# Container deployment rework

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/container-deployment-rework/98108
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [September 26, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/container-deployment-rework/98108 "2018-09-26T12:44:38Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/container-deployment-rework/98108/3 "2018-09-26T12:59:30Z")

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@rowanj you may be interested in the previous discussion here:

> [@Can Discourse ship frequent Docker images that do not need to be bootstrapped?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-ship-frequent-docker-images-that-do-not-need-to-be-bootstrapped/33205):
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> There is this [open issue](https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker/issues/186) (which I just closed) on Discourse Docker repo asking Discourse should behave like a standard docker image a docker user excepts to be able to run discourse without a special launcher. to define multiple containers (redis, postgres, discourse,..), links and volumes, docker-compose should be used instead. [Docker Compose | Docker Docs](https://docs.docker.com/compose/) The question is somewhat misguided, but I would like to address a broader one of Can Discourse ship frequent Docker images that do …

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