OliveTin EZ-Start: A New Way to Deploy OliveTin-for-Channels Using Just Two Environment Variables to Get Started!

bnhf · January 19, 2026, 6:47pm

That would not be the case if your installation had proceeded in normal order. Could you post the current set of env vars being used by your olivetin stack (not olivetin-ezstart)? You can redact your e-mail related data, Tailnet domain and Portainer token (if one exists) but leave the rest.

Here's mine (captured from Portainer-Stacks - Environment variables - Advanced mode), for comparison:

TAG=latest
DOMAIN=localdomain tailxxxxx.ts.net
HOST_PORT=1337
CHANNELS_DVR_HOST=media-server8
CHANNELS_DVR_PORT=8089
CHANNELS_DVR2_HOST=utheater-pc
CHANNELS_DVR2_PORT=8089
CHANNELS_CLIENTS=appletv4k firestick-master
ALERT_SMTP_SERVER=smtp.gmail.com:587
ALERT_EMAIL_FROM=[Redacted]
ALERT_EMAIL_PASS=[Redacted]
ALERT_EMAIL_TO=[Redacted]
UPDATE_YAMLS=false
UPDATE_SCRIPTS=false
TZ=US/Mountain
HOST_DIR=/data
DVR_SHARE=/mnt/dvr
LOGS_SHARE=/mnt/channelsdvr
TUBEARCHIVIST_SHARE=/mnt/dvr
DVR2_SHARE=
LOGS2_SHARE=
TUBEARCHIVIST2_SHARE=
DVR3_SHARE=
LOGS3_SHARE=
TUBEARCHIVIST3_SHARE=
HOST_SFS_PORT=8081
FOLDER=/web
PORTAINER_TOKEN=[Redacted]
PORTAINER_HOST=htpc6
PORTAINER_PORT=9443
PORTAINER_ENV=2
PERSISTENT_LOGS=false

Let's see if we can fix things as they sit, before resorting to reinstalling.

ZWells · January 19, 2026, 7:02pm

TAG=latest
DOMAIN=
HOST_PORT=1337
CHANNELS_DVR_HOST=192.168.1.20
CHANNELS_DVR_PORT=8089
CHANNELS_CLIENTS=
ALERT_SMTP_SERVER=
ALERT_EMAIL_FROM=
ALERT_EMAIL_PASS=
ALERT_EMAIL_TO=
UPDATE_YAMLS=true
UPDATE_SCRIPTS=true
TZ=
HOST_DIR=/data
DVR_SHARE=/volume1/ChannelsDVR
LOGS_SHARE=/var/packages/ChannelsDVR/target/channels-dvr
TUBEARCHIVIST_SHARE=/volume1/ChannelsDVR
DVR2_SHARE=
LOGS2_SHARE=
TUBEARCHIVIST2_SHARE=
DVR3_SHARE=
LOGS3_SHARE=
TUBEARCHIVIST3_SHARE=
HOST_SFS_PORT=8080
FOLDER=/web
PORTAINER_TOKEN=
PORTAINER_HOST=192.168.1.20
PORTAINER_PORT=9443
PORTAINER_ENV=2
PERSISTENT_LOGS=false

bnhf · January 19, 2026, 7:14pm

This is the primary problem. In Portainer, go to the username dropdown in the upper right corner and create a Portainer Token named olivetin. Save it in a safe place. Then stop your olivetin stack, and add that value to your env vars. Add your time zone (in standard Linux time zone format) after TZ= while you're at it.

Click the Update the stack button, and you should be good.

bnhf · January 19, 2026, 7:19pm

This is a problem too -- on Synology. On that specific NAS, Docker can't create directories -- they need to already exist. I believe /volume1/docker/olivetin is a good option. Make sure (using File Station) those directories exist first. Create them if needed. This is required for all containers, and is a Synology-Docker issue.

EDIT: Also, create /volume1/docker/olivetin/data for static-file-server...

