invalid mount config for type "bind": bind source path does not exist:

[marcbaier]

Hi - i followed the installation instructions and while going through the setup process, I am getting the following error message:

Running Docker Compose...
[+] Running 0/0
⠋ Container influxdb Creating 0.0s
Error response from daemon: invalid mount config for type "bind": bind source path does not exist: /users/marcbaier/powerwall-dashboard/influxdb.conf

What could the issue be ?

[jasonacox]

That would indicate that you are missing config files in your /users/marcbaier/powerwall-dashboard folder. Can you check that directory for us?

ls /users/marcbaier/powerwall-dashboard/

[marcbaier]

Thanks for the very quick reply - here's a screenshot of the directory:

[marcbaier]

[jasonacox]

Thank you! Can you give me a few more pieces of info:

cat VERSION

git status

docker --version

docker-compose --version # this may fail depending on version of docker

cat powerwall.yml

[marcbaier]

Hi Jason

Here we go:

Cat version: 2.7.1
Git status:
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.

Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add ..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git restore ..." to discard changes in working directory)
modified: dashboard.json
modified: dashboards/dashboard-animation.json
modified: dashboards/dashboard-grid.json
modified: dashboards/dashboard-new.json
modified: dashboards/dashboard-no-animation.json
modified: dashboards/dashboard-simple.json
modified: dashboards/dashboard.json
modified: influxdb/influxdb.sql
modified: telegraf.conf
modified: tz

Untracked files:
(use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed)
compose.env
grafana.env
telegraf.local

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Docker version: Docker version 20.10.22, build 3a2c30b

Docker Compose version v2.15.1

cat powerwall.yml:

version: "3.5"

services:
    influxdb:
        image: influxdb:1.8
        container_name: influxdb
        hostname: influxdb
        restart: always
        volumes:
            - type: bind
              source: ./influxdb.conf
              target: /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf
              read_only: true
            - type: bind
              source: ./influxdb
              target: /var/lib/influxdb
        ports:
            - target: 8086
              published: 8086
              mode: host

    pypowerwall:
        image: jasonacox/pypowerwall:latest
        container_name: pypowerwall
        hostname: pypowerwall
        restart: always
        user: "1000:1000"
        ports:
            - target: 8675
              published: 8675
              mode: host
        env_file:
            - pypowerwall.env

    telegraf:
        image: telegraf:latest
        container_name: telegraf
        hostname: telegraf
        restart: always
        user: "1000:1000"
        command: [
            "telegraf", 
            "--config",  
            "/etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf", 
            "--config-directory",
            "/etc/telegraf/telegraf.d"
        ]
        volumes:
            - type: bind
              source: ./telegraf.conf
              target: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
              read_only: true
            - type: bind
              source: ./telegraf.local
              target: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.d/local.conf
              read_only: true            
        depends_on:
            - influxdb
            - pypowerwall

    grafana:
        image: grafana/grafana:9.1.2-ubuntu
        container_name: grafana
        hostname: grafana
        restart: always
        user: "${GRAFANAUSER}"
        volumes:
            - type: bind
              source: ./grafana
              target: /var/lib/grafana
        ports:
            - target: 9000
              published: 9000
              mode: host
        env_file:
            - grafana.env
        depends_on:
            - influxdb

    weather411:
        image: jasonacox/weather411:latest
        container_name: weather411
        hostname: weather411
        restart: always
        user: "1000:1000"
        volumes:
            - type: bind
              source: ./weather
              target: /var/lib/weather
              read_only: true
        ports:
            - target: 8676
              published: 8676
              mode: host
        environment:
            - WEATHERCONF=/var/lib/weather/weather411.conf
        depends_on:
            - influxdb

[jasonacox]

What version of MacOS are you using?

Docker Compose version v2.15.1

I'm on MacOS but have been testing v1.29.2 with no problem. I'll try to get v2 and try to replicate the same error you get.

[marcbaier]

I am using MacOS Ventura 13.1

[jasonacox]

Ah.. this may be it.

Try to run docker compose version (I get Docker Compose version v2.2.3)

If that works, try:

docker compose -f powerwall.yml up -d

[marcbaier]

docker compose version gives me: v2.15.1

[marcbaier]

I executed the command and this is the result:
Marcs-5k-iMac:powerwall-dashboard marcbaier$ docker compose -f powerwall.yml up -d
WARN[0000] The "GRAFANAUSER" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
[+] Running 5/5
⠿ Container influxdb Started 0.9s
⠿ Container grafana Started 2.1s
⠿ Container weather411 Started 2.1s
⠿ Container telegraf Started 2.0s
⠿ Container pypowerwall Started 0.8s
Marcs-5k-iMac:powerwall-dashboard marcbaier$

[marcbaier]

Ok I now got the /.setup.sh working:
Running Docker Compose...
[+] Running 5/5
⠿ Container influxdb Running 0.0s
⠿ Container weather411 Running 0.0s
⠿ Container grafana Running 0.0s
⠿ Container pypowerwall Started 10.9s
⠿ Container telegraf Started 1.2s

Waiting for InfluxDB to start...
up!
Setup InfluxDB Data for Powerwall...
2023/02/02 09:43:36 error: error parsing query: unable to find time zone Europe
2023/02/02 09:43:36 error: error parsing query: unable to find time zone Europe
Fetching local weather...
weather411
------------------[ Final Setup Instructions ]-----------------

Open Grafana at http://localhost:9000/ ... use admin/admin for login.

