# Discourse does not start up

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-start-up/404816
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 9, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-start-up/404816 "2026-06-09T01:07:54Z")
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### Author: ![AkarinLiu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/akarinliu/32/539577_2.png) [@AkarinLiu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AkarinLiu)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-start-up/404816/2 "2026-06-09T01:09:41Z")

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The error is as follows:

```plaintext
FAILED
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Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle install --no-deployment --path vendor/bundle --jobs $(($(nproc) - 1)) --without test development' failed with return #<Process::Status: pid 1193 exit 15>
Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.4.0/gems/pups-1.4.0/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:138:in 'Pups::ExecCommand#spawn'
exec failed with the params {"cd" => "$home", "cmd" => ["echo \"gem 'mysql2'\" >> Gemfile", "apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y libmariadb-dev", "su discourse -c 'bundle config unset deployment'", "su discourse -c 'bundle install --no-deployment --path vendor/bundle --jobs $(($(nproc) - 1)) --without test development'"]}
bootstrap failed with exit code 15
**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.
7a849a20b51e8b8ff94c6ac3727c393aeb899e9b48b7d2313931232ceb9e6411

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