ZWells · January 19, 2026, 7:39pm

Understood. This update did the trick.
I tried the Tubi project. This installed. The MLB one click did not. The Roku Bridge Container is generated but I'll have to address this in the Custom channels in CDVR I think.

bnhf · January 19, 2026, 7:52pm

Glad to hear it.

Error messages?

The docker composes used for anything in Project One-Click are shown here, or can be displayed in One-Click:

This will help you figure out what directory to create before trying to spin-up a container. Only certain directories are writable on Synology. Using /volume1/docker as a parent (as opposed to /data) is a reasonably safe bet.

The Roku Bridge requires configuration before you can create your CDVR source. One-Click always does this if possible, but some projects need configuration before proceeding.

ZWells · January 19, 2026, 8:31pm

FOR MLB error:

 JSON response from http://192.168.1.20:9000/api/stacks/create/standalone/string?endpointId=2:
{"message":"failed to deploy a stack: time=\"2026-01-19T20:30:09Z\" level=warning msg=\"/data/compose/24/docker-compose.yml: the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion\"\n Network mlbserver_default Creating\n Network mlbserver_default Created\n Container mlbserver Creating\n Container mlbserver Created\n Container mlbserver Starting\nError response from daemon: Bind mount failed: '/data/mlbserver' does not exists\n","details":"Failed to deploy a stack: time=\"2026-01-19T20:30:09Z\" level=warning msg=\"/data/compose/24/docker-compose.yml: the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion\"\n Network mlbserver_default Creating\n Network mlbserver_default Created\n Container mlbserver Creating\n Container mlbserver Created\n Container mlbserver Starting\nError response from daemon: Bind mount failed: '/data/mlbserver' does not exists\n"}
false

bnhf · January 19, 2026, 8:36pm

As discussed, you can't use /data as a parent on Synology. You should specify /volume1/docker as a parent, but be sure to create /volume1/docker/mlbserver using File Station first.

ZWells · January 19, 2026, 9:51pm

Ok, I got MLB to work. Samsung is working. The Weather4000 is up next but is asking for a cc4c Host. I don't know what this is but I'll have to research. Thanks so much for your help.

chDVRuser · January 19, 2026, 10:02pm

There are some projects that probably won't run well, if at all, on a low powered Synology NAS.
Those are meant for beefier machines.
I would recommend looking at the threads for the projects before you try installing them.

Jim_FL · April 30, 2026, 12:24pm

Good morning,

I spun up a Linux box just to run docker/portainer. I think I got close but seeing errors when I run HealthCheck. Any suggestions are appreciated. AI is running in circles.....

ls: /mnt/192.168.1.62-8089/.: Input/output error
ls: /mnt/192.168.1.62-8089_logs: Input/output error
ls: /mnt/192.168.1.62-8089_logs/.: Input/output error
Checking your OliveTin-for-Channels installation...
(extended_check=false)

OliveTin Container Version 2026.04.23
OliveTin Docker Compose Version 2025.08.25

----------------------------------------

Checking that your selected Channels DVR server (192.168.1.62:8089) is reachable by URL:
HTTP Status: 200 indicates success...

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  1276  100  1276    0     0   712k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1246k
HTTP Status: 200
Effective URL: http://192.168.1.62:8089/

----------------------------------------

Checking that your selected Channels DVR server's data files (/mnt/192.168.1.62-8089) are accessible:
Folders with the names Database, Images, Imports, Logs, Movies, Streaming and TV should be visible...

total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 4096 Mar 29 22:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 30 11:13 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Apr 30 08:31 Database
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Apr 30 01:03 Images
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Oct 14  2023 Imports
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Apr 29 23:01 Logs
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Apr 30 10:59 Metadata
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Mar 29 22:35 Movies
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Mar 29 22:35 Streaming
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Apr 25 23:59 TV

Docker reports your current DVR_SHARE setting as...
/mnt/d/DVR

If the listed folders are NOT visible, AND you have your Channels DVR and Docker on the same system:

