Appwrite Frequently Asked Questions

Steven Nguyen

12 min read

·

Feb 19, 2022

--

Share

I discovered Appwrite in July of 2021 and since then have been actively involved in the community contributing code and helping users on Discord. Over time, I’ve come across some common questions so I figured it would be good to compile those questions and answers all in one place! If you have any other questions, feel free to comment and I will address them as soon as I can.

Table of Contents

General

• What is Appwrite?
• How does Appwrite differ from Firebase?
• How does Appwrite differ from Supabase?
• Is there a cloud offering?
• Where can I get resources on Appwrite?

Installation

• How do I fix my Appwrite console’s invalid certificate?
• How do I verify my domain?
• Do I need to run the migration tool for patch upgrades?
• Can I run Appwrite on non-standard ports (not 80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS)?

Authentication

• Why am I seeing “User (role: guests) missing scope (account)”?

Databases

• My server is running out of disk space. What’s taking up all the space?
• How do I store related objects in Appwrite?
• I tried to create an index, but it failed. What’s wrong?
• How do I edit an attribute?
• How should I design my database?

Teams

• Why do I keep getting SMTP disabled when I try to add a user to a team with the server SDK?

Functions

• My function doesn’t work and it doesn’t return any error code! What’s wrong?
• Why does the cloud function execution say my code is not found?
• I can’t upload my code! What’s wrong?
• My deployment failed! What’s wrong?

Storage

• I deployed my web app, but my images won’t show and the HTTP requests return 404. What’s wrong?

General

What is Appwrite?

Appwrite provides a multitude of services that takes care of pretty much all backend needs allowing developers to focus on building…