# "Your local changes.... templates/postgres.template.yml"
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-local-changes-templates-postgres-template-yml/375582
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [July 24, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-local-changes-templates-postgres-template-yml/375582 "2025-07-24T07:54:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-local-changes-templates-postgres-template-yml/375582/1 "2025-07-24T07:54:14Z")
Discourse is not starting. The logs for the container show:
```plaintext
ok: run: redis: (pid 47) 791s
ok: run: postgres: (pid 44) 791s
supervisor pid: 4051 unicorn pid: 4056
./config/unicorn_launcher: line 71: kill: (4056) - No such process
./config/unicorn_launcher: line 15: kill: (4056) - No such process
(4051) exiting
ok: run: redis: (pid 47) 793s
ok: run: postgres: (pid 44) 793s
supervisor pid: 4065 unicorn pid: 407
```
I tried to go to /var/discourse and do a ./launcher rebuild app and it shows this on loop:
```plaintext
Ensuring launcher is up to date
Updating Launcher...
Updating 721facb..34dd695
error: your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge: templates/postgres.template.yml
Please commit your changes or stash them before you merge.
Aborting
failed to update
```
Why did this happen and how can I fix this?
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### Author:  [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-local-changes-templates-postgres-template-yml/375582/2 "2025-07-24T08:25:22Z")
> [@joshhabka](#):
>
> `your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge: templates/postgres.template.yml`
where is your database server located?
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this dictates the arguments you need after the `.\launcher rebuild app` command.
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For example, if using a Postgres instance on the host (127.0.0.1):
You should run the `.\launcher rebuild app` with host networking:
> ```plaintext
> ./launcher rebuild app --docker-args --net=host --skip-mac-address
>
> ```
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### Author:  [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-local-changes-templates-postgres-template-yml/375582/3 "2025-07-24T18:29:39Z")
My database server is the same as Discourse, I used the [official install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true) guide to install Discourse
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### Author:  [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-local-changes-templates-postgres-template-yml/375582/4 "2025-07-24T18:31:12Z")
That command shows the same error. This is weird because it normally works just fine
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### Author:  [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-local-changes-templates-postgres-template-yml/375582/5 "2025-07-24T18:42:44Z")
@Ethsim2 I did a cp of the file to a home directory and removed it from /templates
This is the new issue: [Discourse Online Updater & ./launcher rebuild app failed from Discourse gamification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-online-updater-launcher-rebuild-app-failed-from-discourse-gamification/375682)
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### Author:  [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-local-changes-templates-postgres-template-yml/375582/6 "2025-07-24T18:57:09Z")
what deos `free -h` return?
> [@joshhabka](#):
>
> That command shows the same error.
intresting. You shouldn’t need the rebuild arguments for a [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true)
or, say, if the PostgreSQL server was on 0.0.0.0 and the appropriate configurations in place for Discourse’s docker to maintain it’s network isolation.
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### Author:  [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-local-changes-templates-postgres-template-yml/375582/7 "2025-07-24T18:58:26Z")
> [@joshhabka](#):
>
> I did a cp of the file to a home directory and removed it from /templates
this would require mounting in the `app.yml` to be useful in the relevant Discourse docker container, which is **not recommended**
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you can always remove the file in host directory with `rm`
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### Author:  [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-local-changes-templates-postgres-template-yml/375582/8 "2025-07-24T19:02:58Z")
Yes I did do the rm /var/discourse/templates/postgres.template.yml which shouldn’t hurt anything since it’s a template file?
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-local-changes-templates-postgres-template-yml/375582/9 "2025-08-23T19:03:17Z")
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