Unable to get API key

[emy3]

Hi I am having issues while trying to update atm9 server. I was previously on 0.2.32 and wanted to update to the latest modpack version.
I updated the CF_PAGE_URL to the new modpack version and also updated CF_FILE_MATCHER to the version to grab.

When I run docker compose up on the yml I get :
'Invalid parameter provided for 'install-curseforge' command: Access to https://api.curseforge.com is forbidden. Make sure to set CF_API_KEY to a valid API key from https://console.curseforge.com/'

It worked previously when I created on 20 DEC 2023. I do have the .env in the same directory as the yml.
The api key on curseforge console is also updated/regenerated.

Any help/guidance is appreciated thank you.

Docker compose file

version: "3.8"

services:
  mc:
    image: itzg/minecraft-server
    ports:
      - "25565:25565"
    environment:
      EULA: "true"
      MOD_PLATFORM: AUTO_CURSEFORGE
      # allocate from https://console.curseforge.com/ and set in .env file
      CF_API_KEY: ${CF_API_KEY}
      CF_PAGE_URL: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/all-the-mods-9/files/5016013
      CF_FILENAME_MATCHER: "0.2.36"
      CF_FORCE_SYNCHRONIZE: true
      MEMORY: 16G
    volumes:
      - mc-data:/data
      - ../downloads:/downloads
  # Since Docker's default volume driver creates volumes owned by root, this
  # init container will change ownership to match final UID of mc service, above
  init-filebrowser:
    image: filebrowser/filebrowser
    entrypoint: sh -c
    command:
      - "chown -R 1000: /database"
    restart: "no"
    volumes:
      - filebrowser-db:/database
  filebrowser:
    image: filebrowser/filebrowser
    depends_on:
      init-filebrowser:
        condition: service_completed_successfully
    user: "1000:1000"
    environment:
      FB_DATABASE: /database/filebrowser.db
    volumes:
      # Default FB_ROOT is /srv
      # In this example, the left-side needs to be the same as /data volume of mc service
      - mc-data:/srv
      - filebrowser-db:/database
    ports:
      - "25580:80"

volumes:
  mc-data: {}
  filebrowser-db: {}

Container log

[init] Running as uid=1000 gid=1000 with /data as 'drwxrwxr-x 22 1000 1000 4096 Jan 12 12:11 /data'

[mc-image-helper] 12:34:37.411 ERROR : Invalid parameter provided for 'install-curseforge' command: Access to https://api.curseforge.com is forbidden. Make sure to set CF_API_KEY to a valid API key from https://console.curseforge.com/

[init] ERROR failed to auto-install CurseForge modpack

[itzg]

If it's an API key that worked previously then you are probably hitting CurseForge rate limit, which is annoyingly low. I'm not sure how often the rate limit resets but try waiting an hour to see if that's enough.

[emy3]

Ah okay, that is definitely annoying. Thanks for the quick response. I'll check back later

[emy3]

Still no luck, not sure what's wrong? I've generated a new api and still can't start.
Any suggestions on the api issue?

[itzg]

Just to double check, did you make sure to escape the dollar signs (all three of them) in the API key by replacing single dollar signs with two?

[emy3]

Oh my, I completely forgot that two dollar signs were needed. That is embarrassing :D

Solution:
I regenerated a new API key a few days ago, tried running docker compose, failed due to api key error...
Added the extra dollar sign in the API key after itzg suggestion. Sever now starts up.