Loading images/assets from the common directory

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Hi, I have Rocket Chat running on Ubuntu 18 and was wondering about file uploads and loading images from the server.

Here are the installation details:

Server Setup Information

  • Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 3.2.2
  • Operating System: Ubuntu 18.4
  • Deployment Method: Snap
  • Number of Running Instances: 1
  • DB Replicaset Oplog:
  • NodeJS Version: v12.16.1
  • MongoDB Version: 3.6.14
  • Proxy: caddy
  • Firewalls involved:N/A

I’ve successfully managed to switch from GridFS to local File Storage, which is writing to the common/uploads directory inside of the snap for rocket chat. I’m successfully able to see the images writing there from a user upload, but it doesn’t seemingly write the file, but a copy of it.

I’m able to refer to these images in chat by doing this: ![Some Image](/file-upload/<RC HASH>/image.ext)

What I want to know is, can I load images into the chat, from the server that was never uploaded via the chat? I have images on the server that I want to be able to “send” or display in chat. Is there any way to do this?

Thanks!