Channels reports this path as...
D:\DVR

When using WSL with a Linux distro and Docker Desktop, it's recommended to use...
/mnt/d/DVR

----------------------------------------

Checking that your selected Channels DVR server's log files (/mnt/192.168.1.62-8089_logs) are accessible:
Folders with the names data and latest should be visible...

total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 4096 Mar 29 22:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 30 11:13 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Apr 30 08:31 Database
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Apr 30 01:03 Images
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Oct 14  2023 Imports
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Apr 29 23:01 Logs
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Apr 30 10:59 Metadata
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Mar 29 22:35 Movies
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Mar 29 22:35 Streaming
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000    0 Apr 25 23:59 TV

Docker reports your current LOGS_SHARE setting as...
/mnt/d/DVR

If the listed folders are NOT visible, AND you have your Channels DVR and Docker on the same system:

Channels reports this path as...
C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR

When using WSL with a Linux distro and Docker Desktop, it's recommended to use...
/mnt/c/ProgramData/ChannelsDVR

----------------------------------------

Checking if your Portainer token is working on ports 9000 and/or 9443:

Portainer http response on port 9000 reports version 
Portainer Environment ID for local is 
Portainer https response on port 9443 reports version 2.39.1
Portainer Environment ID for local is 3

----------------------------------------

Here's a list of your current OliveTin-related settings:

HOSTNAME=olivetin
CHANNELS_DVR=192.168.1.62:8089
CHANNELS_DVR_ALTERNATES=
CHANNELS_CLIENTS=
ALERT_SMTP_SERVER=
ALERT_EMAIL_FROM=[Redacted]@
ALERT_EMAIL_PASS=[Redacted]
ALERT_EMAIL_TO=[Redacted]@
UPDATE_YAMLS=true
UPDATE_SCRIPTS=true
PORTAINER_TOKEN=[Redacted]
PORTAINER_HOST=192.168.1.86
PORTAINER_PORT=9443
PORTAINER_ENV=2

----------------------------------------

Here's the contents of /etc/resolv.conf from inside the container:

# Generated by Docker Engine.
# This file can be edited; Docker Engine will not make further changes once it
# has been modified.

nameserver 127.0.0.11
search 
options edns0 trust-ad ndots:0

# Based on host file: '/etc/resolv.conf' (internal resolver)
# ExtServers: [host(127.0.0.53)]
# Overrides: [search]
# Option ndots from: internal

----------------------------------------

Here's the contents of /etc/hosts from inside the container:

127.0.0.1       localhost
::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::  ip6-localnet
ff00::  ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
172.26.0.2      olivetin

bnhf · April 30, 2026, 1:39pm

Could you post the complete set of OliveTin env vars you're using, from the OliveTin stack?

Also, can you give me a picture of what systems you're using for what at this point? Is your QNAP still in the mix? Are you using a Windows PC as well?

Jim_FL · April 30, 2026, 2:45pm

You have a great memory. Here's what I am using:

BeeLink PC Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics, 3201 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s) Windows 11 : Only running CDVR and Prismcast
Dell Intel® Core i7-6700T × 8 Linux Running Docker, Portainer, OliveTin
Qnap TS451+ Now just used for movie storage and backups.

Thanks for the help. Linux newbie.

Here's the environment info:

TAG=latest
DOMAIN=
HOST_PORT=1337
CHANNELS_DVR_HOST=192.168.1.62
CHANNELS_DVR_PORT=8089
CHANNELS_CLIENTS=
ALERT_SMTP_SERVER=
ALERT_EMAIL_FROM=
ALERT_EMAIL_PASS=
ALERT_EMAIL_TO=
UPDATE_YAMLS=true
UPDATE_SCRIPTS=true
TZ=US/Eastern
HOST_DIR=/home/jim/docker/olivetin/data
DVR_SHARE=/mnt/d/DVR
LOGS_SHARE=/mnt/d/DVR
TUBEARCHIVIST_SHARE=/mnt/d/dvr
DVR2_SHARE=
LOGS2_SHARE=
TUBEARCHIVIST2_SHARE=
DVR3_SHARE=
LOGS3_SHARE=
TUBEARCHIVIST3_SHARE=
HOST_SFS_PORT=8080
FOLDER=/web
cat: /config/olivetin.token: No such file or directory=
PORTAINER_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxx
PORTAINER_HOST=192.168.1.86
PORTAINER_PORT=9443
PORTAINER_ENV=2
PERSISTENT_LOGS=false

bnhf · April 30, 2026, 3:26pm

OK, that's helpful. Though there are multiple ways to do this, here's my typical approach:

