ActiveRecord::PendingMigrationError Migrations are pending. To resolve this issue, run: bin/rails db:migrate You have 269 pending migrations:

The cloud VM is if you want to host a production instance. If you want to use WSL for development, follow this guide . If you want to do it for production, then, well, it won’t be easy (and you also won’t want to run your computer 24/7).

Self hosting discourse with WSL shows an error, the command shown also doesnt work

Support

merefield (Robert) November 1, 2025, 1:49pm 4

WSL is not a supported Production configuration (but a great choice for development)

Topic		Replies	Views
Install Discourse on Windows for development Developer Guides dev-install , how-to	14	71703	June 22, 2025
About deploying Discourse on Windows Server Installation unsupported-install	4	100	October 1, 2025
I'm trying to run discourse app locally in production env without docker Support	9	184	November 17, 2024
Installation notes for Discourse on Bash for Windows Dev	17	13644	August 23, 2018
Guide to Setting Up Discourse Development Environment - Windows 11 Installation dev-install	14	3307	August 19, 2025

Self hosting discourse with WSL shows an error, the command shown also doesnt work

Related topics