[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"problem-detail-error-while-interpolating-services-budget-board-db-environment-postgres":3},{"stack":4,"error":5,"seoName":6,"seoStack":7,"seo":8,"breadcrumb":10,"titlePrefix":17,"titleAccent":18,"lead":19,"facts":22,"why":37,"log":42,"fix":75,"engine":84,"related":92,"pitch":99},"compose","while-interpolating-services-budget-board-db-environment-postgres","Compose deploy fails when required database variables are missing","Docker Compose",{"description":9},"Learn what causes Compose deploy fails when required database variables are missing, how PanelAlpha Engine responds to it during deployment.",[11,14,16],{"label":12,"href":13},"App Installations","\u002Fapps",{"label":7,"href":15},"\u002Fapps\u002Fstacks\u002Fcompose",{"label":6},"Compose deploy fails when ","required database variables are missing",[20],{"text":21},"Error recorded 9 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys on Docker Compose. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.",[23,28,31,33],{"label":24,"value":25,"tone":26,"tooltip":27},"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":29,"value":30},"Seen","9 times",{"label":32,"value":7},"Where",{"label":34,"value":35,"tooltip":36},"Status","Observed","Our team will look into this soon, verify the cause and try to fix it in an upcoming release.",{"heading":38,"body":39},"Why it happens",[40],{"text":41},"The Compose file requires POSTGRES_DATABASE and POSTGRES_USER, but no environment source was loaded during deployment. Compose stops while interpolating the database and server settings, before containers can start. The generated password does not replace these required variables.",{"heading":43,"block":44},"What the log looks like",{"header":45,"lines":46},"Deploy log",[47,51,55,59,63,67,71],{"segments":48},[49],{"text":50},"Detected project type: Docker Compose",{"segments":52},[53],{"text":54},"Using strategy: compose",{"segments":56},[57],{"text":58},"Using default environment variables (source: none)",{"segments":60},[61],{"text":62},"Starting application (docker compose up -d)",{"segments":64},[65],{"text":66},"error while interpolating services.budget-board-db.environment.POSTGRES_DB: required variable POSTGRES_DATABASE is missing a value",{"segments":68},[69],{"text":70},"error while interpolating services.budget-board-db.environment.POSTGRES_USER: required variable POSTGRES_USER is missing a value",{"segments":72},[73],{"text":74},"Deploy failed: Failed to start app",{"heading":76,"steps":77,"block":81},"How to fix it",[78],[79],{"text":80},"Add POSTGRES_DATABASE and POSTGRES_USER to the project environment or the referenced compose.env file. Ensure the file is present in the deployed project and configured as the Compose environment source. Redeploy, then check the database and application health checks.",{"header":82,"lines":83},"Fix by hand",[],{"heading":85,"body":86,"block":89},"How PanelAlpha Engine solves it",[87],{"text":88},"Validate required Compose variables before running docker compose up. Report all missing variables in one actionable message and confirm whether compose.env or another environment source was loaded.",{"header":90,"lines":91},"",[],{"heading":93,"items":94},"Apps affected",[95],{"title":96,"badge":97,"tone":26,"href":98},"Budget Board","9 occurrences","\u002Fapps\u002Fteelur\u002Fbudget-board",{"heading":100,"body":101,"footNote":102,"docsLabel":103,"docsHref":104},"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"]