Setting Up HomePage with Docker Compose

 Setting Up HomePage with Docker Compose

Key things to get right, While installing  HomePage Docker: 

✅ Best Practices for Docker Compose:

Use a .env file to securely store API keys, usernames, and passwords.

Set the server name and ports under the HOMEPAGE_ALLOWED_HOSTS environment variable to avoid host validation errors.

✅ Widgets Configuration:

For the Portainer widget, set the environment variable as "env: 2".

⚠ Common Errors & Fixes:

🔹 Error: HOMEPAGE_ALLOWED_HOSTS: Failed host validation

 Fix: Ensure server name and ports are correctly set in HOMEPAGE_ALLOWED_HOSTS.

🔹 Error: End of the stream or a document separator is expected

 Fix: This is a syntax error—check for extra characters in the file.

🔹 Error: Portainer API Error: Unable to find an environment with the specified identifier

 Fix: Ensure correct variable names without mismatches.

🔹 Error: Portainer invalid JWT token

Fix: Get the correct token from Portainer, stop the container, run docker pull, then restart it.

🔹 Error: OMV API Error: Unknown errorURL

  Fix: Ensure correct URL format with https://server:port or http://server:port.

🔹 Error: Plex API Error: Unexpected token 'I' in JSON response

  Fix: Correct URL mapping using https://server:port or http://server:port.

🔹 Error: API Error after adding API key in .env file

  Fix:

 1️⃣ Stop the container

 2️⃣ Pull the latest version

 3️⃣ Restart the container

More details : https://www.gouti1454.com/p/homepage-docker.html

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