I recently had Dashy installed as a Docker container and all was well. I messed with it for a couple of days until it was all dorked up. I then decided to start over and remove it and the re-install it. Now, every time I try to install it, I get this error:

 

docker: Error response from daemon: failed to create shim: OCI runtime create failed: container_linux.go:380: starting container process caused: process_linux.go:545: container init caused: rootfs_linux.go:75: mounting "/mnt/user/appdata/dashy/conf.yml" to rootfs at "/app/public/conf.yml" caused: mount through procfd: not a directory: unknown: Are you trying to mount a directory onto a file (or vice-versa)? Check if the specified host path exists and is the expected type.

 

I have tried every Google hit I got on this topic to no avail. Can some one please point me in the right direction to fix this?

 

v/r

Jon

Best bet is using the existing container support thread/discord, assuming there's one.

 

In general if you want to start fresh in addition to uninstalling the app you'd also want to remove any data that belonged to it in the appdata share.

I have tried that too. I uninstalled Dashy from APPS, open the GUI file manager and deleted user/apppdata/dashy, and I even installed Appdate Cleanup and ran it (it found some leftover Dashy data and deleted it). However, I still get the error when I try to re-install Dashy, I still get therror.

 

Looks like you are trying to map a container file to a host file and that seems to be what the error is telling you.

 

You need to map the folders the file is in.

1 hour ago, trurl said:

Looks like you are trying to map a container file to a host file and that seems to be what the error is telling you.

 

You need to map the folders the file is in.

So I am completely new to Docker, so I am confused. The first time I installed Dashy via Community Applications, it worked fine. That is why I don’t understand why it doesn’t install now. There should not be any references left to after all the cleanup I did.

Did you also remove it from "previous apps" before reinstalling? Otherwise you might be reinstalling it with your previous, wrong settings.

Are you refering to this: "CA stores an XML template for each application that it installs at /boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/templates-user If You go to the Apps tab in the Unraid GUI then there is a Previous Apps section and this can be used to reinstall applications using their saved settings."?

Yes

So I deleted my-dashy.xml from /boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/templates-user, verified that the app was unistalled, manually deleted user/appdata/dashy, ran the Appdata Cleanup utility, and tried to install dashy again, only to get the same error:

 

Just had a look at that particular container and it seems you simply didn't follow the instructions in the app description.

 

 

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Dashy helps you organize your self-hosted services, by making them all accessible from a single place.
-Before you start CLI unraid

mkdir /mnt/user/appdata/dashy/
wget -O /mnt/user/appdata/dashy/conf.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lissy93/dashy/master/public/conf.yml

-Edit conf.yml

 

Edited July 25, 20223 yr by Kilrah

Ahh... RTFM bites me again So it appears the biggest issue is that when the package gets installed it creates a directory name conf.yml instead of a file names conf.yml. I had to remove that directory and then wget thew conf.yml from the URL in the notes.

Correct, when you specify a mount point in Docker it assumes it's a directory and will create it if it doesn't exist, if you want it to point to a file it has to be there first.

Thanks for all the help! I am slowing getting more comfortable with Docker.

On 7/24/2022 at 6:20 PM, irishjd said:

I have tried that too. I uninstalled Dashy from APPS, open the GUI file manager and deleted user/apppdata/dashy, and I even installed Appdate Cleanup and ran it (it found some leftover Dashy data and deleted it). However, I still get the error when I try to re-install Dashy, I still get therror.

 

The app will create a config.yml folder instead of a file. Edit the dashy temple and use the wget command or create the file. It will resolve the issue.

On 9/28/2022 at 11:44 AM, thestillwind said:

The app will create a config.yml folder instead of a file. Edit the dashy temple and use the wget command or create the file. It will resolve the issue.

I am having the exact issue. How do you use the wget command? My first week using docker, im watching as many videos as I can.

 

 

On 2/24/2024 at 8:25 PM, ArmstrongNET said:

I am having the exact issue. How do you use the wget command? My first week using docker, im watching as many videos as I can.

 

 

It is written in the description of the template :

 

Dashy helps you organize your self-hosted services, by making them all accessible from a single place.
-Before you start CLI unraid

mkdir /mnt/user/appdata/dashy/
wget -O /mnt/user/appdata/dashy/conf.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lissy93/dashy/master/public/conf.yml

-Edit conf.yml 

 

You will have to open the terminal to do so.