# Discourse Docker service fails to start properly

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker/393857>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [January 20, 2026, 9:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker/393857 "2026-01-20T09:23:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker/393857/2 "2026-01-20T09:24:14Z")

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This is not a #Contribute > Bug. This is not the supported local install. See #dev-install

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