superuser creation failed via docker-compose.override.yml file

[Udayendu]

Current Behavior

It's not creating the superuser when the information are passed via the docker-compose.override.yml file like:

services:
  netbox:
    ports:
      - 8000:8080
    healthcheck:
      start_period: 300s  
    environment:
      SKIP_SUPERUSER: "false"
      SUPERUSER_NAME: "NetBox Admin User"
      SUPERUSER_USERNAME: "admin"
      SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 

And I can see the following logs on the console:

netbox-1               | Completed.
netbox-1               | ️ loadeted config '/etc/netbox/config/configuration.py'
netbox-1               |  loadeled config '/etc/netbox/config/extra.py'
netbox-1               |  loadeled config '/etc/netbox/config/logging.py'
netbox-1               |  loadeted config '/etc/netbox/config/plugins.py'
netbox-1               | 💡oSuperuser Username: NetBox Admin User, E-Mail: admin@example.com
netbox-1               | 💡oloaded config '/etc/nbob/c/config/configuration.py'
netbox-1               |  loaded cpronfig '/etc/netbox/config/extra.py'
netbox-1               |  loaded config '/etc/netbox/c fonfig/logging.py'
netbox-1               | 💡 loaded config '/etc/netbox/config/plugins.py'
netbox-1               | ️ Woarning: You have the old default admin API token in your database. This token is widely known; please remove it. Log in as your superuser and check API Tokens in your user menu.
netbox-1               | ️ Initialisation is done.
netbox-1               | ⏳oWaiting for control socket to be created... (1/10)
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [warn] 7#7 Unit is running unprivileged, then it cannot use arbitrary user and group.
netbox-1               | ️2025/04/02 08:42:12 [info] 7#7 unit 1.34.1 started
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [info] 429#429 discovery started
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [notice] 429#429 module: python 3.12.3 "/usr/lib/unit/modules/python3.12.unit.so"
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [info] 7#7 controller started
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [info] 431#431 router started
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [notice] 7#7 process 429 exited with code 0
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [info] 431#431 OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024, 300000d0
netbox-1               | ️ Applying2 configuration from /etc/unit/nginx-unit.json
netbox-1               | ️️2025/04/02 08:42:13 [info] 441#441 "netbox" prototype started
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:13 [info] 442#442 "netbox" application started
netbox-1               |  Unit configuration loaded successfully
netbox-1               | ️️2025/04/02 08:42:14 [notic ]u7#7 process 427 exited with code 0
netbox-1               | ️️2025/04/02Y08:42:17e[info] 476#476 "netbox" application started

But the user is not getting created. And if I am using docker compose exec netbox /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py createsuperuser command, then able to create the same user with same credentials.

Expected Behavior

As per the documentation, it should be able to create the user.

Docker Compose Version

Docker Compose version v2.34.0

Docker Version

Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:           28.0.4
 API version:       1.48
 Go version:        go1.23.7
 Git commit:        b8034c0
 Built:             Tue Mar 25 15:07:22 2025
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           default

Server: Docker Engine - Community
 Engine:
  Version:          28.0.4
  API version:      1.48 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.23.7
  Git commit:       6430e49
  Built:            Tue Mar 25 15:07:22 2025
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.7.27
  GitCommit:        05044ec0a9a75232cad458027ca83437aae3f4da
 runc:
  Version:          1.2.5
  GitCommit:        v1.2.5-0-g59923ef
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

The git Revision

0b70f72

The git Status

On branch release
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/release'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean

Startup Command

docker compose up

NetBox Logs

netbox-1               | Completed.
netbox-1               | ️ loadeted config '/etc/netbox/config/configuration.py'
netbox-1               |  loadeled config '/etc/netbox/config/extra.py'
netbox-1               |  loadeled config '/etc/netbox/config/logging.py'
netbox-1               |  loadeted config '/etc/netbox/config/plugins.py'
netbox-1               | 💡oSuperuser Username: NetBox Admin User, E-Mail: admin@example.com
netbox-1               | 💡oloaded config '/etc/nbob/c/config/configuration.py'
netbox-1               |  loaded cpronfig '/etc/netbox/config/extra.py'
netbox-1               |  loaded config '/etc/netbox/c fonfig/logging.py'
netbox-1               | 💡 loaded config '/etc/netbox/config/plugins.py'
netbox-1               | ️ Woarning: You have the old default admin API token in your database. This token is widely known; please remove it. Log in as your superuser and check API Tokens in your user menu.
netbox-1               | ️ Initialisation is done.
netbox-1               | ⏳oWaiting for control socket to be created... (1/10)
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [warn] 7#7 Unit is running unprivileged, then it cannot use arbitrary user and group.
netbox-1               | ️2025/04/02 08:42:12 [info] 7#7 unit 1.34.1 started
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [info] 429#429 discovery started
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [notice] 429#429 module: python 3.12.3 "/usr/lib/unit/modules/python3.12.unit.so"
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [info] 7#7 controller started
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [info] 431#431 router started
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [notice] 7#7 process 429 exited with code 0
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:12 [info] 431#431 OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024, 300000d0
netbox-1               | ️ Applying2 configuration from /etc/unit/nginx-unit.json
netbox-1               | ️️2025/04/02 08:42:13 [info] 441#441 "netbox" prototype started
netbox-1               | 2025/04/02 08:42:13 [info] 442#442 "netbox" application started
netbox-1               |  Unit configuration loaded successfully
netbox-1               | ️️2025/04/02 08:42:14 [notic ]u7#7 process 427 exited with code 0
netbox-1               | ️️2025/04/02Y08:42:17e[info] 476#476 "netbox" application started

Content of docker-compose.override.yml

services:
  netbox:
    ports:
      - 8000:8080
    healthcheck:
      start_period: 240s  
    environment:
      SKIP_SUPERUSER: "false"
      SUPERUSER_NAME: "NetBox Admin User"
      SUPERUSER_USERNAME: "admin"
      SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

[tobiasge]

It should look like this:

services:
  netbox:
    ports:
      - 8000:8080
    healthcheck:
      start_period: 300s  
    environment:
      SKIP_SUPERUSER: "false"
      SUPERUSER_NAME: "admin"
      SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"