# 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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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-for-development-using-docker/102009/307 "2025-03-10T17:33:23Z")

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I thought I’d give the docker dev install another look, but keep getting:

```plaintext
Caused by:
PG::ConnectionBad: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory (PG::ConnectionBad)
        Is the server running locally and accepting connections on that socket?

```

Yet I can confirm the service is up (and works when using my normal non-docker “manual” install of discourse)

```plaintext
~/discourse_docker/discourse$ sudo service postgresql status
● postgresql.service - PostgreSQL RDBMS
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/postgresql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (exited) since Mon 2025-03-10 17:26:13 GMT; 6min ago
    Process: 2052109 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 2052109 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Mar 10 17:26:13 black-knight systemd[1]: Starting PostgreSQL RDBMS...
Mar 10 17:26:13 black-knight systemd[1]: Finished PostgreSQL RDBMS.

```

Does Docker Dev have specific and different Postgres connectivity needs?

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