# Error when starting Discourse, Redis port already in use

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-starting-discourse-redis-port-already-in-use/118146>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [May 19, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-starting-discourse-redis-port-already-in-use/118146 "2019-05-19T14:11:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-starting-discourse-redis-port-already-in-use/118146/5 "2019-05-19T22:06:57Z")

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If you `docker ps` what do you see? What’s the output of `docker info`?

Which plugins do you have installed?

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