# Orthanc 1.13 + docker | Several config files

**URL:** https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-1-13-docker-several-config-files/6476
**Category:** General
**Created:** [September 9, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-1-13-docker-several-config-files/6476 "2026-09-09T20:14:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![nil](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/user_avatar/discourse.orthanc-server.org/nil/32/1629_2.png) [@nil](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/nil)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-1-13-docker-several-config-files/6476/1 "2026-09-09T20:14:19Z")

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I’ve been using the docker image for a while. Now that there are 2 configuration files, I’m not sure which parameters I’m supposed to give to the entrypoint.

```bash
$ cat docker-entrypoint.sh 
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -o errexit

if [[$# -ne 1]]; then
	echo "FATAL ERROR: docker-entrypoint.sh expects a single parameter: the path to the configuration files(s)"
	exit 2
fi

```

It clearly asks for a single parameter, so I can’t lead it to several files. How will it know which one is the normal and advanced file?

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### Author: ![nil](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/user_avatar/discourse.orthanc-server.org/nil/32/1629_2.png) [@nil](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/nil)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-1-13-docker-several-config-files/6476/2 "2026-09-17T19:02:11Z")

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Anyone? Did OrthancTeam forget to update the [entrypoint](https://github.com/orthanc-server/orthanc-builder/blob/master/docker/orthanc/docker-entrypoint.sh) or I just need to give it a single json file containing the config **and** advanced-config?

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### Author: ![alainmazy](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/user_avatar/discourse.orthanc-server.org/alainmazy/32/1576_2.png) [@alainmazy](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/alainmazy)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-1-13-docker-several-config-files/6476/3 "2026-09-18T08:31:05Z")

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Hi,

Sorry, I did not realize that this was related to the orthancteam images.

I’ll check into it. But, instead of passing 2 full configuration files, we strongly advise to pass a single file in which you include only the configurations that you change so it is usually much easier to read since, most of the time, you only change a few parameters.

Our typical configuration file look like this (instead of 2 files with thousands of lines):

```auto
{
  "Name": "My orthanc",
  "DicomAet": "MY-ORTHANC",
  "RegisteredUsers": {
    "demo": "demo"
  },
  "PostgreSQL": {
    "Password": "pg-password",
    "Host": "index-db"
  }
}

```

Hope this helps,

Alain.

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### Author: ![alainmazy](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/user_avatar/discourse.orthanc-server.org/alainmazy/32/1576_2.png) [@alainmazy](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/alainmazy)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-1-13-docker-several-config-files/6476/4 "2026-09-18T14:40:01Z")

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I have made some changes in [this commit](https://github.com/orthanc-server/orthanc-builder/commit/9871616c6fa546c15f4a54887a0b3b0c38a0e55f) and [this one](https://github.com/orthanc-server/orthanc-builder/commit/e7be7168e721fa9322c51cc23b0300daf1c1724e).

To me, providing configuration files this way is for advanced users only and it now bypasses the startup-script that simplifies the configurations and brings a suitable default configuration out of the box.

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### Author: ![nil](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/user_avatar/discourse.orthanc-server.org/nil/32/1629_2.png) [@nil](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/nil)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-1-13-docker-several-config-files/6476/5 "2026-09-18T14:54:06Z")

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Thanks. The explanation in the second link is clear and helpful 👍

Just a note: you forgot to update the `echo`.

> echo “FATAL ERROR: docker-entrypoint.sh expects a **single parameter** : the path to the configuration files(s)”