# Synology container error **URL:** \ **Category:** Homey Self-Hosted Server\ **Created:** [January 25, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/synology-container-error/149985 "2026-01-25T07:49:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Donzelli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/andrea_donzelli/32/120751_2.png) [@Andrea\_Donzelli](https://community.homey.app/u/Andrea_Donzelli)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/synology-container-error/149985/1 "2026-01-25T07:49:38Z")
Why this error in container? ![IMG_0227](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/6/a641507ab149dd635187e963773f3e937ba9004c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![s73nm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/s73nm/32/110438_2.png) [@s73nm](https://community.homey.app/u/s73nm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 8:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/synology-container-error/149985/2 "2026-01-25T08:03:13Z")
There is probably an error in your docker compose file. Can you share the contents of the compose.yml file? ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Donzelli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/andrea_donzelli/32/120751_2.png) [@Andrea\_Donzelli](https://community.homey.app/u/Andrea_Donzelli)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/synology-container-error/149985/3 "2026-01-25T08:11:17Z")
It is empty ![IMG_8260](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/e/ae46bea461ffcb712bcbf7916036050bb58c9c94.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/synology-container-error/149985/4 "2026-01-25T11:24:49Z")
Welcome, Andrea. ![Screenshot_20260125_122400_Firefox](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/8/2/82c540900b2386b19bd9bf839da7877d5bdbe9e4.jpeg) Why is it referring to `compose.yaml`? Shouldn’t it be `docker-compose.yml`? ![Screenshot_20260125_122105_Firefox](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/0/b09cc62c8b4ab549fc250e2f075a4868d075ba5a.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20260125_123025_Firefox](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/4/d44a42dfba05d82c054a98b2d80f07c033abaacc.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20260125_122540_Firefox](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/c/6c9512f482692b329da11bc9b7bbdc9a514118b6.jpeg) [Fine manual](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/23975209649308-How-to-install-Homey-Self-Hosted-Server-on-Synology) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/synology-container-error/149985/5 "2026-01-25T11:28:09Z")
[@moderators](https://community.homey.app/groups/moderators) @Andrea_Donzelli is auto-silenced by Discourse _ **A I** _ 🤔 Any idea? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/synology-container-error/149985/6 "2026-01-25T11:48:07Z")
> [@Peter\_Kawa](#): > > Why is it referring to `compose.yaml`? Lovely DSM inconsistency: all text refers to “docker-compose.yml”, but the actual file that it generates is called “compose.yaml” 🤷🏼‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/synology-container-error/149985/7 "2026-01-25T11:53:50Z")
Aw mi gawd 🥴 ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_Donzelli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/andrea_donzelli/32/120751_2.png) [@Andrea\_Donzelli](https://community.homey.app/u/Andrea_Donzelli)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/synology-container-error/149985/8 "2026-01-25T19:20:31Z")
I finally solved it, basically I access Synology from iPad and to create the project on Docker it didn’t paste the right commands for the .yaml file, I modified it from the file manager with the text editor and it works