# Docker install, endless "downloading base image"

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**Created:** [March 21, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-install-endless-downloading-base-image/41350 "2016-03-21T05:57:37Z")\
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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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