conf.yml not connecting

[pwertanen]

I use docker on ubuntu server hosted by hostinger. The path that where my conf.yml file is /root/dashy/public/conf.ym. Still I cannot get Dashy to see the conf.yml file. I have tried many things over the past week trying to get this to connect and cannot. I have checked the repository for any information on how to make this happen and I cannot find any help. I am used the following to start dashy;

docker run -d
-p 8080:8080
--volume /root/dashy/public/conf.yml:/app/public/conf.yml
--volume /root/dashy/icons:/app/public/item-icons/icons
--name dashy
--restart=unless-stopped
lissy93/dashy:latest
root@srv828246:~/dashy#

any suggestions would be appreciated. Everything works except that I need to create a user name and password to secure this instance. My .yml file is already created.

[isaacss98]

I have this same problem. I saw a bug raised some years ago but there is no fix listed. Really frustrating. I don't know what to do to get the conf.yml file read. Any suggestions would be really appreciated. I am trying to add authentication and without a working conf file I cannot add it.

[lissy93]

Can you share what error you've got? And some info about how you're running this / deployment.

My guess, is that it's using the wrong config location.
Config needs to be found in /app/user-data/conf.yml NOT any public directory.

Btw, if you're using Portainer, I'm already aware of several out-dated templates floating around, and have submitted fixes in:

• Fixes the Dashy stack xneo1/portainer_templates#12 (cc @xneo1)
• Fixes Dashy install novaspirit/pi-hosted#506 (cc @novaspirit)

Neither got merged yet, but in the meantime there is a working template in my own portainer-templates
It's at portainer-templates.as93.net/dashy-container

In the meantime i made a PR (#2301) to update the troubleshooting docs, so that this is now explained much more clearly in: https://dashy.to/docs/troubleshooting/. The stuff there should solve your issue, but let me know if it doesn't and i can try and help :)

[lissy93]

Solution: Config needs to be in /user-data/conf.yml. In Docker, mount your data directory to /app/user-data/.
The directory you pass on your host MUST exist already, otherwise Docker creates a file named user-data, which will break things.
And if you get permissions issues, then on your host system run sudo chown -R 1000:1000 ~/path-to-your/user-data

For more info, see: https://dashy.to/docs/troubleshooting/#config-not-loading

Hope that helps :)