[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"problem-detail-error-compose-file-opt-panelalpha-shared-hosting-users-docker":3},{"stack":4,"error":5,"seoName":6,"seoStack":7,"seo":8,"breadcrumb":10,"titlePrefix":18,"titleAccent":19,"lead":20,"facts":23,"why":38,"log":48,"fix":61,"engine":74,"related":82,"pitch":101},"cra","compose-file-opt-panelalpha-shared-hosting-users-docker","Deployment failed because the Docker Compose file is missing","Cra, Php",{"description":9},"Learn what causes Deployment failed because the Docker Compose file is missing, how PanelAlpha Engine responds to it during deployment.",[11,14,17],{"label":12,"href":13},"App Installations","\u002Fapps",{"label":15,"href":16},"Cra","\u002Fapps\u002Fstacks\u002Fcra",{"label":6},"Deployment failed because ","the Docker Compose file is missing",[21],{"text":22},"Error recorded 23 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys on Cra, Php. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.",[24,29,32,34],{"label":25,"value":26,"tone":27,"tooltip":28},"Type","Error","err","An error that occurred in the deployed application. It is not necessarily a PanelAlpha Engine error, but we keep working on improvements so you run into fewer of them.",{"label":30,"value":31},"Seen","23 times · 3 variants",{"label":33,"value":7},"Where",{"label":35,"value":36,"tooltip":37},"Status","Observed","Our team will look into this soon, verify the cause and try to fix it in an upcoming release.",{"heading":39,"body":40},"Why it happens",[41,43,46],{"text":42},"The deploy attempted to use ",{"text":44,"code":45},"\u002Fopt\u002Fpanelalpha\u002Fshared-hosting\u002Fusers\u002F\u003Caccount>\u002Fdocker-compose.yml",true,{"text":47},", but that file does not exist. The failure occurred before containers started or health checks ran. The deploy strategy and platform were not detected, so the step that should provide the Compose file may not have run.",{"heading":49,"block":50},"What the log looks like",{"header":51,"lines":52},"Deploy log",[53,57],{"segments":54},[55],{"text":56},"Deploy started (source: rebuild)",{"segments":58},[59],{"text":60},"Deploy failed: compose file \"\u002Fopt\u002Fpanelalpha\u002Fshared-hosting\u002Fusers\u002F\u003Caccount>\u002Fdocker-compose.yml\" is invalid: open \u002Fopt\u002Fpanelalpha\u002Fshared-hosting\u002Fusers\u002F\u003Caccount>\u002Fdocker-compose.yml: no such file or directory",{"heading":62,"steps":63,"block":71},"How to fix it",[64],[65,67,69],{"text":66},"Check the app configuration and confirm it is intended for a Docker\u002FCompose deployment. Verify that the bootstrap or prepare step creates ",{"text":68,"code":45},"docker-compose.yml",{"text":70}," in the account directory. If this is a classic WordPress or FPM account, use the appropriate deployment strategy instead. After correcting the configuration, run the deployment again.",{"header":72,"lines":73},"Fix by hand",[],{"heading":75,"body":76,"block":79},"How PanelAlpha Engine solves it",[77],{"text":78},"Validate the Compose file path before invoking Docker and report the failure at the prepare or detection stage. Record why platform and strategy detection returned no result, and distinguish a missing generated file from an invalid Compose file.",{"header":80,"lines":81},"",[],{"heading":83,"items":84},"Apps affected",[85,89,93,97],{"title":86,"badge":87,"tone":27,"href":88},"dotclear\u002Fdotclear","4 occurrences","\u002Fapps\u002Fdotclear\u002Fdotclear",{"title":90,"badge":91,"tone":27,"href":92},"WordPress","3 occurrences","\u002Fapps\u002Fwordpress\u002Fwordpress",{"title":94,"badge":95,"tone":27,"href":96},"facebook-messenger-clone","2 occurrences","\u002Fapps\u002Fsantaknew\u002Freact-messenger-clone",{"title":98,"badge":99,"tone":27,"href":100},"n8n-monorepo","1 occurrence","\u002Fapps\u002Fn8n-io\u002Fn8n",{"heading":102,"body":103,"footNote":104,"docsLabel":105,"docsHref":106},"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 CPU","Read the documentation","https:\u002F\u002Fpanelalpha.com\u002Fdocs"]