docker compose instructions not working for first install

[boulder47]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Current Behavior

Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Release: 12
Codename: bookworm
Docker version 28.0.4, build b8034c0
Docker Compose version v2.34.0
docker-compose.yaml :

services:
  bookstack:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/bookstack:latest
    container_name: bookstack
    environment:
      - PUID=2001
      - PGID=2001
      - APP_URL=http://192.168.12.231:6875
      - APP_KEY="base64:YxPuDDNo/9PzW3yg/7T3JGiZu2nyea00lNL4dUGHyXI="
      - DB_HOST=192.169.12.231
      - DB_PORT=3306
      - DB_USERNAME=databaseuser
      - DB_PASSWORD=databasepass
      - DB_DATABASE=bookstackdb
    volumes:
      - ./bookstack_app_data:/config
    ports:
      - 6875:80
    networks:
      - bookstack_network
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
      - bookstack_db
  bookstack_db:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/mariadb:latest
    container_name: bookstack_db
    environment:
      - PUID=2001
      - PGID=2001
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="rootpassword"
      - MYSQL_DATABASE="bookstackdb"
      - MYSQL_USER="databaseuser"
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD="databasepass"
    ports:
      - 3306:3306
    networks:
      - bookstack_network
    volumes:
      - ./bookstack_db_data:/config
    restart: unless-stopped
networks:
  bookstack_network:
    driver: bridge

the bookstack is waiting on the DB and nothing is happening.

Expected Behavior

Expect it to talk to the db and start inital config / setup

Steps To Reproduce

using a guide online for instructions as it was easier to follow.
https://omicx.cc/posts/2023-12-25-install-bookstack-by-docker/

Environment

- OS: debian 12
- How docker service was installed:
official instructions.

CPU architecture

x86-64

Docker creation

docker compose up -d

Container logs

-----bookstack log------
Waiting for DB to be available
/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-bookstack-config/run: line 59:   271 Illegal instruction     (core dumped) php /app/www/artisan migrate --force
[custom-init] No custom files found, skipping...
[ls.io-init] done.
-------------------------------
------bookstack_db log----------------
[custom-init] No custom files found, skipping...
250413 17:24:01 mysqld_safe Logging to '/config/log/mysql/mariadb-error.log'.
250413 17:24:01 mysqld_safe Starting mariadbd daemon with databases from /config/databases
Connection to localhost (::1) 3306 port [tcp/mysql] succeeded!
Logrotate is enabled
[ls.io-init] done.
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[j0nnymoe]

You've done the app_key env wrong & why are you using remote_sql env in the bookstack compose and not the mariadb compose? Though it feels like you need to read our docs understand what both of those ENV's do and how they should be configured.

[boulder47]

------bookstack logs------
using keys found in /config/keys
The application key is missing, halting init!
You can generate a key with: docker run -it --rm --entrypoint /bin/bash lscr.io/linuxserver/bookstack:latest appkey
And apply it to the APP_KEY environment variable.
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running the command:

bookstack@debian:~/data$ docker run -it --rm --entrypoint /bin/bash lscr.io/linuxserver/bookstack:latest appkey
appkey: line 9:    10 Illegal instruction     (core dumped) php /app/www/artisan key:generate --show

EDIT:
issue might lie with Debian, this works on Ubuntu 24

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