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5/12/26, 7:21:30 AM2026-05-12T07:21:30Z | DEBUG | config/config.go:340 > No config file found, using default config 5/12/26, 7:21:30 AM2026-05-12T07:21:30Z | DEBUG | config/config.go:332 > Loaded configuration from environment variable env=HISTER__SERVER__ADDRESS key=server.address 5/12/26, 7:21:30 AM2026-05-12T07:21:30Z | DEBUG | config/config.go:332 > Loaded configuration from environment variable env=HISTER__SERVER__BASE_URL key=server.base_url 5/12/26, 7:21:30 AMError! Failed to initialize config: failed to create secret key file: open /hister/data/.secret_key: permission denied
Did you check permissions on the data directory that docker creates? You might need to run
chmod 777 data
inside your hister root directory.