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 It is recommended to set the `pipe_autostart` option to `true` in your forked-daapd config.
 
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 ## Usage
 
 To help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli.
 
+>[!NOTE]
+>Unless a parameter is flaged as 'optional', it is *mandatory* and a value must be provided.
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 ### docker-compose (recommended, [click here for more info](https://docs.linuxserver.io/general/docker-compose))
 
 ```yaml