fix(thingsboard): keep the package defaults in thingsboard.conf

The install replaced the file, which dropped JAVA_OPTS with install.data_dir, so creating a tenant failed. The DB settings are now appended, and an update restores the defaults on existing containers. The package upgrade keeps the edited file. Fixes #18483.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -573,16 +573,9 @@ Exercise vigilance regarding copycat or coat-tailing sites that seek to exploit
 
 ## 2026-11-06
 
-### 🚀 Updated Scripts
-
-  - #### 🐞 Bug Fixes
-
-    - OPNsense VM: size the temp space check to the unpacked image |  say why the EFI disk could not be allocated [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18404](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18404))
-
 ### 💾 Core
 
-  - fix: spot same-filesystem bind mounts on Alpine [@rcourtman](https://github.com/rcourtman) ([core#212](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/212))
-- fix: report a container that went down during setup, keep finished installs [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#211](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/211))
+  - fix: report a container that went down during setup, keep finished installs [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#211](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/211))
 
 ## 2026-11-05
 

ct/thingsboard.sh

@@ -31,12 +31,30 @@ function update_script() {
   fi
 
   JAVA_VERSION="25" setup_java
+
+  if ! grep -q "install.data_dir" /etc/thingsboard/conf/thingsboard.conf; then
+    msg_info "Restoring Package Defaults"
+    cat <<'EOF' >>/etc/thingsboard/conf/thingsboard.conf
+
+export JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Dplatform=deb -Dinstall.data_dir=/usr/share/thingsboard/data"
+export JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Xlog:gc*,heap*,age*,safepoint=debug:file=/var/log/thingsboard/gc.log:time,uptime,level,tags:filecount=10,filesize=10M"
+export JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError"
+export JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -XX:-UseBiasedLocking -XX:+UseTLAB -XX:+ResizeTLAB -XX:+PerfDisableSharedMem -XX:+UseCondCardMark"
+export JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=500 -XX:+UseStringDeduplication -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=10"
+export LOG_FILENAME=thingsboard.out
+export LOADER_PATH=/usr/share/thingsboard/conf,/usr/share/thingsboard/extensions
+export SQL_DATA_FOLDER=/usr/share/thingsboard/data/sql
+EOF
+    systemctl restart thingsboard
+    msg_ok "Restored Package Defaults"
+  fi
+
   if check_for_gh_release "thingsboard" "thingsboard/thingsboard"; then
     msg_info "Stopping Service"
     systemctl stop thingsboard
     msg_ok "Stopped Service"
 
-    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "thingsboard" "thingsboard/thingsboard" "binary" "latest" "/tmp" "thingsboard-*.deb"
+    DPKG_FORCE_CONFOLD=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "thingsboard" "thingsboard/thingsboard" "binary" "latest" "/tmp" "thingsboard-*.deb"
 
     msg_info "Running Database Upgrade"
     $STD /usr/share/thingsboard/bin/install/upgrade.sh

install/thingsboard-install.sh

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ PG_DB_NAME="thingsboard_db" PG_DB_USER="thingsboard" setup_postgresql_db
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "thingsboard" "thingsboard/thingsboard" "binary" "latest" "/tmp" "thingsboard-*.deb"
 
 msg_info "Configuring ThingsBoard"
-cat <<EOF >/etc/thingsboard/conf/thingsboard.conf
+cat <<EOF >>/etc/thingsboard/conf/thingsboard.conf
+
 # DB Configuration
 export DATABASE_TS_TYPE=sql
 export SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/${PG_DB_NAME}

vm/opnsense-vm.sh

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function check_disk_space() {
 }
 
 TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
-if ! check_disk_space "$TEMP_DIR" 4 && [ -d "/var/tmp" ] && check_disk_space "/var/tmp" 4; then
+if ! check_disk_space "$TEMP_DIR" 20 && [ -d "/var/tmp" ] && check_disk_space "/var/tmp" 20; then
   rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"
   TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d /var/tmp/opnsense-vm.XXXXXX)
 fi
@@ -364,6 +364,15 @@ FREEBSD_VER="$VM_INDEX_LATEST"
 URL="$VM_INDEX_URL"
 msg_ok "Download URL: ${CL}${BL}${URL}${CL}"
 
+# Check available disk space (require at least 20GB for safety)
+if ! check_disk_space "$TEMP_DIR" 20; then
+  AVAILABLE_GB=$(df -h "$TEMP_DIR" | awk 'NR==2 {print $4}')
+  msg_error "Insufficient disk space in temporary directory ($TEMP_DIR)."
+  msg_error "Available: ${AVAILABLE_GB}, Required: ~20GB for FreeBSD image decompression."
+  msg_error "Please free up space or ensure /tmp has sufficient storage."
+  exit 214
+fi
+
 msg_info "Downloading FreeBSD Image"
 # A mirror serving an error page returns 200, so size decides whether this
 # is an image. Anything real here is far above 5 MB.
@@ -372,12 +381,11 @@ vm_fetch_image "$URL" "$CACHE_FILE" --cache --verify-xz --min-bytes $((5 * 1024
 echo -en "\e[1A\e[0K"
 msg_ok "Downloaded ${CL}${BL}$(basename "$CACHE_FILE")${CL}"
 
-NEED_GB=$(($(xz --robot -l "$CACHE_FILE" | awk '$1 == "totals" {print $5}') / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 + 1))
-if ! check_disk_space "$TEMP_DIR" "$NEED_GB"; then
+# Check disk space again before decompression
+if ! check_disk_space "$TEMP_DIR" 15; then
   AVAILABLE_GB=$(df -h "$TEMP_DIR" | awk 'NR==2 {print $4}')
-  msg_error "Insufficient disk space for decompression in ${TEMP_DIR}."
-  msg_error "Available: ${AVAILABLE_GB}, Required: ~${NEED_GB}GB for the decompressed image."
-  msg_error "Please free up space or ensure /tmp or /var/tmp has sufficient storage."
+  msg_error "Insufficient disk space for decompression."
+  msg_error "Available: ${AVAILABLE_GB}, Required: ~15GB for decompressed image."
   exit 214
 fi
 
@@ -409,7 +417,7 @@ while :; do
     alloc_delay=$((alloc_delay * 2))
     continue
   fi
-  msg_error "Could not allocate the EFI disk on ${STORAGE}: ${alloc_err}"
+  echo -e "$alloc_err" >&2
   exit 220
 done
 vm_import_disk "$VMID" "$FILE" "$STORAGE"