3. Re-build your application so that it uses the updated application.properties

   myserver site build --domain example.com