Compose deployment fails because the container image tag is empty

Error recorded 1 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys on Docker Compose. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.

Seen1 times
WhereDocker Compose

Why it happens

The Compose file references an image ending in :${TAG}. TAG was not provided, so Docker tried to pull ghcr.io/venil7/<account>: with an invalid empty tag. Other application variables are also unset and may need configuration after the image reference is fixed.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
Starting application (docker compose up -d)time="2026-09-14T14:37:24Z" level=warning msg="The \"TAG\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."unable to get image 'ghcr.io/venil7/<account>:': Error response from daemon: invalid reference formatDeploy 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