It just so happens that we haven’t updated Discourse in a very long time. We’re currently at v2.8.5. I recently discovered that Discourse is well beyond version 3. I’d like to update to the current version, but for now, I’d like to at least update to the latest version 2.8.x - 2.8.14. And here’s a…

Try updating Docker, does that help?

─# docker version Client: Docker Engine - Community Version: 28.1.1 API version: 1.49 Go version: go1.23.8 Git commit: 4eba377 Built: Fri Apr 18 09:52:18 2025 OS/Arch: linux/amd64 Context: default Server: Docker Engine - Community…

I removed all plugins from app.yaml. This didn’t help: FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: grep -q 'outlets/before-server' /etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf || ( >&2 echo 'The "before-server" Nginx outlet is missing. This version of discourse_docker is not compatible with the chosen Discour…

[image] nahimov: Pups::ExecError: grep -q 'outlets/before-server' /etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf || ( >&2 echo 'The "before-server" Nginx outlet is missing. This version of discourse_docker is not compatible with the chosen Discourse version.' ; exit 1 ) failed with return #<Process::Status: p…

This is full log: └─# ./launcher rebuild app x86_64 arch detected. WARNING: containers/app.yml file is world-readable. You can secure this file by running: chmod o-rwx containers/app.yml Ensuring launcher is up to date Fetching origin Launcher is up-to-date Stopping old container + /usr/bin/docker …

[image] nahimov: This version of discourse_docker is not compatible with the chosen Discourse version.' It’s a good bet that your OS it out of date too. The easiest and safest thing to do is move to a new vm with an up-to-date OS and docker.

[image] Falco: Please share your app.yml file, sans passwords. Here’s the original app.yml. I obfuscated it a bit. It has all the plugins. For testing, I removed them all, but rebuilding still produces an error. app.yml (4.9 KB)

[image] pfaffman: It’s a good bet that your OS it out of date too. The easiest and safest thing to do is move to a new vm with an up-to-date OS and docker. Ubuntu 20.04 is still fine, and has all the latest packages. Docker Engine 28.1.1 is also quite up-to-date. And why migrate to another …

[image] nahimov: Ubuntu 20.04 is still fine, and has all the latest packages. https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-20-04-lts-end-of-life-standard-support-is-coming-to-an-end-heres-how-to-prepare [image] nahimov: Docker Engine 28.1.1 is also quite up-to-date. See my above quote from the logs…

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Please share your app.yml file, sans passwords.

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