Compose deployment fails because the compose file is missing

Error recorded 6 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys on Angular, Docker Compose, Express. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.

Seen6 times · 3 variants
WhereAngular, Docker Compose, Express

Why it happens

The repository was cloned successfully, but the Compose strategy tried to start /home/<account>/project/docker-compose.yml. That file does not exist at the expected project root, so the application could not start.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
Starting application (docker compose up -d)compose file "/home/<account>/project/docker-compose.yml" is invalid: open /home/<account>/project/docker-compose.yml: no such file or directoryDeploy failed: Failed to start app

Try PanelAlpha Engine yourself.

The easiest way to turn your server into a safe, controlled environment for your AI agent. Deploy, manage and maintain any project from Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or any other MCP client. Open source under Apache 2.0, free to run.

Requires Ubuntu 24.04 or 26.04 · 2 GB RAM · 1 CPURead the documentation