I’ve started a Docker container, with a volume mounted at /storage. I then start Vikunja with the following environment variables: VIKUNJA_DATABASE_TYPE: sqlite VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PATH: /storage/vikunja.db However, Vikunja API fails to start: usermod: no changes 2020/06/22 07:53:59 Config File "con…

Thanks for your response! I’ve set PUID and PGID to 1000 and have ensured the host volume is chowned to 1000:1000. Now, the API server indeed seems to start correctly. Thanks!

Vikunja is not running as root in docker, therefore the api process has no rights to write in the /storage directory. You should modify the folder so the vikunja run user has the right to access it. Take a look at the docs for more info. Since you’re mounting /storage as a volume would need to do th…

How to start Vikunja API in Docker with sqlite?

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kolaente 23 June 2020 11:11 3

Better error message is implemented as of caee123f9.

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