I can't start ventoy

[zakk87]

since march 19 or 23 I can't start my iventoy running on debians docker
sending logs

2026/04/25 17:34:11.128 [PXE] ==========================================================
2026/04/25 17:34:11.129 [PXE] ##########################################################
2026/04/25 17:34:11.129 [PXE] ################### IVENTOY FREE RUN #####################
2026/04/25 17:34:11.129 [PXE] ##########################################################
2026/04/25 17:34:11.129 [PXE] ==========================================================
2026/04/25 17:34:11.152 [PXE] ##################### IVENTOY [Linux 64] (Free Edition) ################
2026/04/25 17:34:11.152 [PXE] system cpu core number: 4
2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [PXE] Module init start ...
2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [PXE] Module init OK ...
2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [PXE] Module init start ...
2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [UTIL] Old system max open files: [1024 524288]
2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [UTIL] New system max open files: [32768 32768]
2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [PXE] Module init OK ...
2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [PXE] Module init start ...
2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [PXE] Module init OK ...
2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [PXE] Module init start ...
2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [PXE] mac addr db init ...
2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [PXE] Invalid mac db size 1239959
2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [PXE] Module init OK ...
2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [PXE] Module init start ...
2026/04/25 17:34:11.220 [PXE] iventoy.dat <8346900> <15421440> <17d261a0>
2026/04/25 17:34:11.758 [PXE] Extract iventoy.dat success.
2026/04/25 17:34:11.759 [PXE] ======= iVentoy 1.0.28 ========
2026/04/25 17:34:11.759 [PXE] tarfs find 190 files
2026/04/25 17:34:11.759 [PXE] Module init OK ...
2026/04/25 17:34:11.759 [PXE] Module init start ...
2026/04/25 17:34:11.759 [PXE] cpio buf:0x7f7dbb0bf210 len:4794368 fixoff:968

config

---
services:
  iventoy:
    image: ziggyds/iventoy:latest
#    deploy:
#      resources:
#        limits:
#          cpus: '1'
#          memory: 1024M
    container_name: iventoy
    restart: unless-stopped
    privileged: true #must be true
    network_mode: host
    ports:
      - 26000:26000
      - 16000:16000
      - 10809:10809
      - 67:67/udp
      - 69:69/udp
    volumes:
      - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-e04f1524-475c-4ac9-b802-99275266ea53/share/Masters/ISO2:/app/iso
      - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-e04f1524-475c-4ac9-b802-99275266ea53/share/compose/iventoy/data:/app/data
      - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-e04f1524-475c-4ac9-b802-99275266ea53/share/compose/iventoy/log:/app/log
    environment:
      - AUTO_START_PXE=true # optional, true by default
#    networks:
#      macvlan:
#        ipv4_address: 10.0.0.8
volumes:
  iso:
    external: true
  data:
    external: true
#networks:
#  macvlan:
#    name: macvlan
#    driver: macvlan
#    driver_opts:
#      parent: enp2s0
#    ipam:
#      config:
#        - subnet: "10.0.0.0/24"
#          gateway: "10.0.0.10"

[warlordattack]

Same here (proxmox > mint VM > docker > iventoy + traefik) :

Log :

iventoy start SUCCESS PID=0
Please open your browser and visit http://127.0.0.1:26000/ or http://x.x.x.x:26000/ (x.x.x.x is any valid IP address)
2026/04/29 16:43:46.892 [PXE]  iventoy.dat <8035648> <15042560> <e5122f1a>
2026/04/29 16:43:47.149 [PXE]  Extract iventoy.dat success.
2026/04/29 16:43:47.149 [PXE]  ======= iVentoy 1.0.20 ========
2026/04/29 16:43:47.149 [PXE]  tarfs find 179 files
2026/04/29 16:43:47.149 [PXE]  Module <Tarfs> init OK ...
2026/04/29 16:43:47.149 [PXE]  Module <OS> init start ...
2026/04/29 16:43:47.149 [PXE]  cpio buf:0x71f356c1ba10 len:4407296 fixoff:4406800
2026/04/29 16:43:47.149 [PXE]  Module <OS> init OK ...
2026/04/29 16:43:47.149 [PXE]  [Linux 64] checksum not match <ea41b3a1410246906fb402d371f623eb86ac31dd9d41eedfbf5493b03459fe19> <7aa3cf47802c9a283fcdde3a84924aec7ed5056ac738347b6d83a947e1954e3e>
2026/04/29 16:43:47.149 [PXE]  ### iVentoy start failed. ###

