Help, I haven't been able to install

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The first installation attempt completed normally, but then an error occurred while creating the admin user via SSH. I couldn’t proceed, so I reinstalled everything from scratch, but I’m still stuck with this error. I’ve reinstalled everything on the VPS, yet the same problem persists. Why is this happening?

FAILED

Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - /etc/postgresql/15/main/postgresql.conf
Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/pups-1.4.0/lib/pups/replace_command.rb:11:in ‘IO.read’
replace failed with the params {“filename” => “/etc/postgresql/15/main/postgresql.conf”, “from” => “data_directory = ‘/var/lib/postgresql/15/main’”, “to” => “data_directory = ‘/shared/postgres_data’”}
bootstrap failed with exit code 1
** FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP ** please scroll up and look for earlier error messages, there may be more than one.
./discourse-doctor may help diagnose the problem.
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After installing, accessing the web interface results in this:

This site can’t be reached

The web page https://debatehosting.co/ may be temporarily unavailable or permanently moved to a different address.

ERR_QUIC_PROTOCOL_ERROR

e=0.001 s; distance=22005 kB, estimate=22005 kB; lsn=0/2B42AE0, redo lsn=0/2A8F1E0
2026-08-03 04:50:11.984 UTC \[72\] LOG:  shutting down
2026-08-03 04:50:11.991 UTC \[72\] LOG:  checkpoint starting: shutdown immediate
2026-08-03 04:50:12.027 UTC \[72\] LOG:  checkpoint complete: wrote 84 buffers (0.1%), wrote 1 SLRU buffers; 0 WAL file(s) added, 0 removed, 0 recycled; write=0.024 s, sync=0.003 s, total=0.040 s; sync files=5, longest=0.002 s, average=0.001 s; distance=718 kB, estimate=19876 kB; lsn=0/2B42B58, redo lsn=0/2B42B58
2026-08-03 04:50:12.106 UTC \[60\] LOG:  database system is shut down
sha256:fae5778ef5742e72df4a13f8282f92f6fe6a8e78f4a947d30e661a1ff72140a0
e69a92f4243ffd2120d018f275dc8b1c7c58ca4896079bd6d6ca217769ef1eda

* /usr/bin/docker run --shm-size=512m -d --restart=always -e LANG=en_US.UTF-8 -e RAILS_ENV=production -e UNICORN_WORKERS=4 -e UNICORN_SIDEKIQS=1 -e RUBY_GC_HEAP_GROWTH_MAX_SLOTS=40000 -e RUBY_GC_HEAP_INIT_SLOTS=400000 -e RUBY_GC_HEAP_OLDOBJECT_LIMIT_FACTOR=1.5 -e RUBY_GC_HEAP_FREE_SLOTS_MIN_RATIO=0.11 -e RUBY_GC_HEAP_FREE_SLOTS_GOAL_RATIO=0.22 -e DISCOURSE_DB_SOCKET=/var/run/postgresql -e DISCOURSE_DB_HOST= -e DISCOURSE_DB_PORT= -e DISCOURSE_FORCE_HTTPS=true -e LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 -e LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 -e DISCOURSE_HOSTNAME=XXXXXXXX.co -e DISCOURSE_DEVELOPER_EMAILS=XXXXXXXX@gmail.com -e DISCOURSE_SKIP_EMAIL_SETUP=1 -h server-app -e DOCKER_HOST_IP=172.17.0.1 --name app -t -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -v /var/discourse/shared/standalone:/shared -v /var/discourse/shared/standalone/log/var-log:/var/log --mac-address 00:00:00:00:00:00 local_discourse/app /sbin/boot
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Sorry can you run another launcher rebuild app please on your server? There was a bug that was pushed out in a recent update that has been addressed.

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I am already performing a fresh installation, but I haven’t been able to install due to an SSL error.