# FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP on setup

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-on-setup/174975>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [January 4, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-on-setup/174975 "2021-01-04T16:08:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-bootstrap-on-setup/174975/5 "2021-01-04T17:33:49Z")

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> [@DursunCan](#):
>
> ```plaintext
> docker: Error response from daemon: pull access denied for local_discourse/app, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login': denied: requested access to the resource is denied.
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> ```

It looks like docker can’t pull the base image. I’ve seen this happen, I think, when I’d previously logged in to docker hub but the login expired? Or you’ve hit rate limits?

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