I did have

CLIENT_MODE: "contained"

but changed to "on" now i do get an error

netmaker                     | 2021/10/26 04:37:03 [netmaker] netmaker could not set peers on network MYNET
netmaker                     | 2021/10/26 04:37:03 [netmaker] netmaker file does not exist
netmaker                     | 2021/10/26 04:37:03 [netmaker] error occurred during server checkin: could not find any records
netmaker                     | 2021/10/26 04:37:03 [netmaker] completed a checkin call