Ahh, OK 
It may just be me. I just like the env vars filled out in the compose statement instead of having to look them up in a separate section of a stack. To each his own.
That works for simple composes, but for more advanced stacks there's a pretty significant advantage to being able to update the compose, and know the env vars won't disappear with the old compose.
In addition, everything in Project One-Click would be much more cumbersome to deal with -- if I was trying to embed user data in each compose. By separating compose from user data, there's a clean line between what's static and what's dynamic.
When you put your values directly in a compose it's much the same as hard coding values in scripts or programs. It's no big deal when you're doing it just for yourself, and it makes things easy to read without variables, but it's not a good practice for wider use.
I understand what you're saying.
Like I said, to each his own.
You have to support OT4C, I just have to thank you for it and use it
Yah, but I add more comments so I can understand what I hard coded in the compose
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Would you consider moving (or copying) the environment variables comments/documentation from the compose statement to the environment variables section to make it easier since that's what we're editing?
That way we don't have to look at the compose (which you don't want us to edit) to get the definition of an environment variable that we need to change in the environment variable section of the stack.
example - My Fubo container stack environment variables
FUBO_PASS=Monkey123! # My Fubo account password
[email protected] # My Fubo account username (usually my email address)
HOST_PORT=7777 # this Fubo containers host port number
TZ=America/Los_Angeles # My local timezone in standard linux format
This could be a good compromise. I've tested this on a limited basis in the past, but I'll dig into it a bit more and make sure there aren't any gotchas.
@jtrippe77 When you have time, I think the best option at this point is for you to use the OliveTin EZ-Start process to rebuild. This should give us a better idea of whether there's underlying issue with your Portainer installation.
Please follow the steps outlined here:
I copied everything exactly as instructed in the link you provided (IP address of my server w/o 8089) and get the following error:
> failed to deploy a stack: time="2025-07-03T17:15:58Z" level=warning msg="The \"CHANNELS_DVR2_HOST\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:15:58Z" level=warning msg="The \"CHANNELS_DVR2_PORT\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:15:58Z" level=warning msg="The \"CHANNELS_DVR3_HOST\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:15:58Z" level=warning msg="The \"CHANNELS_DVR3_PORT\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:15:58Z" level=warning msg="The \"CHANNELS_CLIENTS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:15:58Z" level=warning msg="The \"ALERT_SMTP_SERVER\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:15:58Z" level=warning msg="The \"ALERT_EMAIL_FROM\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:15:58Z" level=warning msg="The
Maybe there is an issue with my Portainer. I see "Deploy the Stack" but not "Update Stack" like the directions.
Deploy the stack is correct for a new stack -- I'll fix that. More importantly, could you try to capture the entire error message. What you posted is cutoff at warnings, which we're not concerned with.
Below is all I can see to copy:
failed to deploy a stack: time="2025-07-03T17:34:24Z" level=warning msg="The \"DOMAIN\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:34:24Z" level=warning msg="The \"CHANNELS_DVR2_HOST\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:34:24Z" level=warning msg="The \"CHANNELS_DVR2_PORT\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:34:24Z" level=warning msg="The \"CHANNELS_DVR3_HOST\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:34:24Z" level=warning msg="The \"CHANNELS_DVR3_PORT\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:34:24Z" level=warning msg="The \"CHANNELS_CLIENTS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:34:24Z" level=warning msg="The \"ALERT_SMTP_SERVER\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:34:24Z" level=warning msg="The \"ALERT_EMAIL_FROM\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:34:24Z" level=warning msg="The \"ALERT_EMAIL_PASS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:34:24Z" level=warn
'''
I cannot see anything else, scroll or drag down.
