# (Paid) Help needed for fixing a discourse instance

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-help-needed-for-fixing-a-discourse-instance/264077
**Category:** Marketplace
**Created:** [May 6, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-help-needed-for-fixing-a-discourse-instance/264077 "2023-05-06T15:24:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![ckshen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@ckshen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckshen)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-help-needed-for-fixing-a-discourse-instance/264077/1 "2023-05-06T15:24:50Z")

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What would you like done? Address issues in my discourse instance that prevents the app from starting or rebuilding. Most likely related to docker.

When do you need it done? Soon-ish

What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for this task? I don’t have a great sense of the time commitment in this case. Please propose a rate, or an hourly rate

> [@Odd Docker problem that causes the app to not start](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-docker-problem-that-causes-the-app-to-not-start/264046/2):
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> Not sure if its relevant but when i typed dockerd it said: INFO[2023-05-06T02:18:27.638703334-04:00] Starting up failed to start daemon: pid file found, ensure docker is not running or delete /var/run/docker.pid The rebuild returned the following error message. @Falco anything jumps out at you? root@Discourse:/var/discourse# ./launcher rebuild app x86\_64 arch detected. Ensuring launcher is up to date Fetching origin Launcher is up-to-date Stopping old container + /usr/bin/docker stop -t 600 …

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### Author: ![Justman10000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justman10000/32/252913_2.png) [@Justman10000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justman10000)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-help-needed-for-fixing-a-discourse-instance/264077/2 "2023-05-06T16:35:10Z")

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Do you have an error message or something?

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### Author: ![ckshen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@ckshen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckshen)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-help-needed-for-fixing-a-discourse-instance/264077/3 "2023-05-06T18:49:36Z")

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Thanks to the lead from @JammyDodger and @pfaffman, and help from @ghassan, the site is up. And the issue was due to duplicate tags.

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### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-help-needed-for-fixing-a-discourse-instance/264077/4 "2023-05-06T20:05:35Z")

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