# Where is the user content stored in the database?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-the-user-content-stored-in-the-database/62759>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [Mai 15, 2017, 10:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-the-user-content-stored-in-the-database/62759 "2017-05-15T22:16:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![featheredtoast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/featheredtoast/32/116994_2.png) [@featheredtoast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/featheredtoast)\
**Post date:** [Mai 15, 2017, 10:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-the-user-content-stored-in-the-database/62759/2 "2017-05-15T22:32:58Z")

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Are you able to connect to the postgres instance at all? If this is your issue, keep in mind that under the recommended install, Discourse is hosted in a [docker](https://www.docker.com/) container, in which the postgres port isn’t exposed by default. You will have to proxy your way into the container first in order to connect.

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