Databasus does not work after install

[edmc73]

✅ Have you read and understood the above guidelines?

yes

🔎 Did you run the script with verbose mode enabled?

Yes, verbose mode was enabled and the output is included below

📜 What is the name of the script you are using?

Databasus

📂 What was the exact command used to execute the script?

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/databasus.sh)"

⚙️ What settings are you using?

• Default Settings
• Advanced Settings

🖥️ Which Linux distribution are you using?

Debian 13

📈 Which Proxmox version are you on?

9.1.9

📝 Provide a clear and concise description of the issue.

service databasus failed to start

May 04 20:09:27 databasus systemd[1]: Started databasus.service - Databasus - Database Backup Management.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit databasus.service has finished successfully
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit databasus.service has finished successfully.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 1522.
May 04 20:09:27 databasus databasus[485]: Logger: .env file not found at repo root, using existing environment variables
May 04 20:09:27 databasus databasus[485]: VictoriaLogs URL is not set
May 04 20:09:27 databasus databasus[485]: time="2026/05/04 20:09:27" msg="Text structured logger initialized"
May 04 20:09:27 databasus databasus[485]: time="2026/05/04 20:09:27" msg="VictoriaLogs disabled"
May 04 20:09:27 databasus databasus[485]: time="2026/05/04 20:09:27" msg="Trying to load .env" path=/.env
May 04 20:09:27 databasus databasus[485]: time="2026/05/04 20:09:27" msg="Error loading .env file from repo root" path=/.env error="open /.env: no such file or directory"
May 04 20:09:27 databasus systemd[1]: databasus.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

That work if i do this

cd /
ln -s /opt/databasus/.env .env

systemctl start databasus.service

But it's not very clean :)

Another point.

I don't understand the point of using nginx. Besides being accessible on port 80, the application is also available on port 4005 from my browser.

I tried changing the SERVER_HOST value from 0.0.0.0 to 127.0.0.1, but it didn't make any difference.

🔄 Steps to reproduce the issue.

Just start the container LXC

❌ Paste the full error output (if available).

May 04 20:09:27 databasus systemd[1]: Started databasus.service - Databasus - Database Backup Management.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit databasus.service has finished successfully
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit databasus.service has finished successfully.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 1522.
May 04 20:09:27 databasus databasus[485]: Logger: .env file not found at repo root, using existing environment variables
May 04 20:09:27 databasus databasus[485]: VictoriaLogs URL is not set
May 04 20:09:27 databasus databasus[485]: time="2026/05/04 20:09:27" msg="Text structured logger initialized"
May 04 20:09:27 databasus databasus[485]: time="2026/05/04 20:09:27" msg="VictoriaLogs disabled"
May 04 20:09:27 databasus databasus[485]: time="2026/05/04 20:09:27" msg="Trying to load .env" path=/.env
May 04 20:09:27 databasus databasus[485]: time="2026/05/04 20:09:27" msg="Error loading .env file from repo root" path=/.env error="open /.env: no such file or directory"
May 04 20:09:27 databasus systemd[1]: databasus.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

🖼️ Additional context (optional).

No response

[MickLesk]

Stupid ... Whats the next Release? Put the .env file into /root wtf

[MickLesk]

@tremor021 or @michelroegl-brunner are you on PC today? Ive shutdown my pc 15min ago - otherwise i fix it tomorrow

[michelroegl-brunner]

Not longer today

[edmc73]

I've just discovered something else disturbing.
In the /root/go folder, there's 2.6GB of data whose purpose I'm completely unsure of!

root@databasus:~/go/pkg# du -hcs *
2.6G    mod
12K     sumdb
2.6G    total

root@databasus:~/go/pkg# ls mod
cache             github.com  go.mongodb.org     go.opentelemetry.io  go.uber.org  moul.io      storj.io
cloud.google.com  go.etcd.io  gonum.org          gopkg.in             go.yaml.in   olympos.io
filippo.io        golang.org  google.golang.org  gorm.io              modernc.org  sigs.k8s.io

Example of folder github.com

root@databasus:~/go/pkg# ls mod/github.com/
 a1ex3           cloudwego          gin-gonic       ilyakaznacheev    mattn          power-devops     spacemonkeygo
 aalpar          coder              goccy           inconshreveable  '!max-!sum'     pquerna          spf13
 abbot           colinmarc          go-chi          jackc             mfridman       pressly          stretchr
 anchore         coreos             go-darwin       jcmturner        '!microsoft'    prometheus       swaggo
 andybalholm     cpuguy83           go-faster       jinzhu            microsoft     '!proton!mail'    t3rm1n4l
 antlr4-go       creasty            gofrs           jlaffaye          minio         '!puerkito!bio'   tinylib
 appscode        cronokirby         go-git          jmoiron           mitchellh      putdotio         tklauser
 aws             davecgh            gogo            joho              moby           quic-go          tursodatabase
'!azure'         diskfs             go-ini          jonboulle         modern-go      rclone           twitchyliquid64
'!azure!a!d'     djherbis           golang          josharian         montanaflynn   relvacode        ugorji
 bahlo           dnaeon             golang-jwt      json-iterator     munnerz        remyoudompheng   ulikunitz
 beorn7          dropbox            golang-sql      jtolio            ncw            rfjakob          unknwon
 boombuler       dsnet              go-logr         justinas          nxadm          robfig           urfave
 bradenaw        dustin             google          jzelinskie        oklog          rogpeppe         valkey-io
 bradfitz        ebitengine         googleapis      keybase           onsi           rs               vertica
 buengese        elastic            go-ole          klauspost         oracle         russross         wk8
 buger           elliotwutingfeng   go-openapi      koofr            '!paddle!h!q'   sabhiram         xanzy
'!burnt!sushi'   emersion           go-playground   kr                panjf2000      samber           xdg-go
 bytedance       fatih              go-resty       '!kyle!banks'      patrickmn      segmentio        ydb-platform
 calebcase       felixge            gorilla         kylelemons        paulmach       sethvargo        youmark
 cespare        '!files-com'        go-sql-driver   lanrat            pelletier      shirou           yunify
 chilts          flynn              go-task         leodido           pengsrc        shopspring       yusufpapurcu
'!click!house'   fsnotify           go-viper        lib               peterh        'shurcoo!l'       zeebo
 clipperhouse    gabriel-vasile     hashicorp       lpar              philhofer      sirupsen         ziutek
 cloudflare      geoffgarside       henrybear327    lufia             pierrec        skratchdot
 cloudinary      ggicci             hirochachacha   mailru            pkg            snabb
 cloudsoda       gin-contrib       '!i!b!m'        '!masterminds'     pmezard        sony

I just tried deleting the /root/go directory.
I think I messed up.

I think I'll abandon the idea of ​​using DataBasus. It seems to me that the application is a bit poorly optimized.

Thanks for your help!