# Discourse installation error

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/373523>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [July 9, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/373523 "2025-07-09T10:24:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/373523/2 "2025-07-09T11:52:23Z")

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> [@cshll](#):
>
> ```plaintext
> **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.
> 
> ```

there should be more backtrace info - post the whole output please.

did you try discourse-doctor?

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