# Pritunl docker setup issue

**URL:** <https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-docker-setup-issue/3687>\
**Category:** Pritunl VPN\
**Tags:** pritunl\
**Created:** [January 24, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-docker-setup-issue/3687 "2026-01-24T20:52:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![crusifymist18](https://forum.pritunl.com/user_avatar/forum.pritunl.com/crusifymist18/32/1430_2.png) [@crusifymist18](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/crusifymist18)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-docker-setup-issue/3687/1 "2026-01-24T20:52:07Z")

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Getting error while I’m trying to setup pritunl docker in ubnutun 25.04 as host and docker container with alphine 3.21 version consist of all pritunl required packages.

[xenon-9162][2026-01-24 20:48:21,531][ERROR] Exception on /server [POST]  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/flask/app.py”, line 2190, in wsgi\_app  
response = self.full\_dispatch\_request()  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File “/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/flask/app.py”, line 1486, in full\_dispatch\_request  
rv = self.handle\_user\_exception(e)  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File “/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/flask/app.py”, line 1484, in full\_dispatch\_request  
rv = self.dispatch\_request()  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File “/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/flask/app.py”, line 1469, in dispatch\_request  
return self.ensure\_sync(self.view\_functions[rule.endpoint])(\*\*view\_args)  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File “/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pritunl-1.32.4512.98-py3.12.egg/pritunl/auth/app.py”, line 10, in \_wrapped  
return call(\*args, \*\*kwargs)  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File “/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pritunl-1.32.4512.98-py3.12.egg/pritunl/handlers/server.py”, line 680, in server\_put\_post  
svr = server.new\_server(  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File “/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pritunl-1.32.4512.98-py3.12.egg/pritunl/server/utils.py”, line 16, in new\_server  
server.initialize()  
File “/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pritunl-1.32.4512.98-py3.12.egg/pritunl/server/server.py”, line 638, in initialize  
self.generate\_tls\_auth\_wait()  
File “/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pritunl-1.32.4512.98-py3.12.egg/pritunl/server/server.py”, line 1609, in generate\_tls\_auth\_wait  
raise ValueError('Popen returned ’ +  
ValueError: Popen returned error exit code 1

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**Author:** ![zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/user_avatar/forum.pritunl.com/zach/32/1105_2.png) [@zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/zach)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/pritunl-docker-setup-issue/3687/2 "2026-01-25T19:34:58Z")

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Alpine linux isn’t supported. This could be caused by missing packages or unsupported versions.