# DevKinsta

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## [Using SQLite and PHP 8.1](https://community.kinsta.com/t/using-sqlite-and-php-8-1/4855)

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**Author:** [@ryanb](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ryanb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/using-sqlite-and-php-8-1/4855 "2025-02-26T12:24:22Z")

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We added a feature to our site that uses SQLite3, which according to phpinfo() was installed on the server. (I think?) It turned out that it didn’t work (couldn’t load the class) and Kinsta admins had to re-install SQLi…

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## [Error when trying to create a new wordpress site - Something bad happened](https://community.kinsta.com/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-new-wordpress-site-something-bad-happened/4643)

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**Author:** [@365deals](https://community.kinsta.com/u/365deals)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/error-when-trying-to-create-a-new-wordpress-site-something-bad-happened/4643 "2025-02-26T00:43:37Z")

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Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also) A: 03/01/2025 Jerusalem timezone Q: DevKinsta Version A: 2.13.4 Q: OS Version A: Windows 11 Microsoft Windows \[Version 10.0.22631.4602\] Q: Docker Desktop…

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## [The specified path, file name, or both are too long](https://community.kinsta.com/t/the-specified-path-file-name-or-both-are-too-long/4814)

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**Author:** [@Stuart](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Stuart)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/the-specified-path-file-name-or-both-are-too-long/4814 "2025-02-14T01:33:20Z")

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I’m trying to pull down a site to DevKinsta, but I get this error “The specified path, file name, or both are too long” for a lot of the files.

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## [DK0005 Canno't load certificate](https://community.kinsta.com/t/dk0005-cannot-load-certificate/4810)

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**Author:** [@Fabrice](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Fabrice)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 8:24am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/dk0005-cannot-load-certificate/4810 "2025-02-13T08:24:28Z")

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Hi, I try to change port because my site wasn’t running. After that DevKinsta was stucks, I restart the computer now I’m with DK0005, if I see details in Docker the error is nginx: \[emerg\] cannot load certificate “/www…

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## [Local site on different machine](https://community.kinsta.com/t/local-site-on-different-machine/4791)

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**Author:** [@vickypsv](https://community.kinsta.com/u/vickypsv)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/local-site-on-different-machine/4791 "2025-02-10T06:20:59Z")

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Hello I am hoping someone can help me as I am pulling my hair out at the moment. I have been happily working away on a new website using DevKinsta but today everything went pear-shaped as my MacBook had an IOS upgrade …

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## [How to sync with DevKinsta without overwriting local .git?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-sync-with-devkinsta-without-overwriting-local-git/4748)

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**Author:** [@juliaset](https://community.kinsta.com/u/juliaset)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-sync-with-devkinsta-without-overwriting-local-git/4748 "2025-02-05T16:23:10Z")

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We recently moved from another host and I’m in the process of re-building our deployment workflows for Kinsta. Our site was initially migrated from the old host a month ago using a plugin (WP Migrate Pro), so the copy t…

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## [External Drive is not supported for Project Path?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/external-drive-is-not-supported-for-project-path/251)

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**Author:** [@monkehfu](https://community.kinsta.com/u/monkehfu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/external-drive-is-not-supported-for-project-path/251 "2025-01-29T08:47:04Z")

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Installed DevKinsta after a bit of an argument over Docker and MacOS 11, went to set up the environment, and in settings \> site path, when I try to point to where I want my sites kept, I get the following error: Externa…

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## [Rsync issues + DK0065 and DK0011 errors](https://community.kinsta.com/t/rsync-issues-dk0065-and-dk0011-errors/4762)

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**Author:** [@joshuacallandret](https://community.kinsta.com/u/joshuacallandret)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/rsync-issues-dk0065-and-dk0011-errors/4762 "2025-01-28T00:21:10Z")

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Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also) A: 2025-01-27 09:56:55.374 EST Q: DevKinsta Version A: Version 2.13.4 (2.13.4.8833) Q: OS Version A: Sonoma 14.5 Q: Docker Desktop Version A: 4.37.2 (179585…

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## [About to cry - enable Cookies](https://community.kinsta.com/t/about-to-cry-enable-cookies/4760)

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**Author:** [@BenSteward](https://community.kinsta.com/u/BenSteward)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/about-to-cry-enable-cookies/4760 "2025-01-28T00:07:02Z")

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I am very much a backend noob! I have building a wordpress site offline using Devkinsta and all has been fine. I have tried to log in as normally but keep getting the cookies required error message even though they are e…

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## [Nothing short of unsable on Windows](https://community.kinsta.com/t/nothing-short-of-unsable-on-windows/4691)

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**Author:** [@etienne\_clerc](https://community.kinsta.com/u/etienne_clerc)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/nothing-short-of-unsable-on-windows/4691 "2025-01-24T03:44:41Z")

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Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone as well) A: N/A Q: DevKinsta Version A: 2.13.4 Q: OS Version A: Windows 11 23H2 Q: Docker Desktop Version A: 4.36.0 Q: Were any error codes or messages observed?…

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## [Is it possible to partial download wordpress site](https://community.kinsta.com/t/is-it-possible-to-partial-download-wordpress-site/4743)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_Jones](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Steve_Jones)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/is-it-possible-to-partial-download-wordpress-site/4743 "2025-01-23T00:37:59Z")

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Hi, im wondering if its possible to download a wordpress site using kinsta but to exclude a bunch of the wp-uplad folders as the site I am working with is over 200gb. I’d like to exclude the uploads folders to make this …

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## [Symlink support still missing?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/symlink-support-still-missing/4001)

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**Author:** [@jmele](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jmele)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/symlink-support-still-missing/4001 "2025-01-21T23:11:17Z")

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I was going to post in the feature request but it was closed. There is still no support for symlinked plugins?

