V1 to V2 Docker changes

[wireman121]

After changing from V1 to V2, was receiving error that no arr instances. Attempted to follow the migration settings, but regardless it always seems to not work. Trying to find the correct syntax to keep everything in docker yaml. V1 below.

decluttarr:
image: ghcr.io/manimatter/decluttarr:latest
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- TZ=America/New_York
- LOG_LEVEL=VERBOSE
- REMOVE_TIMER=30
- REMOVE_FAILED=True
- REMOVE_FAILED_IMPORTS=True
- REMOVE_METADATA_MISSING=True
- REMOVE_MISSING_FILES=True
- REMOVE_ORPHANS=True
- REMOVE_SLOW=True
- REMOVE_STALLED=True
- REMOVE_UNMONITORED=True
- PERMITTED_ATTEMPTS=48
- MIN_DOWNLOAD_SPEED=3
- RADARR_URL=http://vpn:7878
- RADARR_KEY=${RADARR_API_KEY}
- SONARR_URL=http://vpn:8989
- SONARR_KEY=${SONARR_API_KEY}
- QBITTORRENT_URL=http://vpn:8081
- QBITTORRENT_USERNAME=${TORRENT_USER}
- QBITTORRENT_PASSWORD=${TORRENT_PASSWORD}

[ManiMatter]

Please look at the readme and follow the syntax for v2. Check the example docker compose.

This is clearly v1 syntax and wont work with v2: RADARR_URL

[wireman121]

Yes as mentioned I attempted to do this but it doesn’t work. Happy to post the various different attempts I made to see where I’m going wrong. But even the syntax referenced in the docker compose example is different than syntax my docker compose uses…. It’s in the sonarr/radarr/bittorrent syntax that’s not working.

[ManiMatter]

Pls paste your compose that follows the example plus logs

[wireman121]

So using this produces the error "yaml: line 127: mapping values are not allowed in this context" Line 127 marked below

decluttarr:
network_mode: host
image: ghcr.io/manimatter/decluttarr:latest
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- TZ=America/New_York
- LOG_LEVEL=VERBOSE
- TIMER=30
- REMOVE_FAILED_DOWNLOADS=True
- REMOVE_FAILED_IMPORTS=True
- REMOVE_METADATA_MISSING=True
- REMOVE_MISSING_FILES=True
- REMOVE_ORPHANS=True
- REMOVE_SLOW=True
- REMOVE_STALLED=True
- REMOVE_UNMONITORED=True
- MAX_STRIKES=48
- MIN_SPEED=3
127 is the next line
RADARR: >
- BASE_URL=http://localhost:7878
API_KEY=${RADARR_API_KEY}
SONARR: >
- BASE_URL=http://localhost:8989
API_KEY=${SONARR_API_KEY}
QBITTORRENT: >
- BASE_URL=http://localhost:8081
USERNAME=${TORRENT_USER}
PASSWORD=${TORRENT_PASSWORD}

[wireman121]

Using this produces the error "services.decluttarr additional properties 'BITTORRENT', 'RADARR', 'SONARR' not allowed"

decluttarr:
network_mode: host
image: ghcr.io/manimatter/decluttarr:latest
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- TZ=America/New_York
- LOG_LEVEL=VERBOSE
- TIMER=30
- REMOVE_FAILED_DOWNLOADS=True
- REMOVE_FAILED_IMPORTS=True
- REMOVE_METADATA_MISSING=True
- REMOVE_MISSING_FILES=True
- REMOVE_ORPHANS=True
- REMOVE_SLOW=True
- REMOVE_STALLED=True
- REMOVE_UNMONITORED=True
- MAX_STRIKES=48
- MIN_SPEED=3
RADARR: >
- BASE_URL=http://localhost:7878
API_KEY=${RADARR_API_KEY}
SONARR: >
- BASE_URL=http://localhost:8989
API_KEY=${SONARR_API_KEY}
BITTORRENT: >
- BASE_URL=http://localhost:8081
USERNAME=${TORRENT_USER}
PASSWORD=${TORRENT_PASSWORD}

[ManiMatter]

The second one you posted is clearly wrong.
The first one is closer.

