Setup with config.json not creating admin user as expected

[xaponeis]

I am using "setup --config config.json " to configure NodeBB server, everything works as expected except admin user that is not created with config.json attributes. It just generates a random password.

The following is logged: "Password was not provided during automated setup, generating one.." although I provided the password according with the json bellow:

{                                                          
	"url": "http://localhost",                        
        "port": "4567",    
	"admin:username": "admin",
	"admin:email": "[email protected]",
	"admin:password": "password",
	"admin:password:confirm": "password",
    
	"database": "postgres",                                	
    "postgres": {                                          
        "host": "docker-database",                        
        "port": "5432",                                    
        "username": "postgres",                            
        "password": "pssword",                     
        "database": "database",                              
        "ssl": "false"                                     
    }                                                      
}       

Anyone have this problem also?

[xaponeis]

So, I managed to get it working. Just coming here to post what works for me if anyone have the same issue. I try to scape double quotes, stringify, etc.

I had to "unfold (?)" the admin object and then all start working:

{                                                          
	"url": "${URL}",                        
    "port": "${PORT}",  
	
	"admin":{
		"username": "${ADMIN_USERNAME}",
		"email": "${ADMIN_EMAIL}",
		"password": "${ADMIN_PASSWORD}",
		"password:confirm": "${ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
	},

	"database": "${DB_VENDOR}",                                	
    "${DB_VENDOR}": {                                          
        "host": "${DB_HOST}",                        
        "port": "${DB_PORT}",                                    
        "username": "${DB_USER}",                            
        "password": "${DB_PASSWORD}",                     
        "database": "${DB_NAME}",                              
        "ssl": "${DB_SSL}"                                     
    }                                                      
}                                                          

[xaponeis]

I've try with cat command "node ./nodebb setup --config "$(cat config.json)"" as suggest by another topic but then I got Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'split').

[xaponeis]

So, I managed to get it working. Just coming here to post what works for me if anyone have the same issue. I try to scape double quotes, stringify, etc.

I had to "unfold (?)" the admin object and then all start working:

{                                                          
	"url": "${URL}",                        
    "port": "${PORT}",  
	
	"admin":{
		"username": "${ADMIN_USERNAME}",
		"email": "${ADMIN_EMAIL}",
		"password": "${ADMIN_PASSWORD}",
		"password:confirm": "${ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
	},

	"database": "${DB_VENDOR}",                                	
    "${DB_VENDOR}": {                                          
        "host": "${DB_HOST}",                        
        "port": "${DB_PORT}",                                    
        "username": "${DB_USER}",                            
        "password": "${DB_PASSWORD}",                     
        "database": "${DB_NAME}",                              
        "ssl": "${DB_SSL}"                                     
    }                                                      
}