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Error when configuring the mysql database

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
docker, mariadb, shell
Domain
databases, devops

Research direction

Start with the container startup path that logs “Configuring the MySQL database” and reproduce the failure against MariaDB 11.2.2 using the supplied environment settings. Compare the SQL reported at line 1 with the MariaDB version in use; done means the image starts successfully and the database is configured without the syntax error.

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I downloaded image version 2.6.7
When I run the container, wallabag does not start up and the following error is in the log file:

Starting wallabag ... Waiting for database ... Configuring the MySQL database ... ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 1: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci' at line 1

I'm using MariaDB 11.2.2 as the database

My wallabag.env:

SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_DRIVER=pdo_mysql
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_HOST=mariadb
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PORT=3306
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_USER=***
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PASSWORD=***
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_CHARSET=utf8mb4
SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME=***
SYMFONY__ENV__MAILER_HOST=***
SYMFONY__ENV__MAILER_USER=***
SYMFONY__ENV__MAILER_PASSWORD=***
SYMFONY__ENV__FROM_EMAIL=***

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