But hard to help without seeing the exact format (ie: indents are off, which yaml is alergic to. Are you sure you got them right on your end? Did you put quotation marks at the right places?)

I note that your lines start with „-„ which is a different notation as the one in the readme. What happens if you try the one in readme?

If you stick to your notation, why do radarr etc not have the same „-„ as the other keys?

[wireman121]

Indents are correct, and I even tried changing up the indents in different places to see what would change.

The entirety of the YAML is in that notation style and has always worked up until V2, and continues to work for all of the other containers so I didn't see how changing the entire notation style wouldnt upset something else

I tried with the - also, but it didn't make a difference. No matter what I try, it doesn't work.
I was hoping someone had a similar experience and solved it. But I will continue playing with it to see what works. I don't doubt its syntax on my end.

[ManiMatter]

Maybe check out this thread, maybe you find some ideas that help?

#182

[heapoutofspace]

You are mixing list elements and dictionary entries, which is causing an error. You have to stick to either syntax. And make sure to use YAML multi-line strings (|), not folded scalars (>) when defining multi-line values that must be valid YAML themselves.

The fist v2 example you gave should look like this:

decluttarr:
  network_mode: host
  image: ghcr.io/manimatter/decluttarr:latest
  restart: unless-stopped
  environment:
    - TZ=America/New_York
    - LOG_LEVEL=VERBOSE
    - TIMER=30
    - REMOVE_FAILED_DOWNLOADS=True
    - REMOVE_FAILED_IMPORTS=True
    - REMOVE_METADATA_MISSING=True
    - REMOVE_MISSING_FILES=True
    - REMOVE_ORPHANS=True
    - REMOVE_SLOW=True
    - REMOVE_STALLED=True
    - REMOVE_UNMONITORED=True
    - MAX_STRIKES=48
    - MIN_SPEED=3
    - |
      RADARR=
      base_url: http://localhost:7878
      api_key: ${RADARR_API_KEY}
    - |
      SONARR=
      base_url: http://localhost:8989
      api_key: ${SONARR_API_KEY}
    - |
      QBITTORRENT=
      base_url: http://localhost:8081
      username: ${TORRENT_USER}
      password: ${TORRENT_PASSWORD}

Or like this:

decluttarr:
  network_mode: host
  image: ghcr.io/manimatter/decluttarr:latest
  restart: unless-stopped
  environment:
    TZ: America/New_York
    LOG_LEVEL: VERBOSE
    TIMER: 30
    REMOVE_FAILED_DOWNLOADS: True
    REMOVE_FAILED_IMPORTS: True
    REMOVE_METADATA_MISSING: True
    REMOVE_MISSING_FILES: True
    REMOVE_ORPHANS: True
    REMOVE_SLOW: True
    REMOVE_STALLED: True
    REMOVE_UNMONITORED: True
    MAX_STRIKES: 48
    MIN_SPEED: 3
    RADARR: | 
      base_url: http://localhost:7878
      api_key: ${RADARR_API_KEY}
    SONARR: |
      base_url: http://localhost:8989
      api_key: ${SONARR_API_KEY}
    QBITTORRENT: |
      base_url: http://localhost:8081
      username: ${TORRENT_USER}
      password: ${TORRENT_PASSWORD}

[wireman121]

Thanks, that got things closer but I am now getting new errors:
decluttarr-1 exited with code 0 (restarting)
decluttarr-1 | 2025-11-17 11:31:20 | ERROR | Invalid config format for sonarr. Expected a list.
decluttarr-1 | 2025-11-17 11:31:20 | ERROR | Invalid config format for radarr. Expected a list.
decluttarr-1 | 2025-11-17 11:31:20 | ERROR | No valid Arr instances found in the config.
decluttarr-1 | 2025-11-17 11:31:20 | INFO | Decluttarr will wait for 30 seconds and then exit.

