Unable to set env variable ALLOW_REMOTE_ACCESS=yes for remote VPN private access

[grogurm]

I have a pretty basic docker knowledge, so don't mind me if this question is too basic.

Following the README instructions, I tried to start the container in different ways;

Docker compose file:

services:
acestream-proxy:
image: ghcr.io/martinbjeldbak/acestream-http-proxy
container_name: acestream-proxy
network_mode: "host"
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- ALLOW_REMOTE_ACCESS=yes

Docker start command:

sudo docker run -d --name acestream-http-proxy -p 6878:6878 -e ALLOW_REMOTE_ACCESS=yes --restart unless-stopped ghcr.io/martinbjeldbak/acestream-http-proxy

However, the connections from outside localhost are being rejected, with this line printed on the container log:

2025-08-25 06:49:30,927|MainThread|acestream.httpserver|start: addr= port=6878 allow_remote=0 allow_intranet=1

Am I doing something wrong? Is the env variable outdated?

Thanks for the help.

[pbanos-dev]

I ended up having to change this line on entrypoint.sh from: "$EXTRA_FLAGS" \ to: $EXTRA_FLAGS \

After that change, ALLOW_REMOTE_ACCESS=yes was able to change allow_remote=1