No matter what I do, filebrowser insists my config does not exist and will not start with anything but the default configuration.

[Darkassassin07]

Here is the contents of /srv/filebrowser-new/data/config.yaml this file and the folder that contains it both have 777 permissions.

server:
port: 80
baseURL: "/"
logging:
- levels: "info|warning|error"
sources:
- path: "/folder"
userDefaults:
preview:
image: true
popup: true
video: false
office: false
highQuality: false
darkMode: true
disableSettings: false
singleClick: false
permissions:
admin: false
modify: false
share: false
api: false
auth:
adminUsername: -redacted-
adminPassword: -redacted-

Then there's my docker compose file:

services:
filebrowser-new:
image: gtstef/filebrowser:latest
user: 1000:1000
container_name: filebrowser-new
environment:
- TZ=America/Vancouver
- FILEBROWSER_CONFIG="/config/config.yaml"
volumes:
- /srv/filebrowser-new/data:/config
- /home/darkassassin07:/folder
restart: always
networks:
arr:
ipv4_address: 172.18.0.122
networks:
arr:
external: true

Trying to start this gives the error "/config/config.yaml does not exist." I've tried putting it in different folders both inside and outside the container, tried mounting the full file path (/srv/filebrowser-new/data/config.yaml), tried mounting it overtop of the default /home/filebrowser/data/config.yaml in the container with and without specifying with the env variable, nothing works.

If I swap out the image for hurlenkos filebrowser, it starts; then I can use docker exec to ls the files and /config/config.yaml 100% exists and has 777 perms inside the container with the above config files. I can see the file myself and verify it has completely open permissions, but filebrowser insists it doesn't exist at all and will not start.

The only way I can get the container with this image to start at all is by removing the env variable specifying the config, where it then loads a default config that I cannot change.

[Darkassassin07]

If I use the mount:

• /srv/filebrowser-new/data/config.yaml:/home/filebrowser/data/config.yaml

And remove the env variable specifying the conf, it starts, but with the error:

'[error] could not open config file 'config.yaml', using default settings'

[fastily]

according to the docs, if you run the container with a different user, you also need to mount a tmp directory

[Darkassassin07]

I've tried with and without the 'user' docker parameter, I've also added the 'cacheDir' parameter to the config.yaml as the docs mention, but that still doesn't change filebrowser refusing to acknowledge my config even exists let alone follow it's contents.

[Darkassassin07]

After about three hours on and off messing with this, I finally found my problem.

• FILEBROWSER_CONFIG="/config/config.yaml"

Must NOT be encapsulated in quotation marks. Removed those and it works as you'd expect.

[gtsteffaniak]

Thanks for debugging, I'll make a note on the wiki about this.

I prefer the map syntax on docker compose which likely avoids this issue and allows for duplicate key detection in an IDE.

Instead of an array

environment:
- TZ=America/Vancouver
- FILEBROWSER_CONFIG="/config/config.yaml"

Use names as keys:

environment:
  TZ: America/Vancouver
  FILEBROWSER_CONFIG: "/config/config.yaml"