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This is the config I used.

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[โ€“] Droopy@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Did you check permissions on the data directory that docker creates? You might need to run

chmod 777 data

inside your hister root directory.