On your Windows system running CDVR, have the folder where you store DVR recordings and "Personal Media" set up as a Samba shares. Also, have the location where CDVR program files also set up as a Samba share.

Here's mine, where dvr is my CDVR recordings folder. TV Series and Movies are personal media folders, and ChannelsDVR is a Samba share of my CDVR programs (aka executables):

The dvr share contains these files:

And, the ChannelsDVR share contains:

Then, in Portainer, you need to create Docker Volumes to access those shares:

A volume called channels-dvr:

And a volume called channels-dvr-logs:

The above, I would consider the "easy way" to attach Samba shares to a Docker container. It's also possible to mount Samba shares to your file system, and then use those mount points, but that's a bit more complicated.

In your OliveTin stack, you'd then uncomment the lines that include #0#, #1#, and #2#, like this:

volumes: # Remove the #x# to enable. Use this section if you've setup a docker volume named channels-dvr, with CIFS or NFS, to bind to /mnt/dvr inside the container. Set ${DVR_SHARE} to channels-dvr (DVR_SHARE=channels_dvr) in that example.
  channels-dvr:
    external: true
  channels-dvr-logs:
    external: true
  #3#tubearchivist:
    #3#external: true
  #4#channels-dvr2:
    #4#external: true
  #5#channels-dvr2-logs:
    #5#external: true
  #6#tubearchivist2:
    #6#external: true
  #7#channels-dvr3:
    #7#external: true
  #8#channels-dvr3-logs:
    #8#external: true
  #9#tubearchivist3:
    #9#external: true

Finally, you'd modify these two env vars to use these new volume names rather than paths, like so:

DVR_SHARE=channels-dvr
LOGS_SHARE=channels-dvr-logs

Jim_FL · April 30, 2026, 4:44pm

Thanks. Got Samba shares done. Will attempt the rest tonight. Thanks for getting back so quickly.

Jim_FL · May 1, 2026, 11:57am

I think you got me there. Now I will see about moving my docker into OliveTin. I am copying my healthcheck just to in case you see something I didn't address. Thanks again.

Checking your OliveTin-for-Channels installation...
(extended_check=false)

OliveTin Container Version 2026.04.23
OliveTin Docker Compose Version 2025.03.26

----------------------------------------

Checking that your selected Channels DVR server (192.168.1.62:8089) is reachable by URL:
HTTP Status: 200 indicates success...

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  1276  100  1276    0     0   842k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1246k
HTTP Status: 200
Effective URL: http://192.168.1.62:8089/

----------------------------------------

Checking that your selected Channels DVR server's data files (/mnt/192.168.1.62-8089) are accessible:
Folders with the names Database, Images, Imports, Logs, Movies, Streaming and TV should be visible...

total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 29 22:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 May  1 11:50 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 May  1 09:04 Database
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 May  1 02:01 Images
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Oct 14  2023 Imports
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 29 23:01 Logs
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 May  1 10:59 Metadata
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Mar 29 22:35 Movies
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Mar 29 22:35 Streaming
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 25 23:59 TV

Docker reports your current DVR_SHARE setting as...
/var/lib/docker/volumes/channels-dvr/_data

If the listed folders are NOT visible, AND you have your Channels DVR and Docker on the same system:

Channels reports this path as...
D:\DVR

When using WSL with a Linux distro and Docker Desktop, it's recommended to use...
/mnt/d/DVR

