# Docker-less production install
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-less-production-install/315748
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** unsupported-install
**Created:** [July 10, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-less-production-install/315748 "2024-07-10T13:21:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@gambhir-makwana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gambhir-makwana)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-less-production-install/315748/1 "2024-07-10T13:21:39Z")
Hello
I have successfully configured a local environment, but I am having trouble deploying the “discourse” application on a Digital Ocean server.
I tried to run the below command on a server
Command: DISCOURSE\_HOSTNAME=localhost UNICORN\_LISTENER=localhost:3000 bin/ember-cli -u
Can you please help me why the process is killed automatically?
Is there any other way to start the server
I need to set up the application without Docker configuration
Thank you
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-less-production-install/315748/2 "2024-07-10T13:37:12Z")
A docker-less install in Production is not supported here. Only the [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true) is supported.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-less-production-install/315748/3 "2024-07-10T14:31:01Z")
> [@gambhir-makwana](#):
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> I need to set up the application without Docker configuration
Can you say more about why you need not to use Docker? But as suggested, it likely won’t matter, as there is no supported way to set up a production environment without docker.
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### Author:  [@gambhir-makwana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gambhir-makwana)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-less-production-install/315748/4 "2024-07-11T05:25:58Z")
@pfaffman Thank you for your reply.
No, there is no specific reason to bypass the Docker configuration. let’s set the production server with Docker
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### Author:  [@gambhir-makwana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gambhir-makwana)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-less-production-install/315748/5 "2024-07-11T11:12:10Z")
Hello [@everyone](https://meta.discourse.org/groups/everyone)
I have production setup successfully on a server using the help of Docker and working fine. But I have not set up a PostgreSQL connection string connection and it gets the data from the database and saves data in the Database. can you please guide me to where I can find the database?
Also, I need to customize some code-level changes and database levels. So anyone can guide me on how I can create a new docker in my local and how it is redeployed in the same for production?
I Followed the below tutorial
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-less-production-install/315748/6 "2024-07-11T11:17:05Z")
The database is inside the container. It’s port is not exposed.
> [@gambhir-makwana](#):
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> , I need to customize some code-level changes and database levels
You’ll need to say what you need to do and why you think you need to make code level changes.
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### Author:  [@gambhir-makwana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gambhir-makwana)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-less-production-install/315748/7 "2024-07-11T11:50:59Z")
Hi @pfaffman ,
I need to customize it as per my requirements. I need to add some custom fields on the register forms and the user’s table. Also, I need to customize on create a new Topic popup and a category
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-less-production-install/315748/8 "2024-07-11T12:04:45Z")
Then you want to use user custom fields, which are built in.
You might need a plugin for the other stuff.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-less-production-install/315748/9 "2024-08-10T12:05:20Z")
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