The latest articles on DEV Community by Ömer Faruk Aydın (@programmerwastaken). https://dev.to/programmerwastaken https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3364339%2Fd4b61d92-16de-447f-a29d-7363f680b4b3.png https://dev.to/programmerwastaken en Ömer Faruk Aydın Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:47:39 +0000 https://dev.to/programmerwastaken/self-deployment-on-digital-ocean-is-broken-1lg https://dev.to/programmerwastaken/self-deployment-on-digital-ocean-is-broken-1lg <p>Hello, I am trying to install the forem on digital ocean using the selfhost repo, but the db migration gives an error.<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>[core@www (www.geekendsociety.com) ~]$ systemctl list-units | grep forem forem-imgproxy.service loaded active running Forem Imgproxy Service forem-openresty.service loaded inactive dead start Forem OpenResty Service forem-pod.service loaded active running Forem pod service forem-postgresql.service loaded active running Forem Postgresql Service ● forem-rails.service loaded activating start-pre start Forem Rails Service forem-redis.service loaded active running Forem Redis Service forem-traefik.service loaded inactive dead start Forem Traefik Service forem-worker.service loaded inactive dead start Forem Worker Service forem.service loaded active exited Forem Service machine-forem-pod.slice loaded active active Slice /machine/forem/pod machine-forem.slice loaded active active Slice /machine/forem </code></pre> </div> <p>Log;<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>== Starting Forem Rails Service == Running rake app_initializer:setup... rake aborted! ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PG::UndefinedTable: ERROR: relation "settings" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT "settings".* FROM "settings" WHERE "settings"."var" =... ^ /opt/apps/forem/app/models/settings/base.rb:51:in `[]' /opt/apps/forem/config/initializers/configure_instance.rb:16:in `&lt;main&gt;' ... Caused by: PG::UndefinedTable: ERROR: relation "settings" does not exist </code></pre> </div> <p>Did I miss something? I followed everything in the document to the letter, but the problem is not solved.</p> forem digitalocean help deployment