# Error During Install Discourse on linode

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-during-install-discourse-on-linode/156899
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [July 6, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-during-install-discourse-on-linode/156899 "2020-07-06T11:47:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Sahil\_Dadwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sahil_dadwal/32/137301_2.png) [@Sahil\_Dadwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sahil_Dadwal)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-during-install-discourse-on-linode/156899/1 "2020-07-06T11:47:06Z")

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![Screenshot_5](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/a/1ab9adc1fa619d9115282f0019ba900c81de3e4f.png)

unable to install discourse please help

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### Author: ![Sahil\_Dadwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sahil_dadwal/32/137301_2.png) [@Sahil\_Dadwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sahil_Dadwal)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-during-install-discourse-on-linode/156899/2 "2020-07-06T14:42:04Z")

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please help. how to fixit

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-during-install-discourse-on-linode/156899/3 "2020-07-06T16:06:30Z")

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I would

```
  rm containers/app.yml

```

And run discourse-setup again. It is unclear how you might have entered something that would result in that error. My only guess is that Your smtp password has a backslash in it. If that’s the case you’ll need to generate a new one or edit app.yml by hand.

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### Author: ![Sahil\_Dadwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sahil_dadwal/32/137301_2.png) [@Sahil\_Dadwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sahil_Dadwal)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-during-install-discourse-on-linode/156899/4 "2020-07-07T07:43:27Z")

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![Screenshot_6](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/a/3a565775531038c3e3ff7ef42438b7df19bace4c.png)

how to fix it ?

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### Author: ![lucasbasquerotto](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lucasbasquerotto/32/133376_2.png) [@lucasbasquerotto](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lucasbasquerotto)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-during-install-discourse-on-linode/156899/5 "2020-07-07T12:38:59Z")

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Which command gave you that error? Rebuild? Have you done what @pfaffman said above? (removing `app.yml` and running `discourse-setup`)

If that is a new install, you may want to remove the discourse directory and try again.

It would help if you also post your `containers/app.yml` file here:

1. Run `cat /var/discourse/containers/app.yml`
2. Copy the result
3. Paste here (removing passwords and sensitive data, of course)