Below is my updated compose:

decluttarr:
    network_mode: host
    image: ghcr.io/manimatter/decluttarr:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - TZ=America/New_York
      - LOG_LEVEL=VERBOSE
      - TIMER=30
      - REMOVE_FAILED_DOWNLOADS=True
      - REMOVE_FAILED_IMPORTS=True
      - REMOVE_METADATA_MISSING=True
      - REMOVE_MISSING_FILES=True
      - REMOVE_ORPHANS=True
      - REMOVE_SLOW=True
      - REMOVE_STALLED=True
      - REMOVE_UNMONITORED=True
      - MAX_STRIKES=48
      - MIN_SPEED=3
      - |
        RADARR=
        BASE_URL: http://localhost:7878
        API_KEY: ${RADARR_API_KEY}
      - |
        SONARR=
        BASE_URL: http://localhost:8989
        API_KEY: ${SONARR_API_KEY}
      - |
        BITTORRENT=
        BASE_URL: http://localhost:8081
        USERNAME: ${TORRENT_USER}
        PASSWORD: ${TORRENT_PASSWORD}

[heapoutofspace]

Ah that's right, since multiple instances of the same app are allowed, we actually have to pass a list. This should hopefully work:

decluttarr:
    network_mode: host
    image: ghcr.io/manimatter/decluttarr:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - TZ=America/New_York
      - LOG_LEVEL=VERBOSE
      - TIMER=30
      - REMOVE_FAILED_DOWNLOADS=True
      - REMOVE_FAILED_IMPORTS=True
      - REMOVE_METADATA_MISSING=True
      - REMOVE_MISSING_FILES=True
      - REMOVE_ORPHANS=True
      - REMOVE_SLOW=True
      - REMOVE_STALLED=True
      - REMOVE_UNMONITORED=True
      - MAX_STRIKES=48
      - MIN_SPEED=3
      - |
        RADARR=
        - BASE_URL: http://localhost:7878
          API_KEY: ${RADARR_API_KEY}
      - |
        SONARR=
        - BASE_URL: http://localhost:8989
          API_KEY: ${SONARR_API_KEY}
      - |
        QBITTORRENT=
        - BASE_URL: http://localhost:8081
          USERNAME: ${TORRENT_USER}
          PASSWORD: ${TORRENT_PASSWORD}

[wireman121]

Got it all worked out and fully functional. Thank you so much for the help!

My final setup is:

decluttarr:
    network_mode: host
    image: ghcr.io/manimatter/decluttarr:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - TZ=America/New_York
      - LOG_LEVEL=VERBOSE
      - TIMER=30
      - REMOVE_FAILED_DOWNLOADS=True
      - REMOVE_FAILED_IMPORTS=True
      - REMOVE_METADATA_MISSING=True
      - REMOVE_BAD_FILES=True
      - REMOVE_DONE_SEEDING=True
      - REMOVE_MISSING_FILES=True
      - REMOVE_ORPHANS=True
      - REMOVE_SLOW=True
      - REMOVE_STALLED=True
      - REMOVE_UNMONITORED=True
      - MAX_STRIKES=48
      - MIN_SPEED=3
      - |
        RADARR=
        - BASE_URL: http://localhost:7878
          API_KEY: ${RADARR_API_KEY}
      - |
        SONARR=
        - BASE_URL: http://localhost:8989
          API_KEY: ${SONARR_API_KEY}
      - |
        BITTORRENT=
        - BASE_URL: http://localhost:8081
          USERNAME: ${TORRENT_USER}
          PASSWORD: ${TORRENT_PASSWORD}

[ManiMatter]

Thank you both for sharing and @heapoutofspace for jumping in, very much appreciated