# DISCOURSE\_DB\_PASSWORD can not start with \`#\`

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-db-password-can-not-start-with/76409>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [December 19, 2017, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-db-password-can-not-start-with/76409 "2017-12-19T09:16:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![SimonWu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simonwu/32/85036_2.png) [@SimonWu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SimonWu)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-db-password-can-not-start-with/76409/3 "2017-12-20T01:59:08Z")

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Step to reproduce:

1. Clone discourse-docker;
2. run `./discourse_setup`;
3. `vi containers/app.yml`, and add the DB related config. and set `DISCOURSE\_DB\_PASSWORD: “#Blabla”;
4. run `./launcher rebuild app`;
5. rebuild success, and container initialized and running;
6. Visit discourse, it says 502;
7. Inspect the log, it states an PG error with error message `fe_sendauth: no password supplied`

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