Compose :

services:

  srv_iventoy:
    extends:
      file: ../_common/all.yml
      service: all

    container_name: ${C_IVT}
    image: ${C_IVT_IMG}
     
    privileged: true
    environment:
      - AUTO_START_PXE=true # optional, true by default
      - VTOY_WIN11_BYPASS_CHECK=1
    volumes:
      - ${REP_LOGS}/${C_IVT}:/app/log # bug -> delete dossier
      #
      - vol-iso:/app/iso
      #
      - ${REP_APPDATA}/${C_IVT}/data:/app/data # bug -> rename dossier

    hostname: ${C_IVT_HOST}  # mv-iventoy
    networks:
      proxy:
        ipv4_address: ${NET_TFK}.${C_IVT_NUM} 
        mac_address: ${MAC_TFK}:${C_IVT_MAC}    
      mvlan:
        ipv4_address: ${NET_LAN}.${C_IVT_NUM} # 203
        mac_address: ${MAC_LAN}:${C_IVT_MAC}  # CB


networks: 
  mvlan:
    external: true
  proxy: 
    external: true
  proxmox:
    external: true

volumes:
  vol-iso:
    external: true

[zidesm]

2026/04/25 17:34:11.153 [PXE] Invalid mac db size 1239959

Looks like a file got corrupted, this is auto generated so you can remove it.
Might be the reason it hangs on start up

There might be a lock file in your data directory
rm -f /srv/.../iventoy/data/*.lock

[warlordattack]

thank you, now i have ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED ... missed something

➜  ~ ping 192.168.50.203
PING 192.168.50.203 (192.168.50.203): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.50.203: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.536 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.50.203: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.489 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.50.203: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.479 ms
^C
--- 192.168.50.203 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.479/0.501/0.536/0.025 ms
➜  ~ nc -vz 192.168.50.203 26000

nc: connectx to 192.168.50.203 port 26000 (tcp) failed: Connection refused

iventoy start SUCCESS PID=0
Please open your browser and visit http://127.0.0.1:26000/ or http://x.x.x.x:26000/ (x.x.x.x is any valid IP address)
2026/05/09 07:36:23.658 [PXE]  Module <Log> init start ...
2026/05/09 07:36:23.658 [PXE]  Module <Log> init OK ...
2026/05/09 07:36:23.658 [PXE]  Module <Plat> init start ...
2026/05/09 07:36:23.658 [UTIL] Old system max open files: [65535    65535]
2026/05/09 07:36:23.658 [UTIL] No need to set to [32768    32768]
2026/05/09 07:36:23.658 [PXE]  Module <Plat> init OK ...
2026/05/09 07:36:23.658 [PXE]  Module <Cfg> init start ...
2026/05/09 07:36:23.658 [PXE]  Module <Cfg> init OK ...
2026/05/09 07:36:23.658 [PXE]  Module <MAC> init start ...
2026/05/09 07:36:23.658 [PXE]  mac addr db init ..

services:

  srv_iventoy:
    extends:
      file: ../_common/all.yml
      service: all

    container_name: ${C_IVT}
    image: ${C_IVT_IMG}
     
    privileged: true
    environment:
      - AUTO_START_PXE=true # optional, true by default
      - VTOY_WIN11_BYPASS_CHECK=1
#    ports:
#      - ${C_IVT_26000}:26000
#      - ${C_IVT_16000}:16000
#      - ${C_IVT_10809}:10809
#      - ${C_IVT_67}:67/udp
#      - ${C_IVT_69}:69/udp
#      #
#      - ${C_IVT_68}:68/udp
    volumes:
      - ${REP_LOGS}/${C_IVT}:/app/log # bug -> delete dossier
      #
      - vol-iso:/app/iso
      #
      - ${REP_APPDATA}/${C_IVT}/data:/app/data # bug -> rename dossier

    hostname: ${C_IVT_HOST}  # mv-iventoy
    networks:
      proxy:
        ipv4_address: ${NET_TFK}.${C_IVT_NUM} 
        mac_address: ${MAC_TFK}:${C_IVT_MAC}    
      mvlan:
        ipv4_address: ${NET_LAN}.${C_IVT_NUM} # 203
        mac_address: ${MAC_LAN}:${C_IVT_MAC}  # CB
    #  proxmox:
    #    ipv4_address: ${NET_PX}.${C_IVT_NUM}
    #    mac_address: ${MAC_PX}:${C_IVT_MAC} 
    #dns:
    #  - ${NET_PX_DNS}

networks: 
  mvlan:
    external: true
  proxy: 
    external: true
  proxmox:
    external: true

volumes:
  vol-iso:
    external: true