----------------------------------------

Checking that your selected Channels DVR server's log files (/mnt/192.168.1.62-8089_logs) are accessible:
Folders with the names data and latest should be visible...

total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 29 08:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 May  1 11:50 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 12 08:00 2026.04.12.0247
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 21 08:00 2026.04.21.0659
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 22 08:00 2026.04.21.2033
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 23 08:00 2026.04.23.0705
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 25 08:00 2026.04.25.0633
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 27 08:00 2026.04.26.0749
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  829 Apr 29 08:00 Channels DVR Server.lnk
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 May  1 11:49 data
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 29 08:00 latest

Docker reports your current LOGS_SHARE setting as...
/var/lib/docker/volumes/channels-dvr-logs/_data

If the listed folders are NOT visible, AND you have your Channels DVR and Docker on the same system:

Channels reports this path as...
C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR

When using WSL with a Linux distro and Docker Desktop, it's recommended to use...
/mnt/c/ProgramData/ChannelsDVR

----------------------------------------

Checking if your Portainer token is working on ports 9000 and/or 9443:

Portainer http response on port 9000 reports version 
Portainer Environment ID for local is 
Portainer https response on port 9443 reports version 2.21.4
Portainer Environment ID for local is 

----------------------------------------

Here's a list of your current OliveTin-related settings:

HOSTNAME=olivetin
CHANNELS_DVR=192.168.1.62:8089
CHANNELS_DVR_ALTERNATES=another-server:8089 a-third-server:8089
CHANNELS_CLIENTS=appletv4k
ALERT_SMTP_SERVER=smtp.gmail.com:587
ALERT_EMAIL_FROM=[Redacted]@gmail.com
ALERT_EMAIL_PASS=[Redacted]
ALERT_EMAIL_TO=[Redacted]@att.net
UPDATE_YAMLS=true
UPDATE_SCRIPTS=true
PORTAINER_TOKEN=[Redacted]
PORTAINER_HOST=192.168.1.86
PORTAINER_PORT=9443
PORTAINER_ENV=2

----------------------------------------

Here's the contents of /etc/resolv.conf from inside the container:

# Generated by Docker Engine.
# This file can be edited; Docker Engine will not make further changes once it
# has been modified.

nameserver 127.0.0.11
search localdomain
options edns0 trust-ad ndots:0

# Based on host file: '/etc/resolv.conf' (internal resolver)
# ExtServers: [host(127.0.0.53)]
# Overrides: [search]
# Option ndots from: internal

----------------------------------------

Here's the contents of /etc/hosts from inside the container:

127.0.0.1       localhost
::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::  ip6-localnet
ff00::  ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
172.27.0.3      olivetin

bnhf · May 1, 2026, 1:50pm

Jim_FL:

----------------------------------------

Checking if your Portainer token is working on ports 9000 and/or 9443:

Portainer http response on port 9000 reports version 
Portainer Environment ID for local is 
Portainer https response on port 9443 reports version 2.21.4
Portainer Environment ID for local is 

----------------------------------------

It looks like you're only using https:// (port 9443) for Portainer, which is fine, but the fact that no Environment ID is reported likely means your Portainer token is no longer valid. Create a new one, and use it in your OliveTin stack. You won't be good-to-go until you see both a version number and ID on port 9000 or port 9443.

Remove the sample values from these two env vars.

Fix those things, and run the healthcheck again to confirm success.

Jim_FL · May 1, 2026, 3:55pm

Two issues. If I remove env for a third server, it breaks the container with trailing space error. When I put it back, all seem good. Also, I can't make OliveTin see the PORTAINER_TOKEN.

Checking your OliveTin-for-Channels installation...
(extended_check=false)

OliveTin Container Version 2026.04.23
OliveTin Docker Compose Version 2025.03.26

----------------------------------------

Checking that your selected Channels DVR server (192.168.1.62:8089) is reachable by URL:
HTTP Status: 200 indicates success...

