# Install Discourse for development using Docker

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009>\
**Category:** Developer Guides\
**Tags:** docker, dev-install, how-to\
**Created:** [November 16, 2018, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009 "2018-11-16T09:40:04Z")\
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Generally you don’t symlink an entire directory for this workflow as you would normally want granular control over which plugins were in scope during a run.

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