# Unable to create web\_only image for a fresh install

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-web-only-image-for-a-fresh-install/180221>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** two-container\
**Created:** [February 18, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-web-only-image-for-a-fresh-install/180221 "2021-02-18T16:20:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-web-only-image-for-a-fresh-install/180221/10 "2021-02-25T15:21:46Z")

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It can, but you’d need to explicitly do that. And the easiest way to build the image is to let it migrate a scratch database.

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