# Getting "config file was not found, ensure containers/.yml exists"

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [16.Январь.2019 11:27:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-config-file-was-not-found-ensure-containers-yml-exists/106684 "2019-01-16T11:27:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [16.Январь.2019 11:56:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-config-file-was-not-found-ensure-containers-yml-exists/106684/4 "2019-01-16T11:56:59Z")

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@pfaffman it might be good to add an informative message in this case rather than looking for a blank `.yml` file.

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