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[BUG] Fails to start, database migration restart loop #17

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docker-compose.yml

services:
  discourse:
    image: tiredofit/discourse:latest
    container_name: discourse
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    environment:
      - DB_HOST=discourse-db
      - DB_USER=your_db_user
      - DB_PASS=your_db_password
      - DB_NAME=your_db_name
      - REDIS_HOST=discourse-redis
      - ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@example.com
      - ADMIN_PASS=change-me-to-a-secure-password
      - SITE_URL=http://localhost:3000
    volumes:
      - ./discourse/data:/data
    networks:
      - discourse-network
    depends_on:
      discourse-db:
        condition: service_healthy
      discourse-redis:
        condition: service_started

  discourse-db:
    image: postgres:16
    container_name: discourse_db
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=your_db_user
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=your_db_password
      - POSTGRES_DB=your_db_name
    volumes:
      - ./postgres/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - discourse-network
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U your_db_user -d your_db_name"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 5

  discourse-redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    container_name: discourse_redis
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./redis/data:/data
    networks:
      - discourse-network
    
networks:
  discourse-network:
    driver: bridge

Docker Logs

[root@discourse]# docker-compose logs -f
discourse      | 2025-08-30.06:06:18 [INFO] ** [discourse] Migrating Database - This may take a bit..
discourse_db   | 2025-08-30 06:06:16.382 UTC [1] LOG:  database system is ready to accept connections
discourse_db   | 2025-08-30 06:06:29.190 UTC [70] ERROR:  relation "translation_overrides" does not exist at character 523

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