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  1276  100  1276    0     0   466k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  623k
HTTP Status: 200
Effective URL: http://192.168.1.62:8089/

----------------------------------------

Checking that your selected Channels DVR server's data files (/mnt/192.168.1.62-8089) are accessible:
Folders with the names Database, Images, Imports, Logs, Movies, Streaming and TV should be visible...

total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 29 22:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 May  1 15:50 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 May  1 09:04 Database
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 May  1 13:01 Images
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Oct 14  2023 Imports
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 29 23:01 Logs
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 May  1 13:00 Metadata
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Mar 29 22:35 Movies
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Mar 29 22:35 Streaming
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 25 23:59 TV

Docker reports your current DVR_SHARE setting as...
/var/lib/docker/volumes/channels-dvr/_data

If the listed folders are NOT visible, AND you have your Channels DVR and Docker on the same system:

Channels reports this path as...
D:\DVR

When using WSL with a Linux distro and Docker Desktop, it's recommended to use...
/mnt/d/DVR

----------------------------------------

Checking that your selected Channels DVR server's log files (/mnt/192.168.1.62-8089_logs) are accessible:
Folders with the names data and latest should be visible...

total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 29 08:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 May  1 15:50 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 12 08:00 2026.04.12.0247
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 21 08:00 2026.04.21.0659
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 22 08:00 2026.04.21.2033
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 23 08:00 2026.04.23.0705
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 25 08:00 2026.04.25.0633
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 27 08:00 2026.04.26.0749
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  829 Apr 29 08:00 Channels DVR Server.lnk
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 May  1 15:24 data
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 29 08:00 latest

Docker reports your current LOGS_SHARE setting as...
/var/lib/docker/volumes/channels-dvr-logs/_data

If the listed folders are NOT visible, AND you have your Channels DVR and Docker on the same system:

Channels reports this path as...
C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR

When using WSL with a Linux distro and Docker Desktop, it's recommended to use...
/mnt/c/ProgramData/ChannelsDVR

----------------------------------------

Checking if your Portainer token is working on ports 9000 and/or 9443:

Portainer http response on port 9000 reports version 
Portainer Environment ID for local is 
Portainer https response on port 9443 reports version 2.41.0
Portainer Environment ID for local is 

----------------------------------------

Here's a list of your current OliveTin-related settings:

HOSTNAME=olivetin
CHANNELS_DVR=192.168.1.62:8089
CHANNELS_DVR_ALTERNATES=
CHANNELS_CLIENTS=
ALERT_SMTP_SERVER=smtp.gmail.com:587
ALERT_EMAIL_FROM=[Redacted]@gmail.com
ALERT_EMAIL_PASS=[Redacted]
ALERT_EMAIL_TO=[Redacted]@att.net
UPDATE_YAMLS=true
UPDATE_SCRIPTS=true
PORTAINER_TOKEN=[Redacted]
PORTAINER_HOST=192.168.1.86
PORTAINER_PORT=9443
PORTAINER_ENV=2

----------------------------------------

Here's the contents of /etc/resolv.conf from inside the container:

# Generated by Docker Engine.
# This file can be edited; Docker Engine will not make further changes once it
# has been modified.

nameserver 127.0.0.11
search localdomain
options edns0 trust-ad ndots:0

# Based on host file: '/etc/resolv.conf' (internal resolver)
# ExtServers: [host(127.0.0.53)]
# Overrides: [search]
# Option ndots from: internal

----------------------------------------

Here's the contents of /etc/hosts from inside the container:

127.0.0.1       localhost
::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::  ip6-localnet
ff00::  ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
172.27.0.3      olivetin

bnhf · May 1, 2026, 4:03pm

You're not using the latest Docker Compose for OliveTin. When you're setting things up manually, like you're doing (not using EZ-Start), those can always be found here:

You had it working in your original post about this, I'm guessing maybe you started over, and are using an old token? Generate a new one, and copy-and-paste it into your stack.

EDIT: Also, just to confirm, you didn't mess with the default Portainer environment name of local did you?

