Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/pups-1.2.1/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:132:in `spawn'
exec failed with the params {"cd"=>"$home", "hook"=>"yarn", "cmd"=>["if [-f yarn.lock]; then\n if [-d node_modules/.pnpm]; then\n echo \"This version of Discourse uses yarn, but pnpm node_modules are preset. Cleaning up...\"\n find ./node_modules ./app/assets/javascripts/*/node_modules -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec rm -rf {} +\n fi\n su discourse -c 'yarn install --frozen-lockfile && yarn cache clean'\nelse\n su discourse -c 'CI=1 pnpm install --frozen-lockfile && pnpm prune'\nfi"]}
bootstrap failed with exit code 1
**FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP** please scroll up and look for earlier error messages, there may be more than one.
./discourse-doctor may help diagnose the problem.
58bc76b977b8eb7c806f0308caacabe389605c6242852e8f17c30076b728de67
```
It seems the failure is caused by the inability to fetch packages or dependencies (e.g., from GitHub or npm) due to network restrictions in mainland China.
## What I’ve Tried
**Using a Proxy** : I attempted to set up a proxy server using [Shell Clash](https://github.com/juewuy/ShellClash) and successfully accessed Google (which is typically inaccessible from mainland China). Here’s the test output:
```bash
root@lavm-hypge0pc5w:/var/discourse# sudo wget google.com
--2025-01-14 18:35:22-- http://google.com/
Resolving google.com (google.com)... 198.18.0.5
Connecting to google.com (google.com)|198.18.0.5|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://www.google.com/ [following]
--2025-01-14 18:35:22-- http://www.google.com/
Resolving www.google.com (www.google.com)... 198.18.0.6
Connecting to www.google.com (www.google.com)|198.18.0.6|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: ‘index.html.2’
index.html.2 [<=>] 19.38K --.-KB/s in 0.05s
2025-01-14 18:35:22 (372 KB/s) - ‘index.html.2’ saved [19841]
root@lavm-hypge0pc5w:/var/discourse#
```
However, after running `./launcher rebuild app`, I still get the same error as before.
## Questions
Is there any way to successfully deploy Discourse on a server located in mainland China?
---
### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selfhost-discourse-in-mainland-china-under-the-gfw/347038/2 "2025-01-14T11:15:28Z")
Hi 🙂
Have you looked at [🇨🇳 Discourse Official Install Guide | Discourse 云平台安装](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-official-install-guide-discourse/197803)? It covers typical issues when installing Discourse in Mainland China.
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### Author:  [@J\_J1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/J_J1)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selfhost-discourse-in-mainland-china-under-the-gfw/347038/3 "2025-01-15T03:22:41Z")
Yes, I’ve seen this post. It’s essentially a Chinese translation of [INSTALL-cloud.md](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md.)
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### Author:  [@J\_J1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/J_J1)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selfhost-discourse-in-mainland-china-under-the-gfw/347038/4 "2025-01-15T03:25:55Z")
My issue was **resolved** by adding the following line to my `app.yaml` file:
`- "templates/web.china.template.yml"`
If you’re facing a similar issue, you might find this article helpful: [Discourse Installation Guide](https://tom.moe/t/discourse/198).
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selfhost-discourse-in-mainland-china-under-the-gfw/347038/5 "2025-01-15T12:31:17Z")
> [@J\_J1](#):
>
> Yes, I’ve seen this post. It’s essentially a Chinese translation of [INSTALL-cloud.md](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md.)
It covers parts specific to China, such as the issue you faced:
> [@cn Discourse Official Install Guide | Discourse 云平台安装](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-official-install-guide-discourse/197803/1):
>
> #### 国网络环境的优化
>
> 如果你的云服务器在中国大陆，那你在执行 `./discourse-setup` 或者 `./launcher rebuild app` 的过程中很可能遇到一些网络问题。Discourse已经帮你写好了除了docker以外的镜像服务，只需要在你的 `containers/app.yml` 中的这里添加一行：
>
> ```plaintext
> templates:
> - "templates/postgres.template.yml"
> - "templates/redis.template.yml"
> - "templates/web.template.yml"
> - "templates/web.china.template.yml" # 添加这一行，配置npm, rubygems等包管理器的镜像
>
> ```
>
> 即可解决。
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### Author:  [@J\_J1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/J_J1)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2025, 6:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selfhost-discourse-in-mainland-china-under-the-gfw/347038/6 "2025-01-16T06:25:36Z")
I totally missed that line. thanks a ton!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selfhost-discourse-in-mainland-china-under-the-gfw/347038/7 "2025-02-15T06:26:27Z")
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