db creation error for the demo project

[hilt0n]

Trying to setup a running instance of Outline (based on the official documentation), I have multiple problems but finally get stuck at the db creation phase.

I use docker compose to run the instance. First, outline service can't access db because 127.0.0.1:5432 is not accessible. I had to replace localhost by service name (postgres). Maybe related to WSL ?

Passed this point, the oultine service is able to reach postgres but has an issue with "dialect" specified by database.json for db:create and db:drop commands.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Follow the documentation but replace in docker.env

   DATABASE_URL=postgres://user:pass@localhost:5432/outline
   DATABASE_URL_TEST=postgres://user:pass@localhost:5432/outline-test
   

   by

   DATABASE_URL=postgres://user:pass@postgres:5432/outline
   DATABASE_URL_TEST=postgres://user:pass@postgres:5432/outline-test
   

2. Run the command docker-compose run --rm outline yarn db:create --env=production-ssl-disable
3. Get the following error

   [+] Building 0.0s (0/0)
   [+] Creating 2/0
    ✔ Container outline-postgres-1  Running                                                                                            0.0s 
    ✔ Container outline-redis-1     Running                                                                                            0.0s 
   [+] Building 0.0s (0/0)
   yarn run v1.22.19
   $ sequelize db:create --env=production-ssl-disable
   
   Sequelize CLI [Node: 20.10.0, CLI: 6.6.1, ORM: 6.33.0]
   
   Loaded configuration file "server/config/database.json".
   
   ERROR: Dialect undefined does not support db:create / db:drop commands
   
   error Command failed with exit code 1.
   info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
   

Expected behavior
Execute the db creation without error

Screenshots
Not applicable

Outline (please complete the following information):

• Install: docker compose in WSL
• Version: docker.getoutline.com/outlinewiki/outline [7e63ee1e9984] but same result with 0.72.0 [2084ece57b76]

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2) through WSL2 on Windows 11 Pro 23H2
• Browser: NA
• Version: NA

I'm trying for hours now and nothing is working like I'm missing something. Could it be related to WSL ?

[tommoor]

No idea I'm afraid, the dialect key is specified in that file and has been for 7 years without issue. Perhaps it is related to WSL somehow, it is an unusual setup.

[hilt0n]

My bad... Just a typo issue. Replacing --env=production-ssl-disable by --env=production-ssl-disabled fixed it.

Thanks @tommoor for the support.