docker goclaw not start

[pomazanbohdan]

1. chmod +x prepare-env.sh
   ./prepare-env.sh

2. docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml -f docker-compose.selfservice.yml up -d --build

[Luvu182]

Hi @pomazanbohdan,

The message "No configuration found. Starting setup wizard..." existed in an older version of the codebase — it was removed in #70. In that old version, if no config.json was found and no GOCLAW_*_API_KEY env var was set, the gateway would automatically launch the interactive setup wizard, which fails in Docker (no TTY → wizard gets cancelled → container restarts in a loop).

This has been fixed in the latest version — the gateway now uses auto-onboard or default config without requiring the wizard.

Solution

1. Pull the latest main and rebuild:

git pull origin main

2. Run prepare-env.sh to generate secrets, then add your API key to .env:

chmod +x prepare-env.sh
./prepare-env.sh

Make sure .env has at least one provider API key:

GOCLAW_OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-xxxxx
# or GOCLAW_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-xxxxx
# or any other GOCLAW_*_API_KEY

3. Rebuild and start:

docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml -f docker-compose.selfservice.yml up -d --build

The gateway will auto-detect the API key and start without the wizard.

[pomazanbohdan]

[Luvu182]

The screenshot shows "No logs to show; service is not associated with a container" — this means the container either failed to build or crashed immediately on start.

Could you share the output of:

docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml -f docker-compose.selfservice.yml logs goclaw

Or if that's empty, the full build output:

docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml -f docker-compose.selfservice.yml up --build 2>&1

(without -d so we can see all output including build errors)

[pomazanbohdan]

It is necessary to add to the instructions before running docker network create shared ???

[pomazanbohdan]

[pomazanbohdan]

[pomazanbohdan]

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Anextlevelbuilder%2Fgoclaw++shared++language%3Ayml&type=code
I think it should be renamed to goclaw if it is really needed.

[spencerswagger]

@pomazanbohdan Does the problem still exist? I thought it was fixed yestoday on #88 . rebuild with latest code it will be fine.

[pomazanbohdan]

@pomazanbohdan Does the problem still exist? I thought it was fixed yestoday on #88 . rebuild with latest code it will be fine.

Dockerfile:16

--------------------

  14 |     # Copy source and build

  15 |     COPY . .

  16 | >>> RUN pnpm build

  17 |

  18 |     # ── Stage 2: Serve ──

--------------------

target goclaw-ui: failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c pnpm build" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1

[vanducng]

@pomazanbohdan Does the problem still exist? I thought it was fixed yestoday on #88 . rebuild with latest code it will be fine.

Dockerfile:16

--------------------

  14 |     # Copy source and build

  15 |     COPY . .

  16 | >>> RUN pnpm build

  17 |

  18 |     # ── Stage 2: Serve ──

--------------------

target goclaw-ui: failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c pnpm build" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1

@pomazanbohdan The goclaw-ui build issue has been fixed. Please try the latest version again.

[pomazanbohdan]

docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml -f docker-compose.selfservice.yml down -v --remove-orphans && docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml -f docker-compose.selfservice.yml up -d --build

[vanducng]

docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml -f docker-compose.selfservice.yml down -v --remove-orphans && docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml -f docker-compose.selfservice.yml up -d --build

how about

GOCLAW_AUTO_UPGRADE=true docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml -f docker-compose.selfservice.yml up -d --build

[pomazanbohdan]

git pull
GOCLAW_AUTO_UPGRADE=true docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.postgres.yml -f docker-compose.selfservice.yml up -d --build

[pomazanbohdan]

[Erudition]

I ran into that too.
GOCLAW_AUTO_UPDATE=true doesn't work. You have to add the docker.compose.upgrade.yml overlay to your stack, it'll just run it on every startup (which will usually do nothing, but is necessary for first boot).