discourse:main ← pento:fix/docker-boot-dev
opened 04:11AM - 19 Oct 24 UTC
## ✨ What's Happening?
When attempting to [set up the Docker development envi…ronment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009), I was seeing the following error when running `d/boot_dev --init`:
```
ActiveRecord::NoDatabaseError: We could not find your database: discourse_development. Available database configurations can be found in config/database.yml. (ActiveRecord::NoDatabaseError)
```
Running `db:create` before the `db:migrate` fixed this issue for me. It appears to be safe to run `db:create` even if the database already exists, running `d/rake db:create` locally shows an info message at the database already exists, but doesn't exit with an error.
## 👑 Testing
If you already have a Docker dev environment setup, you will need to run `docker stop discourse_dev && docker rm discourse_dev` first to remove it.
Before switching to this PR, run through the [Docker setup instructions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009) to confirm that you run into this error.
After switching to this PR, run `docker stop discourse_dev && docker rm discourse_dev`, then follow the Docker setup instructions again.