Edit: found another way to copy the error:
Deployment error failed to deploy a stack: time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "DOMAIN" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "DOMAIN" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR2_HOST" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR2_PORT" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR3_HOST" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR3_PORT" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_CLIENTS" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "ALERT_SMTP_SERVER" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "ALERT_EMAIL_FROM" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "ALERT_EMAIL_PASS" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "ALERT_EMAIL_TO" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "TZ" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "PORTAINER_TOKEN" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR_PORT" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR_PORT" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR_PORT" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR2_HOST" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR2_PORT" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR2_PORT" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR2_PORT" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR3_HOST" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR3_PORT" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR3_PORT" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." time="2025-07-03T17:48:38Z" level=warning msg="The "CHANNELS_DVR3_PORT" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." services.olivetin.volumes array items[0,1] must be unique```
Basically the same error as before, just with different numbers between the square brackets. I think something is up with your Portainer installation -- as this is an error I've never seen before. I'll do a bit more research and get back to you.
In the meantime, you might see about updating Portainer, as 2.27.9 is the current version.
I just followed the instructions exactly on updating Portainer, and now I cannot use it. I'm about at the end of the rope with Portainer. I may just stick with the containers I currently have but now I cannot update them.
I understand your frustration, but among the issues that come up on this forum, functional problems with Portainer are very rare. It's a solid piece of software, and once you get things on track, I think you'll find it a pleasure to use.
Obviously up to you though...
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I would like to keep moving, but the update just removed Portainer from my Docker completely. Then, I tried the olivetin and portainer install instructions on terminal and get zsh: command not found. It must be a user error but I'm copying everything exactly and entering the correct IP address
OK, some success. I've got portainer back by following the steps on the EZ start plus add portainer setting but then get stuck at Create an Olivetin stack in Portainer and get the following error:
JSON response from http://192.168.150.242:9000/api/stacks/create/standalone/string?endpointId=:{"message":"Invalid JWT token","details":"Unauthorized"}false
I now have an olivetin container in Docker but it won't startup and I see the EZstart container in Portainer
I'm not using that container, but I'm sure it will work.
Easy enough to inspect a container and see if the environment variables are correct.
I was thinking more about the environment variables for OT4C, since there are so many of them.
compose
services:
olivetin: # This docker-compose typically requires no editing. Use the Environment variables section of Portainer to set your values.
container_name: ${OLIVETIN_NAME:-olivetin}
dns_search: ${DOMAIN:+${DOMAIN}} # For Tailscale users using Magic DNS, add your Tailnet (tailxxxxx.ts.net) to use hostnames for remote nodes, otherwise use your local domain name.
hostname: ${OLIVETIN_NAME:-olivetin}
image: bnhf/olivetin:${TAG:-latest} # Add the tag like latest or test to the environment variables below.
ports:
- ${HOST_PORT:-1337}:1337
environment:
- ALERT_EMAIL_FROM=${ALERT_EMAIL_FROM} # Sender address for alert e-mails.
- ALERT_EMAIL_PASS=${ALERT_EMAIL_PASS} # SMTP "app" password established through GMail or Yahoo Mail. Do not use your everyday e-mail address.
- ALERT_EMAIL_TO=${ALERT_EMAIL_TO} # Recipient address for alert e-mails.
- ALERT_SMTP_SERVER=${ALERT_SMTP_SERVER} # SMTP server to use for sending alert e-mails. smtp.gmail.com:587 for example.
- CHANNELS_CLIENTS=${CHANNELS_CLIENTS} # Space separated list of Channels DVR clients you'd like notifications sent to in the form hostname or IP.
- CHANNELS_DVR=${CHANNELS_DVR1_HOST}:${CHANNELS_DVR1_PORT} # Add your Channels DVR server in the form CHANNELS_DVR_HOST=<hostname or ip> and CHANNELS_DVR_PORT=<port>.
- CHANNELS_DVR_ALTERNATES=${CHANNELS_DVR_ALTERNATES} # Space separated list of alternate Channels DVR servers to choose from in the form hostname:port or ip:port.
- OLIVETIN_COMPOSE=2025.03.26 # Do not change this value.
