# What is the fastest way to spin up a latest stable version of Discourse?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
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**Created:** [April 14, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-spin-up-a-latest-stable-version-of-discourse/186803 "2021-04-14T13:06:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-spin-up-a-latest-stable-version-of-discourse/186803/1 "2021-04-14T13:06:21Z")

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I’m aware of the [official install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true) setup.

I’m trying to debug some dependencies for Stable branch, and decided to spin up a unique standalone server for the job.

What is the fastest way to spin up a latest stable version of Discourse?

I don’t think `discourse-setup` will give you that discretion and I don’t want things to bootstrap until I’ve updated app.yml.

Or do I simply install discourse-docker, paste in my own app.yml and build?

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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-spin-up-a-latest-stable-version-of-discourse/186803/2 "2021-04-14T13:18:33Z")

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Run `discourse-setup` until it reaches the bootstrap phase, press ctrl+c to stop it, go into the app.yml and edit the generated yaml and bootstrap.

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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-spin-up-a-latest-stable-version-of-discourse/186803/3 "2021-04-14T13:18:50Z")

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Brilliant, will do that right now. Thanks!