# Docker install, endless "downloading base image"
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-install-endless-downloading-base-image/41350
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [2016年三月21日 05:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-install-endless-downloading-base-image/41350 "2016-03-21T05:57:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@JimmyX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimmyX)
#### Post date: [2016年三月21日 05:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-install-endless-downloading-base-image/41350/1 "2016-03-21T05:57:37Z")
I installed docker on my laptop. I get as far as logging into the docker with “vagrant ssh” and then I execute
> vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64:/vagrant$ ./launcher start
> WARNING: We are about to start downloading the Discourse base image
> This process may take anywhere between a few minutes to an hour, depending on your network speed
> Please be patient
> Unable to find image ‘discourse/discourse:1.0.17’ locally
> 1.0.17: Pulling from discourse/discourse
> a64038a0eeaa: Pulling fs layer
> ccf2399b95e2: Pulling fs layer
> 158b4b978387: Pulling fs layer
> a3ed95caeb02: Pulling fs layer
> a3ed95caeb02: Download complete
> a64038a0eeaa: Verifying Checksum
> a64038a0eeaa: Download complete
> a64038a0eeaa: Pull complete
> a64038a0eeaa: Pull complete
That was over night. Does this take days?
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### Author:  [@JimmyX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimmyX)
#### Post date: [2016年三月21日 08:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-install-endless-downloading-base-image/41350/2 "2016-03-21T08:17:42Z")
I used the stand alone yml in which I set SMTP to my gmail account and discourse hostname to localhost.
I can log into the virtual box running image and confirm it is still running.
I followed this install guide except I installed to docker on my laptop instead of on Digital Ocean. Internet is too patchy where I live to develop online. I’d be offline for a day some times.
[https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-discourse-on-ubuntu-14-04](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-discourse-on-ubuntu-14-04)
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2016年三月21日 10:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-install-endless-downloading-base-image/41350/3 "2016-03-21T10:37:57Z")
Just being curious, why are you installing Discourse with Docker on your machine? If you just want to fiddle with :discourse: locally, it’s much easier to do the [developer install](http://blog.discourse.org/2013/04/discourse-as-your-first-rails-app/).
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### Author:  [@JimmyX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimmyX)
#### Post date: [2016年三月21日 10:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-install-endless-downloading-base-image/41350/4 "2016-03-21T10:55:39Z")
When I tried “Discourse as your rails app” I got stuck. I couldn’t find standalone.yml file or the containers directory. I thought that the developer install had been abandoned.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2016年三月21日 11:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-install-endless-downloading-base-image/41350/5 "2016-03-21T11:05:19Z")
> [@JimmyX](#):
>
> I couldn’t find standalone.yml file or the containers directory.
You don’t need docker for the developer install. Just vagrant if you’re running Windows (_or want to run your dev env in a VM_). Alternatively you can follow any of the [advanced](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/DEVELOPER-ADVANCED.md) [setups](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/DEVELOPMENT-OSX-NATIVE.md).
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### Author:  [@JimmyX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimmyX)
#### Post date: [2016年三月21日 11:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-install-endless-downloading-base-image/41350/6 "2016-03-21T11:08:13Z")
I will take a look again. I am using linux (Fedora 23).