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Docker Compose setup result in container with "Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir ''" error #6030

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Docker Compose setup result in container with "Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir ''" error#6030
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@TheItschi
TheItschi
opened on Mar 21, 2026

Describe the bug

I tried to install the recent Docker image with docker compose as discribed:

C:\Flowise-main\docker>docker compose up -d
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"DATABASE_PATH\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"DATABASE_TYPE\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"DATABASE_PORT\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"DATABASE_HOST\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"DATABASE_NAME\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"DATABASE_USER\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"DATABASE_PASSWORD\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"DATABASE_SSL\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"DATABASE_SSL_KEY_BASE64\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SECRETKEY_STORAGE_TYPE\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SECRETKEY_PATH\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"FLOWISE_SECRETKEY_OVERWRITE\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SECRETKEY_AWS_ACCESS_KEY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SECRETKEY_AWS_SECRET_KEY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SECRETKEY_AWS_REGION\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SECRETKEY_AWS_NAME\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"DEBUG\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"LOG_PATH\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"LOG_LEVEL\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"LOG_SANITIZE_BODY_FIELDS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"LOG_SANITIZE_HEADER_FIELDS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"TOOL_FUNCTION_BUILTIN_DEP\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"TOOL_FUNCTION_EXTERNAL_DEP\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"ALLOW_BUILTIN_DEP\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"STORAGE_TYPE\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"BLOB_STORAGE_PATH\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"S3_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"S3_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_ID\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"S3_STORAGE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"S3_STORAGE_REGION\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"S3_ENDPOINT_URL\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"S3_FORCE_PATH_STYLE\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"GOOGLE_CLOUD_STORAGE_CREDENTIAL\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"GOOGLE_CLOUD_STORAGE_PROJ_ID\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"GOOGLE_CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"GOOGLE_CLOUD_UNIFORM_BUCKET_ACCESS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"AZURE_BLOB_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"AZURE_BLOB_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"AZURE_BLOB_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_KEY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"AZURE_BLOB_STORAGE_CONTAINER_NAME\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"NUMBER_OF_PROXIES\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"CORS_ORIGINS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"IFRAME_ORIGINS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"FLOWISE_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SHOW_COMMUNITY_NODES\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"DISABLE_FLOWISE_TELEMETRY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"DISABLED_NODES\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"MODEL_LIST_CONFIG_JSON\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"APP_URL\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"JWT_AUTH_TOKEN_SECRET\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"JWT_REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"EXPIRE_AUTH_TOKENS_ON_RESTART\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"EXPRESS_SESSION_SECRET\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"PASSWORD_RESET_TOKEN_EXPIRY_IN_MINS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"PASSWORD_SALT_HASH_ROUNDS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"TOKEN_HASH_SECRET\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SECURE_COOKIES\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SMTP_HOST\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SMTP_PORT\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SMTP_USER\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SMTP_PASSWORD\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SMTP_SECURE\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"ALLOW_UNAUTHORIZED_CERTS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"SENDER_EMAIL\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"LICENSE_URL\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"FLOWISE_EE_LICENSE_KEY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"OFFLINE\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"INVITE_TOKEN_EXPIRY_IN_HOURS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"WORKSPACE_INVITE_TEMPLATE_PATH\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"POSTHOG_PUBLIC_API_KEY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"ENABLE_METRICS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"METRICS_PROVIDER\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"METRICS_INCLUDE_NODE_METRICS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"METRICS_SERVICE_NAME\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"METRICS_OPEN_TELEMETRY_METRIC_ENDPOINT\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"METRICS_OPEN_TELEMETRY_PROTOCOL\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"METRICS_OPEN_TELEMETRY_DEBUG\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"GLOBAL_AGENT_HTTP_PROXY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"GLOBAL_AGENT_HTTPS_PROXY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"GLOBAL_AGENT_NO_PROXY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"MODE\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"QUEUE_NAME\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"QUEUE_REDIS_EVENT_STREAM_MAX_LEN\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"WORKER_CONCURRENCY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"REMOVE_ON_AGE\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"REMOVE_ON_COUNT\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"REDIS_URL\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"REDIS_HOST\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"REDIS_PORT\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"REDIS_USERNAME\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"REDIS_PASSWORD\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"REDIS_TLS\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"REDIS_CERT\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"REDIS_KEY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"REDIS_CA\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"REDIS_KEEP_ALIVE\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"ENABLE_BULLMQ_DASHBOARD\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"CUSTOM_MCP_SECURITY_CHECK\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"CUSTOM_MCP_PROTOCOL\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"HTTP_DENY_LIST\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"HTTP_SECURITY_CHECK\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"PATH_TRAVERSAL_SAFETY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="The \"TRUST_PROXY\" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string."
time="2026-03-21T17:10:46+01:00" level=warning msg="C:\\Flowise-main\\docker\\docker-compose.yml: the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion"
[+] up 10/10
 ✔ Image flowiseai/flowise:latest Pulled                                                                          201.3s
 ✔ Network docker_default         Created                                                                         0.1s
 ✔ Container docker-flowise-1     Started                                                                         4.3s

The containers are up and running in Docker but the log shows:

Node.js v20.20.1

node:fs:1386

  const result = binding.mkdir(

                         ^


Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir ''

    at Object.mkdirSync (node:fs:1386:26)

    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/flowise/dist/utils/logger.js:44:8)

    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1521:14)

    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1623:10)

    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1266:32)

    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:12)

    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1289:19)

    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:182:18)

    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/flowise/dist/utils/index.js:37:34)

    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1521:14)

    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1623:10)

    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1266:32)

    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:12)

    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1289:19)

    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:182:18)

    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/flowise/dist/DataSource.js:35:17) {

  errno: -2,

  code: 'ENOENT',

  syscall: 'mkdir',

  path: ''

}


### To Reproduce

Follow installation instrucion using docker compose method.

### Expected behavior

Container start up and app usable

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### Flowise Version

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### Operating System

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### Browser

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  1. TheItschi
    added
    bugSomething isn't working
    on Mar 21, 2026
  2. haroldfabla2-hue
    added a commit that references this issue on Mar 21, 2026

    fix: handle empty/whitespace LOG_PATH in docker compose

    7ee9da1

  3. aleglr commented on May 5, 2026

    @aleglr
    aleglr
    on May 5, 2026

    You have to edit those properties:
    DATABASE_PATH=/root/.flowise LOG_PATH=/root/.flowise/logs BLOB_STORAGE_PATH=/root/.flowise/storage SECRETKEY_PATH=/root/.flowise

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