Logo upload successfull, but not displayed

Self-Hosted | v5
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It may help to run php artisan storage:link, in case it’s helpful here’s what ChatGPT suggests:

It’s almost always the missing storage mount in the Nginx container.

Why the logo never shows up

  1. The upload API writes the file to /var/www/app/storage/app/public/... inside the app container.
  2. The browser is then asked to render /storage/…, which is just a symlink inside /var/www/app/public pointing to that same storage path.
  3. Your nginx service receives only the public directory. Because the storage directory isn’t mounted there, the symlink target is missing, Nginx returns 404, and the UI won’t let you “Save”.
    – Exactly the symptom reported in other logo threads when the storage volume isn’t shared (forum.invoiceninja.com, github.com)

The fix in one line of YAML

Add the storage bind-mount to the nginx service and redeploy:

  nginx:
    image: nginx:latest
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/invoiceninja/in-vhost.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/in-vhost.conf:ro
      - /volume1/docker/invoiceninja/public:/var/www/app/public:ro
      - /volume1/docker/invoiceninja/storage:/var/www/app/storage:ro   # ← add this line

Then:

# recreate the symlink in case it’s missing
docker exec -it InvoiceNinja php artisan storage:link

# clear caches (optional but tidy)
docker exec -it InvoiceNinja php artisan optimize

# bounce the stack
docker compose down
docker compose up -d

Re-upload the logo—-it should render instantly and the Save button will work.
No need for 777 permissions, extra queue workers, or changes to APP_URL; the root cause is simply that the web server couldn’t see the file until the storage volume was mounted.