Discourse is not starting. The logs for the container show: ok: run: redis: (pid 47) 791s ok: run: postgres: (pid 44) 791s supervisor pid: 4051 unicorn pid: 4056 ./config/unicorn_launcher: line 71: kill: (4056) - No such process ./config/unicorn_launcher: line 15: kill: (4056) - No such process (4051) exiting ok: run: redis: (pid 47) 793s ok: run: postgres: (pid 44) 793s supervisor pid: 4065 unicorn pid: 407 I tried to go to /var/discourse and do a ./launcher rebuild app and it shows this on loop: Ensuring launcher is up to date Updating Launcher... Updating 721facb..34dd695 error: your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge: templates/postgres.template.yml Please commit your changes or stash them before you merge. Aborting failed to update Why did this happen and how can I fix this?

[image] joshhabka: I did a cp of the file to a home directory and removed it from /templates this would require mounting in the app.yml to be useful in the relevant Discourse docker container, which is not recommended you can always remove the file in host directory with rm

[image] joshhabka: your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge: templates/postgres.template.yml where is your database server located? this dictates the arguments you need after the .\launcher rebuild app command. For example, if using a Postgres instance on the host (127.0.0.1): You should run the .\launcher rebuild app with host networking: ./launcher rebuild app --docker-args --net=host --skip-mac-address

That command shows the same error. This is weird because it normally works just fine

@Ethsim2 I did a cp of the file to a home directory and removed it from /templates This is the new issue: Discourse Online Updater & ./launcher rebuild app failed from Discourse gamification

what deos free -h return? [image] joshhabka: That command shows the same error. intresting. You shouldn’t need the rebuild arguments for a standard install or, say, if the PostgreSQL server was on 0.0.0.0 and the appropriate configurations in place for Discourse’s docker to maintain it’s network isolation.

Yes I did do the rm /var/discourse/templates/postgres.template.yml which shouldn’t hurt anything since it’s a template file?

"Your local changes.... templates/postgres.template.yml"

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joshhabka (Josh U) July 24, 2025, 6:29pm 3

My database server is the same as Discourse, I used the official install guide to install Discourse

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"Your local changes.... templates/postgres.template.yml"

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