- PERSISTENT_LOGS=${PERSISTENT_LOGS} # Set this to true to keep log contents between restarts.
- PORTAINER_ENV=${PORTAINER_ENV:-2} # Set this is if you're using an alternate Portainer Environment for some reason. 2 is the default.
- PORTAINER_HOST=${PORTAINER_HOST:-$CHANNELS_DVR1_HOST} # Hostname or IP of the Docker host you're running Portainer on.
- PORTAINER_PORT=${PORTAINER_PORT:-9443} # https port you're running Portainer on. 9443 is the default.
- PORTAINER_TOKEN=${PORTAINER_TOKEN} # Generate via <username> dropdown (upper right of WebUI), "My account", API tokens.
- TZ=${TZ} # Add your local timezone in standard linux format. E.G. US/Eastern, US/Central, US/Mountain, US/Pacific, etc.
- UPDATE_SCRIPTS=${UPDATE_SCRIPTS:-true} # Set this to true to update all included scripts.
- UPDATE_YAMLS=${UPDATE_YAMLS:-true} # Set this to true to update config.yaml.
volumes:
- ${DVR1_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR1_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR1_PORT}
- ${DVR2_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR2_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR2_PORT}
- ${DVR3_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR3_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR3_PORT}
- ${DVR4_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR4_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR4_PORT}
- ${DVR5_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR5_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR5_PORT}
- ${DVR6_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR6_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR6_PORT}
- ${DVR7_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR7_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR7_PORT}
- ${HOST_DIR}/olivetin:/config # Add the parent directory on your Docker you'd like to use.
- ${LOGS1_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR1_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR1_PORT}_logs
- ${LOGS2_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR2_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR2_PORT}_logs
- ${LOGS3_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR3_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR3_PORT}_logs
- ${LOGS4_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR4_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR4_PORT}_logs
- ${LOGS5_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR5_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR5_PORT}_logs
- ${LOGS6_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR6_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR6_PORT}_logs
- ${LOGS7_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR7_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR7_PORT}_logs
#- ${TUBEARCHIVIST1_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR1_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR1_PORT}_ta
#- ${TUBEARCHIVIST2_SHARE}:/mnt/${CHANNELS_DVR2_HOST}-${CHANNELS_DVR2_PORT}_ta
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
restart: unless-stopped
static-file-server:
container_name: static-file-server
dns_search: ${DOMAIN}
image: halverneus/static-file-server:latest
ports:
- ${HOST_SFS_PORT}:8080
environment:
- DEBUG=false
- FOLDER=${FOLDER}
- TZ=${TZ} # Add your local timezone in standard linux format. E.G. US/Eastern, US/Central, US/Mountain, US/Pacific, etc.
volumes:
- ${HOST_DIR}/olivetin/data:${FOLDER}
restart: unless-stopped
environment variables
[email protected]
ALERT_EMAIL_PASS=Monkey123!
