๐Ÿ”ง Solving Airflow Docker Startup Issues

Common issues you will often encounter when running Airflow with Docker. โ— Issue 1 โ€” .env file is not visible inside Airflow container ๐Ÿ” Symptom Summary The .env file exists at the project root. But inside the Airflow container, load_dotenv() fails to read it. The reason: Docker automatically passes .env as environment variables. But Docker does not copy or mount the file itself into the container. Therefore, load_dotenv() has no file to read. โœ… Solution 1๏ธโƒฃ Add volume mount for .env in docker-compose.yml This way, the .env file becomes available inside the container at the correct path. ...

May 30, 2025