download-dir override not working

[aborin]

Is there a pinned issue for this?

• [X] I have read the pinned issues and could not find my issue

Is there an existing or similar issue/discussion for this?

• [X] I have searched the existing issues
• [X] I have searched the existing discussions

Is there any comment in the documentation for this?

• [X] I have read the documentation, especially the FAQ and Troubleshooting parts

Is this related to a provider?

• [X] I have checked the provider repo for issues
• [X] My issue is NOT related to a provider

Are you using the latest release?

• [X] I am using the latest release

Have you tried using the dev branch latest?

• [X] I have tried using dev branch

Docker run config used

version: '2.21' services: transmission-openvpn: container_name: transmission cap_add:

• NET_ADMIN volumes:
• '/mnt/multimedia/torrents/:/data/torrents'
• '/home/seedadm/.seeder/config/:/config' secrets:
• openvpn_creds environment:
• OPENVPN_PROVIDER=PIA
• OPENVPN_CONFIG=ca_vancouver
• LOCAL_NETWORK=192.168.50.0/24
• PUID=1000
• PGID=1000
• UMASK=002
• TRANSMISSION_WEB_UI=transmission-web-control
• GLOBAL_APPLY_PERMISSIONS=false
• WEBPROXY_ENABLED=false
• TRANSMISSION_DOWNLOAD_DIR="/data/torrents/completed"
• TRANSMISSION_INCOMPLETE_DIR="/data/torrents/incomplete"
• TRANSMISSION_WATCH_DIR="/data/torrents/watch" logging: driver: json-file options: max-size: 10m ports:
• '9091:9091' image: haugene/transmission-openvpn

secrets: openvpn_creds: file: /home/seedadm/.openvpn/openvpn_creds

Current Behavior

• Docker compose succeeds
• Docker logs show the use of the override environment variables as specified in my compose file
• exec into container and verified settings.json contains the paths specified in my compose file
• Examine settings via the Transmission web GUI and see the download directory is set to /data/completed
• Examine settings via the Transmission web GUI and see the incomplete directory enabled and set to /data/torrents/incomplete
• Attempts to change this setting in the GUI fail to persist

Expected Behavior

• Ability to override the download-dir setting using the Docker compose environment
• Settings in Transmission GUI download directory to be /data/torrents/completed
• Ability to edit the download directory to a valid path via the Transmission GUI

How have you tried to solve the problem?

• Tried the dev branch with the same results
• Tried mounting my local folder to /data instead of /data/torrents but the download directory persists to /data/completed regardless of what I set in the override

Log output

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Transmission will run as

User name: abc User uid: 1000 User gid: 1000

Updating Transmission settings.json with values from env variables Attempting to use existing settings.json for Transmission Successfully used existing settings.json /config/transmission-home/settings.json Overriding bind-address-ipv4 because TRANSMISSION_BIND_ADDRESS_IPV4 is set to 10.5.112.12 Overriding download-dir because TRANSMISSION_DOWNLOAD_DIR is set to /data/torrents/completed Overriding incomplete-dir because TRANSMISSION_INCOMPLETE_DIR is set to /data/torrents/incomplete Overriding rpc-password because TRANSMISSION_RPC_PASSWORD is set to [REDACTED] Overriding rpc-port because TRANSMISSION_RPC_PORT is set to 9091 Overriding rpc-username because TRANSMISSION_RPC_USERNAME is set to Overriding watch-dir because TRANSMISSION_WATCH_DIR is set to /data/torrents/watch sed'ing True to true STARTING TRANSMISSION Provider PIA has a script for automatic port forwarding. Will run it now. If you want to disable this, set environment variable DISABLE_PORT_UPDATER=true Transmission startup script complete. 2024-01-01 00:06:08 Initialization Sequence Completed Running functions for token based port fowarding Reserved Port: 28731 Mon Jan 1 00:06:14 UTC 2024 transmission auth not required waiting for transmission to become responsive transmission became responsive 1 100% 1.90 GB Done 0.0 0.0 5.0 Finished Loop Track (2023) [1080p] [WEBRip] [5.1] [YTS.MX] Sum: 1.90 GB 0.0 0.0 setting transmission port to 28731 localhost:9091/transmission/rpc/ responded: success Checking port... Port is open: Yes ####################### SUCCESS
####################### Port: 28731 Expiration Sun Mar 3 12:06:14 UTC 2024 ####################### Entering infinite while loop Every 15 minutes, check port status

HW/SW Environment

- OS: Debian bookworm/sid
- Docker: Docker Engine - Community ver 24.0.7

Anything else?

No response

[ilike2burnthing]

Don't dupe post - https://github.com/haugene/docker-transmission-openvpn/discussions/2783

[aborin]

Interesting, I created the issue using the link provided in the original comment thinking it would formalize (not duplicate) the concern. Will close this if you suggested test works.

[aborin]

Issue was most likely due to to inconsistent settings between compose file and persistent config. Shutting down container and removing the local configuration and testing torrents before starting the container produced the desired result.