ActiveRecord::PendingMigrationError Migrations are pending. To resolve this issue, run: bin/rails db:migrate You have 269 pending migrations:

The cloud VM is if you want to host a production instance. If you want to use WSL for development, follow this guide . If you want to do it for production, then, well, it won’t be easy (and you also won’t want to run your computer 24/7).

Self hosting discourse with WSL shows an error, the command shown also doesnt work

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merefield (Robert) November 1, 2025, 1:49pm 4

WSL is not a supported Production configuration (but a great choice for development)

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Self hosting discourse with WSL shows an error, the command shown also doesnt work

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