# Authentication is required error when pulling repo **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/authentication-is-required-error-when-pulling-repo/21131 **Category:** Self-hosting **Created:** [October 14, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/authentication-is-required-error-when-pulling-repo/21131 "2014-10-14T19:38:33Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![Lid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lid) #### Post date: [October 14, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/authentication-is-required-error-when-pulling-repo/21131/2 "2014-10-14T19:55:47Z")
> [@Offline Install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/offline-install/17827): > > Is there currently an easy way to install Discourse offline, or from behind a firewall which doesn’t allow internet access? From what I’ve seen of [discourse\_docker’s Dockerfile](https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker/blob/master/image/base/Dockerfile), it looks like the default install method is heavily reliant upon network access. I ask this because I am trying to deploy an internal Discourse server for my company in a very similar network environment. More details: Our development machines do have internet access, but the machines we are deploying Discourse to do… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/authentication-is-required-error-when-pulling-repo/21131)._