Problem running MiKTeX in Docker container

[msrumon]

I have been facing problems running MiKTeX inside Docker container. Here's my compose.yaml file:

volumes:
  miktex:

services:
  main:
    image: miktex/miktex:basic
    volumes:
      - miktex:/var/lib/miktex
      - .:/miktex/work
    command:
      - pdflatex
      - main.tex

When I run docker compose up (in "attached" mode), it shows this:

$ docker compose up
[+] Running 3/3
 ✔ Network resume_default   Created                                                                                                                                                                                         0.1s 
 ✔ Volume "resume_miktex"   Created                                                                                                                                                                                         0.0s 
 ✔ Container resume-main-1  Created                                                                                                                                                                                         0.7s 
Attaching to main-1
main-1  | This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (MiKTeX 23.10) (preloaded format=pdflatex.fmt)
main-1  |  restricted \write18 enabled.
main-1  | 
main-1  | Sorry, but pdflatex did not succeed.
main-1  | 
main-1  | The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
main-1  | 
main-1  |   /var/lib/miktex/.miktex/texmfs/data/miktex/log/pdflatex.log
main-1 exited with code 1

The said pdflatex.log file contains:

2024-05-17 10:06:09,434Z INFO  pdflatex - this process (1) started by "unknown process" in directory /miktex/work with command line: pdflatex main.tex
2024-05-17 10:06:09,434Z INFO  pdflatex - this is MiKTeX-PDFTEX 4.16.0 (1.40.25) (MiKTeX 23.10)
2024-05-17 10:06:09,434Z INFO  pdflatex - allowing known shell commands
2024-05-17 10:06:09,451Z INFO  pdflatex - going to create file: pdflatex.fmt
2024-05-17 10:06:09,514Z INFO  pdflatex.core - forking...
2024-05-17 10:06:13,370Z ERROR pdflatex - /usr/bin/miktex did not succeed; exitCode: 1
2024-05-17 10:06:13,370Z ERROR pdflatex - output:
2024-05-17 10:06:13,370Z ERROR pdflatex - Building format 'pdflatex' with engine 'pdftex'...

Sorry, but: The installed file does not exist.

2024-05-17 10:06:13,370Z FATAL pdflatex.core - The memory dump file could not be found.
2024-05-17 10:06:13,370Z FATAL pdflatex.core - Data: fileName="pdflatex.fmt"
2024-05-17 10:06:13,370Z FATAL pdflatex.core - Source: Libraries/MiKTeX/TeXAndFriends/texmfapp.cpp:697
2024-05-17 10:06:13,370Z FATAL pdflatex - The memory dump file could not be found.
2024-05-17 10:06:13,370Z FATAL pdflatex - Info: fileName="pdflatex.fmt"
2024-05-17 10:06:13,370Z FATAL pdflatex - Source: Libraries/MiKTeX/TeXAndFriends/texmfapp.cpp
2024-05-17 10:06:13,370Z FATAL pdflatex - Line: 697
2024-05-17 10:06:13,376Z INFO  pdflatex - this process (1) finishes with exit code 1
2024-05-17 10:06:13,383Z WARN  pdflatex - minor issue: It has been a long time since you have checked for MiKTeX updates.

Can anybody help me resolve this? Thanks in advance.

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There are some notable errors in other log files.

miktex.log (this is at the very end of the file):

2024-05-17 10:06:13,366Z FATAL miktex - The installed file does not exist.
2024-05-17 10:06:13,366Z FATAL miktex - Info: fileName="/var/lib/miktex/.miktex/texmfs/install/tex/latex/00miktex/pdflatex.ini"
2024-05-17 10:06:13,366Z FATAL miktex - Source: Libraries/MiKTeX/Core/Session/findfile.cpp
2024-05-17 10:06:13,366Z FATAL miktex - Line: 61
2024-05-17 10:06:13,366Z INFO  miktex - this process (15) finishes with exit code 1

miktex-makefmt.log (at the very end):

2024-05-17 10:06:13,298Z FATAL miktex-makefmt.core - The installed file does not exist.
2024-05-17 10:06:13,298Z FATAL miktex-makefmt.core - Data: fileName="/var/lib/miktex/.miktex/texmfs/install/tex/latex/00miktex/pdflatex.ini"
2024-05-17 10:06:13,298Z FATAL miktex-makefmt.core - Source: Libraries/MiKTeX/Core/Session/findfile.cpp:61
2024-05-17 10:06:13,299Z FATAL miktex-makefmt - The installed file does not exist.
2024-05-17 10:06:13,299Z FATAL miktex-makefmt - Info: fileName="/var/lib/miktex/.miktex/texmfs/install/tex/latex/00miktex/pdflatex.ini"
2024-05-17 10:06:13,299Z FATAL miktex-makefmt - Source: Libraries/MiKTeX/Core/Session/findfile.cpp
2024-05-17 10:06:13,299Z FATAL miktex-makefmt - Line: 61
2024-05-17 10:06:13,306Z INFO  miktex-makefmt - this process (18) finishes with exit code 1

[Vessel9817]

See: #1431