struggling with creating the config.json in the right place

[danvandam01]

I'm trying to follow the steps in the guide. I'm running portainer on a raspberry pi. From the pi's user interface I ran the suggested commands and I created a directory here: /home/myname/updater/data/config.json

I ran the commands to grant access but i'm not sure how to confirm they worked. I suspect I created the file in the wrong place. I'm not sure how to confirm the container is pointing to the directory that I created.

I'm using the docker compose example provided, with the only modification being:
volumes:
- /home/myname:/updater/data

========================================
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============= ddns-updater =============
========================================
=========== Made with ❤️ by ============
======= https://github.com/qdm12 =======
========================================
========================================
Running version latest built on 2024-08-28T14:16:17.081Z (commit bc272e0)
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2024-09-06T03:51:17Z INFO Settings summary:
├── HTTP client
|   └── Timeout: 10s
├── Update
|   ├── Period: 5m0s
|   └── Cooldown: 5m0s
├── Public IP fetching
|   ├── HTTP enabled: yes
|   ├── HTTP IP providers
|   |   └── all
|   ├── HTTP IPv4 providers
|   |   └── all
|   ├── HTTP IPv6 providers
|   |   └── all
|   ├── DNS enabled: yes
|   ├── DNS timeout: 3s
|   └── DNS over TLS providers
|       └── all
├── Resolver: use Go default resolver
├── Server
|   ├── Listening address: :8000
|   └── Root URL: /
├── Health
|   └── Server listening address: 127.0.0.1:9999
├── Paths
|   ├── Data directory: /updater/data
|   └── Config file: /updater/data/config.json
├── Backup: disabled
└── Logger
    ├── Level: info
    └── Caller: hidden
2024-09-06T03:51:17Z INFO reading JSON config from file /updater/data/config.json
2024-09-06T03:51:17Z INFO file not found, creating an empty settings file
2024-09-06T03:51:17Z WARN Found no setting to update record
2024-09-06T03:51:17Z INFO [healthcheck server] health http server listening on 127.0.0.1:9999
2024-09-06T03:51:17Z INFO [http server] http server listening on [::]:8000
2024-09-06T03:51:17Z INFO [backup] disabled

[danvandam01]

I think maybe i pointed it to the file I created because now the log says

========================================
========================================
============= ddns-updater =============
========================================
=========== Made with ❤️ by ============
======= https://github.com/qdm12 =======
========================================
========================================
Running version latest built on 2024-08-28T14:16:17.081Z (commit bc272e0)
🔧 Need help? https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater/discussions/new
🐛 Bug? https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater/issues/new
✨ New feature? https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater/issues/new
☕ Discussion? https://github.com/qdm12/ddns-updater/discussions/new
💻 Email? [email protected]
💰 Help me? https://www.paypal.me/qmcgaw https://github.com/sponsors/qdm12
2024-09-06T04:07:13Z INFO Settings summary:
├── HTTP client
|   └── Timeout: 10s
├── Update
|   ├── Period: 5m0s
|   └── Cooldown: 5m0s
├── Public IP fetching
|   ├── HTTP enabled: yes
|   ├── HTTP IP providers
|   |   └── all
|   ├── HTTP IPv4 providers
|   |   └── all
|   ├── HTTP IPv6 providers
|   |   └── all
|   ├── DNS enabled: yes
|   ├── DNS timeout: 3s
|   └── DNS over TLS providers
|       └── all
├── Resolver: use Go default resolver
├── Server
|   ├── Listening address: :8000
|   └── Root URL: /
├── Health
|   └── Server listening address: 127.0.0.1:9999
├── Paths
|   ├── Data directory: /updater/data
|   └── Config file: /updater/data/config.json
├── Backup: disabled
└── Logger
    ├── Level: info
    └── Caller: hidden
2024-09-06T04:07:13Z INFO reading JSON config from file /updater/data/config.json
2024-09-06T04:07:13Z WARN Found no setting to update record
2024-09-06T04:07:13Z INFO [healthcheck server] health http server listening on 127.0.0.1:9999
2024-09-06T04:07:13Z INFO [http server] http server listening on [::]:8000
2024-09-06T04:07:13Z INFO [backup] disabled

But i don't think it is working yet. My config.json file looks like this

{
  "settings": [
    {
      "provider": "porkbun",
      "domain": "myname.homes",
      "api_key": "abc",
      "secret_api_key": "xyz",
      "ip_version": "ipv4",
      "ipv6_suffix": ""
    }
  ]
}

[jonebarker]

In my experience, I had to populate the config.json file located in /updater/data/config/ which is one folder level deeper than where I initially expected. That may solve your problem.

[qdm12]

If your file is at /home/myname/updater/data/config.json, you have to bind mount /home/myname/updater/data:/updater/data and NOT /home/myname:/updater/data. Right now ddns-updater created an empty json config.json file in /home/myname I would guess.