# ./discourse-setup: could not resolve host: github.com
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-could-not-resolve-host-github-com/172299
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 4, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-could-not-resolve-host-github-com/172299 "2020-12-04T23:48:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@minipunch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/minipunch)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-could-not-resolve-host-github-com/172299/1 "2020-12-04T23:48:05Z")
When running `./discourse-setup` it continues to fail with the error:
```plaintext
cd /pups && git pull && /pups/bin/pups --stdin
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/discourse/pups.git/': Could not resolve host: github.com
fe7a66f6321f948dd840124da1f0165db18807367b4419e1cc9906eb7f71a0a8
**FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP**
```
I have tried like _at least_ 3 different solutions to this problem that I could find from this forum and around GitHub, including some Docker stack overflow answers for “lack of internet” and “DNS problems” within docker.
I have tried following like _at least_ 2 different tutorials I could find for setting the Discourse forum software up, the official one and some other one.
Things like setting up a `daemon.json` file with DNS’ configured. Setting the docker0 interface into promiscuous mode.
After all that I still get the same problem.
I am using an Ubuntu 20.04 server hosted by OVH.
I am able to ping [github.com](http://github.com) and get a response on the host, just not within the Docker setup.
Anyone able to help?
Edit: after hacking together a manual entry in the`/etc/hosts` file of the container environment for github’s IP address, it now says “connection timed out” instead of “unable to resolve [github.com](http://github.com)”.
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-could-not-resolve-host-github-com/172299/2 "2020-12-05T01:29:47Z")
This is at least the second report in recent days.
> [@After upgrade, docker cannot communicate with the outside world](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-upgrade-docker-cannot-communicate-with-the-outside-world/171902/20):
>
> Honestly, I think the best approach at this point is to reinstall and copy your data over. You have a broken system for Mysterious Reasons, and the installation process is rather quick. It’s likely the best use of your time.
We’ll take a look at the process.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-could-not-resolve-host-github-com/172299/3 "2020-12-05T02:44:44Z")
How’d you install docker?
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### Author:  [@minipunch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/minipunch)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-could-not-resolve-host-github-com/172299/4 "2020-12-05T04:14:44Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
>
> How’d you install docker?
I think the first time I ran `/discourse-setup` it installed Docker for me.
And after hacking together a manual entry in the`/etc/hosts` file of the container environment for github’s IP address, it now says “connection timed out” instead of “unable to resolve [github.com](http://github.com)”.
So it seems like it might be an internet connection problem in general and not just a DNS thing. I even tried running it with the `--network host` option and it still didn’t work even though it does work on my host.
If I run a simple test Docker container, I am able to reach the internet from it. It just seems like the Discourse container is not connecting out.
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### Author:  [@minipunch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/minipunch)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-could-not-resolve-host-github-com/172299/5 "2020-12-08T17:15:15Z")
Just as a note, it seems to be working fine on a DigitalOcean droplet (as recommended by the README). However this problem still persists on my existing Ubuntu 20.04 server.
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### Author:  [@niels-anders](https://meta.discourse.org/u/niels-anders)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-setup-could-not-resolve-host-github-com/172299/6 "2021-01-03T12:39:56Z")
I am having the same issue with a default digital ocean droplet based on ubuntu 20.04. Did you find a solution yet?
seems to work now, see [After upgrade, docker cannot communicate with the outside world - #24 by niels-anders](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-upgrade-docker-cannot-communicate-with-the-outside-world/171902/24)