[email protected]
ALERT_SMTP_SERVER=smtp.provider.tld:587
CHANNELS_CLIENTS=
CHANNELS_DVR1_HOST=192.168.1.4
CHANNELS_DVR1_PORT=8489
CHANNELS_DVR2_HOST=192.168.1.4
CHANNELS_DVR2_PORT=8089
CHANNELS_DVR3_HOST=192.168.1.4
CHANNELS_DVR3_PORT=8189
CHANNELS_DVR4_HOST=192.168.1.4
CHANNELS_DVR4_PORT=8190
CHANNELS_DVR5_HOST=192.168.1.4
CHANNELS_DVR5_PORT=8289
CHANNELS_DVR6_HOST=192.168.1.4
CHANNELS_DVR6_PORT=8389
CHANNELS_DVR7_HOST=192.168.1.4
CHANNELS_DVR7_PORT=8090
CHANNELS_DVR_ALTERNATES=192.168.1.4:8089 192.168.1.4:8189 192.168.1.4:8190 192.168.1.4:8289 192.168.1.4:8389 192.168.1.4:8090
DOMAIN=local
DVR1_SHARE=/volume1/ChDVR8489
DVR2_SHARE=/volume1/ChDVR8089
DVR3_SHARE=/volume1/ChDVR8189
DVR4_SHARE=/volume1/ChDVR8190
DVR5_SHARE=/volume1/ChDVR8289
DVR6_SHARE=/volume1/ChDVR8389
DVR7_SHARE=/volume1/ChDVR8090
FOLDER=/web
HOST_DIR=/volume1/docker
HOST_PORT=1337
HOST_SFS_PORT=8088
LOGS1_SHARE=/volume1/docker/channels-dvr-8489
LOGS2_SHARE=/volume1/docker/channels-dvr-8089
LOGS3_SHARE=/volume1/docker/channels-dvr-8189
LOGS4_SHARE=/volume1/docker/channels-dvr-8190
LOGS5_SHARE=/volume1/docker/channels-dvr-8289
LOGS6_SHARE=/volume1/docker/channels-dvr-8389
LOGS7_SHARE=/volume1/docker/channels-dvr-8090
PERSISTENT_LOGS=true
PORTAINER_ENV=2
PORTAINER_HOST=192.168.1.4
PORTAINER_PORT=9443
TAG=latest
TUBEARCHIVIST1_SHARE=
TUBEARCHIVIST2_SHARE=
TZ=America/Los_Angeles
UPDATE_SCRIPTS=true
UPDATE_YAMLS=true
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I've got portainer and olivetin back up through EZstart. However, I get this error when trying to add multiview:
> JSON response from http://192.168.150.242:9000/api/stacks/create/standalone/string?endpointId=:
> {"message":"A valid authorization token is missing","details":"Unauthorized"}
> false
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In the interest of making sure no issues have crept into the OliveTin EZ-Start process on a Mac -- I stepped through it this morning -- and everything worked as expected.
I also had Portainer and OliveTin previously installed on this system, and here are the steps I followed -- so you can compare them to what you did.
In Portainer, I stopped the OliveTin stack, followed by removing the OliveTin Stack.
Next, for good measure, I deleted the OliveTin image in Portainer.
And, from the Mac Terminal, I stopped Portainer and then removed Portainer:
slayer@mac-mini-m2 ~ % docker stop portainer
portainer
slayer@mac-mini-m2 ~ % docker rm portainer
portainer
Finally, I deleted the Portainer data volume:
slayer@mac-mini-m2 ~ % docker volume rm portainer_data
portainer_data
From there, I followed the steps as detailed here, making sure to check for successful execution of each. When configuring the OliveTin env vars, I used the defaults, with these exceptions specific to the Mac:
HOST_DIR=/Users/slayer/data
DVR_SHARE=/Users/slayer/channels-data
LOGS_SHARE=/Users/slayer/Library/Application Support/ChannelsDVR
With Portainer and OliveTin reinstalled from scratch, I successfully added Pluto and Multichannel View to test Project One-Click.
I'm not seeing anything wrong with the processes, either EZ-Start or Project One-Click.
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Thank you. I'll try all of that and post the results. I likely won't be able to get to it until Wednesday, though.
I followed the steps to the letter and got all of the way to Create an Olivin Stack but got the following:
> JSON response from http://192.168.150.242:9000/api/stacks/create/standalone/string?endpointId=:
> {"message":"Invalid JWT token","details":"Unauthorized"}
false
I confirmed prior to starting the Portainer and Olivetin install process that Portainer was removed following the steps you gave me. I also entered the three envir variables you gave me using my local directory.
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I believe the issue has to be with the password you're choosing when installing Portainer through EZ-Start. If you're willing to hang with me, this is something I'd really like to get to the bottom of, both for your benefit and potentially future users.
If you try to access Portainer, does it accept the password you used in EZ-Start process, or is it asking you to create a password? If it does accept the password you used, and you look under the admin-My account dropdown, do see an Access token named olivetin?