Compose deploy blocked by missing required environment variables

Error recorded 3 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys on Docker Compose. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.

Seen3 times
WhereDocker Compose

Why it happens

Docker Compose could not interpolate the app configuration because required password variables were unset. Both the application admin password and PostgreSQL password are required before containers can start. The failure occurred before the services were launched.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
Starting application (docker compose up -d)error while interpolating services.app.environment.ADMIN_PASSWORD: variable DOCKER_COMPOSE_APP_ADMIN_PASSWORD is missing a valueerror while interpolating services.app.environment.DB_PASS: required variable DOCKER_COMPOSE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD is missing a valueerror while interpolating services.postgres.environment.POSTGRES_PASSWORD: required variable DOCKER_COMPOSE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD is missing a value

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