# Docker install, endless "downloading base image"

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-install-endless-downloading-base-image/41350>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [21 Marzo 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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**Author:** ![JimmyX](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jimmyx/32/52302_2.png) [@JimmyX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimmyX)\
**Post date:** [21 Marzo 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-install-endless-downloading-base-image/41350/4 "2016-03-21T10:55:39Z")

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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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