Mastodon container won't start

Sorry, couldn’t find the tag for mastodon container.
I’m running docker-compose on ubuntu 22.04 host.
When I try to docker-compose up, I get

user@host ~/docker> docker-compose up -d
Recreating c2451a233fb5_mastodon …

ERROR: for c2451a233fb5_mastodon ‘ContainerConfig’
docker_redis_1 is up-to-date
docker_dbdontti_1 is up-to-date

ERROR: for mastodon ‘ContainerConfig’
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/bin/docker-compose”, line 33, in
sys.exit(load_entry_point(‘docker-compose==1.29.2’, ‘console_scripts’, ‘docker-compose’)())
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/main.py”, line 81, in main
command_func()
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/main.py”, line 203, in perform_command
handler(command, command_options)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/metrics/decorator.py”, line 18, in wrapper
result = fn(*args, **kwargs)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/main.py”, line 1186, in up
to_attach = up(False)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/main.py”, line 1166, in up
return self.project.up(
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/project.py”, line 697, in up
results, errors = parallel.parallel_execute(
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/parallel.py”, line 108, in parallel_execute
raise error_to_reraise
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/parallel.py”, line 206, in producer
result = func(obj)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/project.py”, line 679, in do
return service.execute_convergence_plan(
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/service.py”, line 579, in execute_convergence_plan
return self._execute_convergence_recreate(
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/service.py”, line 499, in _execute_convergence_recreate
containers, errors = parallel_execute(
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/parallel.py”, line 108, in parallel_execute
raise error_to_reraise
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/parallel.py”, line 206, in producer
result = func(obj)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/service.py”, line 494, in recreate
return self.recreate_container(
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/service.py”, line 612, in recreate_container
new_container = self.create_container(
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/service.py”, line 330, in create_container
container_options = self._get_container_create_options(
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/service.py”, line 921, in _get_container_create_options
container_options, override_options = self._build_container_volume_options(
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/service.py”, line 960, in _build_container_volume_options
binds, affinity = merge_volume_bindings(
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/service.py”, line 1548, in merge_volume_bindings
old_volumes, old_mounts = get_container_data_volumes(
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/service.py”, line 1579, in get_container_data_volumes
container.image_config[‘ContainerConfig’].get(‘Volumes’) or {}
KeyError: ‘ContainerConfig’

My docker-compose.yml (relevant parts) is here. I have checked it until I’m blue in the face, but can’t find any errors. Please help?

That looks an issue with your compose install, not the container.

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what is the output of uname -mr && docker version && docker-compose version

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user@host ~> uname -mr && docker version && docker-compose version
5.15.0-125-generic x86_64
Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version: 27.4.1
API version: 1.47
Go version: go1.22.10
Git commit: b9d17ea
Built: Tue Dec 17 15:45:42 2024
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Context: default

Server: Docker Engine - Community
Engine:
Version: 27.4.1
API version: 1.47 (minimum version 1.24)
Go version: go1.22.10
Git commit: c710b88
Built: Tue Dec 17 15:45:42 2024
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
containerd:
Version: 1.7.24
GitCommit: 88bf19b2105c8b17560993bee28a01ddc2f97182
runc:
Version: 1.2.2
GitCommit: v1.2.2-0-g7cb3632
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0
docker-compose version 1.29.2, build unknown
docker-py version: 5.0.3
CPython version: 3.10.12
OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 3.0.2 15 Mar 2022

you need to update your docker compose. docker compose 1.29 has been end of life for some time and the latest docker ce breaks it. The current version of compose is 2.32.0, v1 stopped receiving updates in July of 2023.

Migrate to Compose V2 | Docker Docs

if you install docker in a supported manner, it should include compose, so you may just need to try docker compose rather than docker-compose

either way, we can’t help you with this issue considering the age of your docker compose version.

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OK, I’ll try that. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

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