# Should I update my app.yml file?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-update-my-app-yml-file/357384
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [March 15, 2025, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-update-my-app-yml-file/357384 "2025-03-15T08:59:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![alltiagocom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alltiagocom/32/492709_2.png) [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2025, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-update-my-app-yml-file/357384/1 "2025-03-15T08:59:59Z")

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While checking the topic on how to install plugins, I noticed that this is being used:  
`- sudo -E -u discourse git clone https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager.git`

but on my `app.yml` file I only have:  
`git clone https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager.git`

Should I update that line to match the first one?

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### Author: ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-update-my-app-yml-file/357384/2 "2025-03-15T09:30:22Z")

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You can if you want, but you don’t need to. That first one just use discourse-user for git clone, and isn’t needed anymore — old system.

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### Author: ![alltiagocom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alltiagocom/32/492709_2.png) [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-update-my-app-yml-file/357384/3 "2025-03-15T09:35:32Z")

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Thanks.  
So when it comes to adding plugins, should I also just use `git clone` or `- sudo -E -u discourse git clone`? Because in the instructions [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-on-a-self-hosted-site/19157) they mention that we should add it.

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### Author: ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-update-my-app-yml-file/357384/4 "2025-03-15T09:37:18Z")

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`git clone` is enough.

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### Author: ![alltiagocom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alltiagocom/32/492709_2.png) [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-update-my-app-yml-file/357384/5 "2025-03-15T09:39:57Z")

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Thanks again 👍