# Running discourse with Postgres running in docker

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-discourse-with-postgres-running-in-docker/216803>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 2, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-discourse-with-postgres-running-in-docker/216803 "2022-02-02T06:21:15Z")\
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> [@abdellani](#):
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> `PG::ConnectionBad: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or directory`

That means Discourse is trying to connect via a filesystem socket and that socket doesn’t exists.

Can you try adding a `port: 5432` to the `config/database.yml` file, under the development section?

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