Can't set root password for OrientDB using docker-compose

Question

I'm using the latest orientdb docker image in my docker-compose. I need to set the default root password but it's not working. My docker-compose.yml:

orientdb:
  image: orientdb
  ports:
    - "2434:2434"
    - "2480:2480"
    - "2424:2424"
  volumes:
    - "/mnt/sda1/dockerVolumes/orientdb:/opt/orientdb/databases"
  environment:
    - ORIENTDB_ROOT_PASSWORD

I'm currently running:

$ export ORIENTDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=anypw
$ docker-compose up -d

Answer 1

You need to define password in docker-compose:

environment:
- ORIENTDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=anypw

if you want to hide your password from docker-compose you can create docker-compose:

environment:
- ORIENTDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=${ORIENTDB_ROOT_PASSWORD}

---

I have been able to reproduce your solution and it works:

docker-compose.yml

version: '2'
services:
 orientdb:
  image: orientdb
  ports:
    - "2434:2434"
    - "2480:2480"
    - "2424:2424"
  environment:
    - ORIENTDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=test

now:

$ docker-compose up -d
Creating network ... with the default driver
Creating test_orientdb_1
$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                                                                    NAMES
d1f0a4a81222        orientdb            "server.sh"         31 seconds ago      Up 22 seconds       0.0.0.0:2424->2424/tcp, 0.0.0.0:2434->2434/tcp, 0.0.0.0:2480->2480/tcp   test_orientdb_1

User: root
Pass: test

You probably tried to log in, but you have not created database.

Just create one and try to log in.