# Failed to bootstrap error - problem with pups

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-error-problem-with-pups/371096>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [June 20, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-error-problem-with-pups/371096 "2025-06-20T19:45:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![ScottF\_KNIME](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/scottf_knime/32/485820_2.png) [@ScottF\_KNIME](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ScottF_KNIME)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-error-problem-with-pups/371096/6 "2025-06-26T20:52:20Z")

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I’ve definitely narrowed it down to this file, which is for sure causing the boot failure -

_/var/discourse/templates/web.ratelimited-whitelist.template.yml_

which I’m pasting below (with IPs redacted):

```plaintext
params:
  reqs_per_second: 12
  burst_per_second: 12
  reqs_per_minute: 200
  burst_per_minute: 100
  conn_per_ip: 20

run:
  - replace:
    filename: "/etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf"
    from: /server.+{/
    to: |
       geo $limit {
           default 1;
           XX.YYY.ZZ.ZZZ 0; # hubprod
           XXX.YY.ZZZ.ZZZ 0; # hubdev
       }

       map $limit $limit_key {
           0 "";
           1 $binary_remote_addr;
       }

       limit_req_zone $limit_key zone=flood:10m rate=$reqs_per_secondr/s;
       limit_req_zone $limit_key zone=bot:10m rate=$reqs_per_minuter/m;
       limit_req_status 429;
       limit_conn_zone $limit_key zone=connperip:10m;
       limit_conn_status 429;
       server {
  - replace:
    filename: "/etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf"
    from: "/location @discourse {/"
    to: |
       location @discourse {
         limit_conn connperip $conn_per_ip;
         limit_req zone=flood burst=$burst_per_second nodelay;
         limit_req zone=bot burst=$burst_per_minute nodelay;

```

Is there anything in the run command here that looks off? YAML linting still looks OK.

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