Problem: Background image not displaying on homepage behind reverse proxy (NPM)

Root Cause:

• Homepage container serves static files from /app/public/images/
• NPM proxy forwards all requests to container, but images were in wrong location
• Initial volume mount was ./config:/app/config, not /app/public/images/

Solution:

1. Update docker-compose.yaml

Add volume mount for images folder:

services:
  homepage:
    image: ghcr.io/gethomepage/homepage:latest
    container_name: homepage
    ports:
      - 127.0.0.1:3002:3000
    volumes:
      - ./config:/app/config
      - ./config/images:/app/public/images
    environment:
      HOMEPAGE_ALLOWED_HOSTS: homepage.hyserver.homelab
      PUID: $PUID
      PGID: $PGID
    networks:
      - homepage_default
      - uptime-kuma_kuma_network

networks:
  homepage_default:
    external: true
  uptime-kuma_kuma_network:
    external: true

2. Create images folder and copy image

mkdir -p config/images
cp config/xxx.jpg config/images/
chmod 777 config/images/xxx.jpg

3. Update settings.yaml

Use relative path (not absolute):

background:
  image: /images/xxx.jpg
  blur: sm
  opacity: 50

4. Restart container

podman compose up -d
# or
podman restart homepage

Key Points:

• Homepage serves static files from /app/public/ directory
• Local image path must be relative: /images/xxx.jpg (not /app/config/xxx.jpg)
• NPM proxy rule already exists for homepage.hyserver.homelab → port 3002
• All paths (including /images/*) are automatically proxied