# Bootstrap failed error after upgrading my server

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-failed-error-after-upgrading-my-server/280257
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [September 27, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-failed-error-after-upgrading-my-server/280257 "2023-09-27T05:14:35Z")
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### Author: ![shim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/shim/32/377650_2.png) [@shim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shim)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-failed-error-after-upgrading-my-server/280257/1 "2023-09-27T05:14:35Z")

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im having issues rebuilding my forum after upgrading the server on linode

```plaintext
FAILED
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Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle config --local deployment true' failed with return #<Process::Status: pid 505 exit 1>
Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/pups-1.1.1/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:117:in `spawn'
exec failed with the params {"cd"=>"$home", "hook"=>"bundle_exec", "cmd"=>["su discourse -c 'bundle config --local deployment true'", "su discourse -c 'bundle config --local without \"development test\"'", "su discourse -c 'bundle install --retry 3 --jobs 4'"]}
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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