Hi! I’m trying to install plugins but when i rebuild the app it looks like they aren’t being even acknowledged. The app compiles properly but not plugins whatsoever. I have a default discourse installation on my own server. What are the most obvious things to check? Thank you

Is the plugin showing in /admin/plugins

It would help to know which plugins you’re attempting to install, too.

And perhaps show the plugins in the app.yml.

Unfortunately not appearing in admin. This is the app.yml: ## The Docker container is stateless; all data is stored in /shared volumes: - volume: host: /var/discourse/shared/standalone guest: /shared - volume: host: /var/discourse/shared/standalone/log/var-log guest: /var/log ## Plugins go here ## see https://meta.discourse.org/t/19157 for details hooks: after_code: - exec: cd: $home/plugins cmd: - git clone https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager.git - git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-spoiler-alert.git - git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-animated-avatars.git - git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-whos-online.git - git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-data-explorer.git - git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode.git - git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-signatures.git - git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-reactions.git - git clone https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-legal-tools.git - git clone https://github.com/theCrius/discourse-ngi-emojis.git ## Any custom commands to run after building run: - exec: echo "Beginning of custom commands" ## If you want to set the 'From' email address for your first registration, uncomment and change: ## After getting the first signup email, re-comment the line. It only needs to run once. #- exec: rails r "SiteSetting.notification_email='info@unconfigured.discourse.org'" - exec: echo "End of custom commands"

Wow ok, i didn’t know it was tab sensitive. thank you!

Plugin not being installed

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merefield (Robert) February 15, 2023, 8:34pm 6

That’s a badly formed app.yml

For a start, hooks should not have any spaces in front of it! (it is not a subsection of volumes)

The issue appears to begin at the comment line above.

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