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Wallabag container not respecting settings passed via envs

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Newbie friendliness
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
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Activity status
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Tech stack
docker, postgresql, shell
Domain
databases, devops, infrastructure

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Start by reproducing the issue with the listed wallabag:2.6.13 Docker image and the shown SYMFONY__ENV__ variables, then inspect the generated production configuration and prod.log. Trace the install path to src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Command/InstallCommand.php:364 and compare the configured database connection with the PostgreSQL values. Done means the container uses the intended database settings during wallabag:install --env=prod.

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Hi,
I'm trying to setup wallabag in kubernetes, and I can't get it to use correct database. Here is my config:

/var/www/wallabag # printenv | grep SYM
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_DRIVER=pdo_pgsql
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_HOST=psql-wallabag-rw
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_NAME=app
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PASSWORD=**secret**
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PORT=5432
SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_USER=app
SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME=**secret**
SYMFONY__ENV__FOSUSER_CONFIRMATION=false
SYMFONY__ENV__FOSUSER_REGISTRATION=false
SYMFONY__ENV__FOS_OAUTH_SERVER_ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME=3600
SYMFONY__ENV__FOS_OAUTH_SERVER_REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME=1209600
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SYMFONY__ENV__LOCALE=en
SYMFONY__ENV__REDIS_HOST=wallabag-redis
SYMFONY__ENV__REDIS_SCHEME=tcp
SYMFONY__ENV__RSS_LIMIT=50
SYMFONY__ENV__SECRET=**secret**
SYMFONY__ENV__SERVER_NAME=Your wallabag instance

As you can see, database engine should be postgres, but below I'm pasting the excerpt from prod.log, which suggests that it's actually for some reason trying to use sqlite.

[2025-06-24T07:33:10.433925+00:00] console.CRITICAL: Error thrown while running command "wallabag:install --env=prod". Message: "The command "doctrine:database:drop" generates some errors:   Could not drop database /var/www/wallabag/data/db/wallabag.sqlite for connection named default An exception occurred while executing a query: SQLSTATE[42601]: Syntax error: 7 ERROR:  syntax error at or near "/" LINE 1: DROP DATABASE /var/www/wallabag/data/db/wallabag.sqlite                       ^ " {"exception":"[object] (RuntimeException(code: 0): The command \"doctrine:database:drop\" generates some errors: 

Could not drop database /var/www/wallabag/data/db/wallabag.sqlite for connection named default
An exception occurred while executing a query: SQLSTATE[42601]: Syntax error: 7 ERROR:  syntax error at or near \"/\"
LINE 1: DROP DATABASE /var/www/wallabag/data/db/wallabag.sqlite
                      ^
 at /var/www/wallabag/src/Wallabag/CoreBundle/Command/InstallCommand.php:364)","command":"wallabag:install --env=prod","message":"The command \"doctrine:database:drop\" generates some errors: 

Could not drop database /var/www/wallabag/data/db/wallabag.sqlite for connection named default
An exception occurred while executing a query: SQLSTATE[42601]: Syntax error: 7 ERROR:  syntax error at or near \"/\"
LINE 1: DROP DATABASE /var/www/wallabag/data/db/wallabag.sqlite
                      ^
"} []

postgres version: 17
docker image: docker.io/wallabag/wallabag:2.6.13
image SHA: docker.io/wallabag/wallabag@sha256:efa1c00736e0544291dd104f8f3092ca5e88076862e9e034ae9cd3eaa9d36daa

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