Jim_FL · May 1, 2026, 9:54pm

I am still failing. I have moved everything to portainer successfully. I have verified with cli that Olivetin can see Portainer and the token is valid. But it doesn't seem to reach it in Olivetin.

Here is a fresh healthcheck:

Checking your OliveTin-for-Channels installation...
(extended_check=false)

OliveTin Container Version 2026.04.23
OliveTin Docker Compose Version 2025.03.26

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Checking that your selected Channels DVR server (192.168.1.62:8089) is reachable by URL:
HTTP Status: 200 indicates success...

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  1276  100  1276    0     0   475k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  623k
HTTP Status: 200
Effective URL: http://192.168.1.62:8089/

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Checking that your selected Channels DVR server's data files (/mnt/192.168.1.62-8089) are accessible:
Folders with the names Database, Images, Imports, Logs, Movies, Streaming and TV should be visible...

total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 29 22:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 May  1 21:27 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 May  1 09:04 Database
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 May  1 13:01 Images
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Oct 14  2023 Imports
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 29 23:01 Logs
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 May  1 13:00 Metadata
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Mar 29 22:35 Movies
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Mar 29 22:35 Streaming
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 25 23:59 TV

Docker reports your current DVR_SHARE setting as...
/var/lib/docker/volumes/channels-dvr/_data

If the listed folders are NOT visible, AND you have your Channels DVR and Docker on the same system:

Channels reports this path as...
D:\DVR

When using WSL with a Linux distro and Docker Desktop, it's recommended to use...
/mnt/d/DVR

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Checking that your selected Channels DVR server's log files (/mnt/192.168.1.62-8089_logs) are accessible:
Folders with the names data and latest should be visible...

total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 29 08:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 May  1 21:27 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 12 08:00 2026.04.12.0247
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 21 08:00 2026.04.21.0659
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 22 08:00 2026.04.21.2033
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 23 08:00 2026.04.23.0705
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 25 08:00 2026.04.25.0633
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 27 08:00 2026.04.26.0749
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  829 Apr 29 08:00 Channels DVR Server.lnk
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 May  1 21:24 data
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    0 Apr 29 08:00 latest

Docker reports your current LOGS_SHARE setting as...
/var/lib/docker/volumes/channels-dvr-logs/_data

If the listed folders are NOT visible, AND you have your Channels DVR and Docker on the same system:

Channels reports this path as...
C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR

When using WSL with a Linux distro and Docker Desktop, it's recommended to use...
/mnt/c/ProgramData/ChannelsDVR

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Checking if your Portainer token is working on ports 9000 and/or 9443:

Portainer http response on port 9000 reports version 
Portainer Environment ID for local is 
Portainer https response on port 9443 reports version 
Portainer Environment ID for local is 

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Here's a list of your current OliveTin-related settings:

HOSTNAME=olivetin
CHANNELS_DVR=192.168.1.62:8089
CHANNELS_DVR_ALTERNATES=
CHANNELS_CLIENTS=
ALERT_SMTP_SERVER=smtp.gmail.com:587
ALERT_EMAIL_FROM=[Redacted]@gmail.com
ALERT_EMAIL_PASS=[Redacted]
ALERT_EMAIL_TO=[Redacted]@att.net
UPDATE_YAMLS=true
UPDATE_SCRIPTS=true
PORTAINER_TOKEN=[Redacted]
PORTAINER_HOST=docker-host
PORTAINER_PORT=9443
PORTAINER_ENV=1

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Here's the contents of /etc/resolv.conf from inside the container:

# Generated by Docker Engine.
# This file can be edited; Docker Engine will not make further changes once it
# has been modified.

nameserver 127.0.0.11
search localdomain
options edns0 trust-ad ndots:0

# Based on host file: '/etc/resolv.conf' (internal resolver)
# ExtServers: [host(127.0.0.53)]
# Overrides: [search]
# Option ndots from: internal

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Here's the contents of /etc/hosts from inside the container:

127.0.0.1       localhost
::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::  ip6-localnet
ff00::  ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
172.27.0.3      olivetin