# Why is the Docker container installation recommended for imports?

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**Created:** [December 18, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-the-docker-container-installation-recommended-for-imports/212523 "2021-12-18T14:45:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-the-docker-container-installation-recommended-for-imports/212523/4 "2021-12-19T01:50:06Z")

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> [@gerhard](#):
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> I use my development environmental only for tweaking an existing script or developing a new one.

And I do that in docker deployment too. I have a script that copies the import script from a separate mount point into the discourse tree (and includes env for the database and such).

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