# Docker setup for development

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [18 Octubre, 2017 17:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-setup-for-development/72354 "2017-10-18T17:02:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![drew0101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@drew0101](https://meta.discourse.org/u/drew0101)\
**Post date:** [18 Octubre, 2017 17:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-setup-for-development/72354/1 "2017-10-18T17:02:25Z")

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Hello, I am working on setting up Discourse locally and am very confused. I have read that the “The only officially supported installs of Discourse are Docker based.” ([discourse/docs/INSTALL.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.md)) So I would like to set up with docker. However the guides only talk about setting up discourse directly on a DigitalOcean server. Thats great but doesn’t help me as I want to develop in discourse locally before ever deploying to a server. I am also confused because the main discourse GitHub only has links to a Vagrant install. So what is the official supported version, Vagrant or Docker? Can someone please point me in the direction to set up a discourse docker environment locally? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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