Follow these instructions for Grafana Setup:

• From 'Configuration\Data Sources' add 'InfluxDB' database with:

  • Name: 'InfluxDB'
  • URL: 'http://influxdb:8086'
  • Database: 'powerwall'
  • Min time interval: '5s'
  • Click "Save & test" button

• From 'Configuration\Data Sources' add 'Sun and Moon' database with:

  • Name: 'Sun and Moon'
  • Enter your latitude and longitude (tool here: https://bit.ly/3wYNaI1 )
  • Click "Save & test" button

What do I need to put in as "timezone" ?

[marcbaier]

Dude I got it working !

[marcbaier]

now that I've got this running I need to figure out how to set this up on my Synology NAS as my Mac is not always on....

[jasonacox]

Awesome job @marcbaier!!!! Congratulations! 🎉

What was the trick that you found that got it working for you (in case others find this issue or we can fix the setup script to help)?

Also, for timezone, I assume you figured it out, but a table of valid timezones is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones

[marcbaier]

the command: docker compose -f powerwall.yml up -d - fixed it for me.
A lot of panels are empty in my dashboard though - do you know why that might be ?

[jasonacox]

Thanks @marcbaier !

I was not able to run "ls -l 'which docker compose'.

No worries, you got what I wanted. The single quote (') is actually the backquote (`) which is a way to tell the shell to run the command and insert the output as an argument.

It still puzzles me why 'docker-compose' on your setup is not behaving like 'docker compose'. Would you mind having each version validate the config file to see what they say?

# validate and view config file
docker-compose -f powerwall.yml config 

# validate and view config file
docker compose -f powerwall.yml config 

Both should only produce a warning similar to this with a list of the config file:
WARN[0000] The "GRAFANAUSER" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.

Anyway, thanks for the additional help. Are you seeing data in your graphs now?

[marcbaier]

here is the powerwall.yml:

WARN[0000] The "GRAFANAUSER" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. 
name: powerwall-dashboard
services:
  grafana:
    container_name: grafana
    depends_on:
      influxdb:
        condition: service_started
    environment:
      GF_ANALYTICS_CHECK_FOR_UPDATES: "false"
      GF_ANALYTICS_REPORTING_ENABLED: "false"
      GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS: grafana-piechart-panel, natel-plotly-panel, blackmirror1-singlestat-math-panel,
        btplc-trend-box-panel, marcuscalidus-svg-panel, michaeldmoore-multistat-panel,
        https://github.com/yesoreyeram/yesoreyeram-boomtable-panel/releases/download/v1.5.0-alpha.3/yesoreyeram-boomtable-panel-1.5.0-alpha.3.zip;yesoreyeram-boomtable-panel,
        ryantxu-ajax-panel, grafana-influxdb-flux-datasource, fetzerch-sunandmoon-datasource,
        andig-darksky-datasource, simpod-json-datasource
      GF_PANELS_DISABLE_SANITIZE_HTML: "true"
      GF_PATHS_PROVISIONING: /var/lib/grafana/provisions
      GF_SERVER_HTTP_PORT: "9000"
    hostname: grafana
    image: grafana/grafana:9.1.2-ubuntu
    networks:
      default: null
    ports:
    - mode: host
      target: 9000
      published: "9000"
    restart: always
    volumes:
    - type: bind
      source: /Users/marcbaier/Powerwall-Dashboard/grafana
      target: /var/lib/grafana
  influxdb:
    container_name: influxdb
    hostname: influxdb
    image: influxdb:1.8
    networks:
      default: null
    ports:
    - mode: host
      target: 8086
      published: "8086"
    restart: always
    volumes:
    - type: bind
      source: /Users/marcbaier/Powerwall-Dashboard/influxdb.conf
      target: /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf
      read_only: true
    - type: bind
      source: /Users/marcbaier/Powerwall-Dashboard/influxdb
      target: /var/lib/influxdb
  pypowerwall:
    container_name: pypowerwall
    environment:
      PW_DEBUG: "no"
      PW_EMAIL: XXXXX
      PW_HOST: XXXXX
      PW_PASSWORD: XXXXX
      PW_TIMEZONE: Europe/Zurich
      TZ: Europe/Zurich
    hostname: pypowerwall
    image: jasonacox/pypowerwall:latest
    networks:
      default: null
    ports:
    - mode: host
      target: 8675
      published: "8675"
    restart: always
    user: 1000:1000
  telegraf:
    command:
    - telegraf
    - --config
    - /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
    - --config-directory
    - /etc/telegraf/telegraf.d
    container_name: telegraf
    depends_on:
      influxdb:
        condition: service_started
      pypowerwall:
        condition: service_started
    hostname: telegraf
    image: telegraf:latest
    networks:
      default: null
    restart: always
    user: 1000:1000
    volumes:
    - type: bind
      source: /Users/marcbaier/Powerwall-Dashboard/telegraf.conf
      target: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
      read_only: true
    - type: bind
      source: /Users/marcbaier/Powerwall-Dashboard/telegraf.local
      target: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.d/local.conf
      read_only: true
  weather411:
    container_name: weather411
    depends_on:
      influxdb:
        condition: service_started
    environment:
      WEATHERCONF: /var/lib/weather/weather411.conf
    hostname: weather411
    image: jasonacox/weather411:latest
    networks:
      default: null
    ports:
    - mode: host
      target: 8676
      published: "8676"
    restart: always
    user: 1000:1000
    volumes:
    - type: bind
      source: /Users/marcbaier/Powerwall-Dashboard/weather
      target: /var/lib/weather
      read_only: true
networks:
  default:
    name: powerwall-dashboard_default

[marcbaier]

both commands do result in the same output

[marcbaier]

and yes I can now see data in everywhere in the dashboard.

[jasonacox]

Thanks @marcbaier. I'm glad it is working now!

I don't know what caused your initial issue as everything else looks good. I appreciate the additional troubleshooting. Thank you! 🙏