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## [Database Connection Errors When Deploying from Local DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/database-connection-errors-when-deploying-from-local-devkinsta/4733)

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**Author:** [@Brettgray](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Brettgray)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 9:09am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/database-connection-errors-when-deploying-from-local-devkinsta/4733 "2025-01-21T09:09:35Z")

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Hi I’m getting a ‘Database Connection Error’ when I try to deploy my local WordPress site (from DevKinsta) to Kinsta’s hosting environment. I’ve tried checking the wp-config.php settings, but it doesn’t seem to fix the …

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## [Importing issues](https://community.kinsta.com/t/importing-issues/4713)

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**Author:** [@Aporia](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Aporia)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 6:53am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/importing-issues/4713 "2025-01-17T06:53:56Z")

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Is there a way to bypass the ‘destroy everything’ nature of cancelling an import. I have large and complex sites that simply cannot be imported from Kinsta. I have developed scripts that help me sync all the data and th…

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## [Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'](https://community.kinsta.com/t/access-denied-for-user-root-localhost/4712)

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**Author:** [@jharries](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jharries)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/access-denied-for-user-root-localhost/4712 "2025-01-15T02:48:00Z")

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Good day. I just did a clean install of DevKinsta and Docker on my Mac Studio running 14.6.1 (23G93). I’m trying to download my site from Kinsta but as soon as it tries to set up NGINX it gets a Something Bad happened er…

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## [Can't create / Import DevKinsta websites](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-create-import-devkinsta-websites/4653)

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**Author:** [@Ross](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Ross)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-create-import-devkinsta-websites/4653 "2025-01-13T05:03:38Z")

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Hey. I have a website hosted with Kinsta that I just set up, I had the website working with DevKinsta previously, through and old version of Docker, the new DevKinsta and no Ubuntu, once I installed a new version of Dock…

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## [Ability to Ignore Development Files From Syncing](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ability-to-ignore-development-files-from-syncing/1044)

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**Author:** [@deadband](https://community.kinsta.com/u/deadband)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ability-to-ignore-development-files-from-syncing/1044 "2025-01-10T13:12:11Z")

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The ability to exclude/ignore files used only for development would be a welcome addition. Giving the option to ignore items such as dot config files, node\_modules, package.json, etc. A similar request is posted here, bu…

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## [Docker won't start and warnings Docker.app will damage my computer](https://community.kinsta.com/t/docker-wont-start-and-warnings-docker-app-will-damage-my-computer/4657)

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**Author:** [@designlobby](https://community.kinsta.com/u/designlobby)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/docker-wont-start-and-warnings-docker-app-will-damage-my-computer/4657 "2025-01-10T12:40:44Z")

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macOS Monterey iMac Intel Core i7 DevKinsta 2.13.4 DevKinsta/Docker was working fine yesterday, but this morning on launching DevKinsta I’m getting “DK0004 Couldn’t start Docker. Please try to start Docker manually”. …

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## [Something bad happened / rsync](https://community.kinsta.com/t/something-bad-happened-rsync/1706)

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**Author:** [@shomari](https://community.kinsta.com/u/shomari)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/something-bad-happened-rsync/1706 "2025-01-09T07:33:46Z")

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Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also) A: 2022-09-07 06:01 AM AST Q: DevKinsta Version A: 2.7.0.4846 Q: OS Version A: Mac OS 12.5 (M1) Q: Docker Desktop Version A: 4.11.1 (84025) Q: Were any err…

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## [Downloads from Kinsta to DevKinsta not working](https://community.kinsta.com/t/downloads-from-kinsta-to-devkinsta-not-working/4664)

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**Author:** [@patmccormick](https://community.kinsta.com/u/patmccormick)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/downloads-from-kinsta-to-devkinsta-not-working/4664 "2025-01-08T08:41:01Z")

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I have the latest versions of DevKinsta and Docker. I have reinstalled both several times. I am on a Mac with Apple silicon. Over 15 attempts to download a 10G site have failed. Either the download never completes or th…

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## [Stuck on "starting docker"](https://community.kinsta.com/t/stuck-on-starting-docker/4663)

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**Author:** [@Anthony\_Cimino](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Anthony_Cimino)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/stuck-on-starting-docker/4663 "2025-01-08T02:53:55Z")

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The log shows repeats the line: \[2025-01-07 13:47:31.586\] \[info\] \[dockerClient/isReady\] Check if Docker client is ready Docker client is running fine.

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## [Can't pull site to local](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-pull-site-to-local/4507)

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**Author:** [@Stuart](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Stuart)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-pull-site-to-local/4507 "2025-01-08T02:51:33Z")

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Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also) A: All the time Q: DevKinsta Version A: Not sure where I find this? Q: OS Version A: Windows 11 Q: Docker Desktop Version A: 4.36.0 Q: Were any error codes…

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## [Discrepancy Between Site Storage on Kinsta and DevKinsta Download Size](https://community.kinsta.com/t/discrepancy-between-site-storage-on-kinsta-and-devkinsta-download-size/4628)

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**Author:** [@tomdevisser](https://community.kinsta.com/u/tomdevisser)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/discrepancy-between-site-storage-on-kinsta-and-devkinsta-download-size/4628 "2024-12-31T14:07:36Z")

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I have a WooCommerce shop hosted on Kinsta with over 20,000 products, and it primarily consists of a lot of media files. According to the Kinsta dashboard and what I see when logged in via SSH, my site is using about 13G…

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## [Question about 2.13.14](https://community.kinsta.com/t/question-about-2-13-14/3846)

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**Author:** [@madeatdawn](https://community.kinsta.com/u/madeatdawn)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 9:49am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/question-about-2-13-14/3846 "2024-12-30T09:49:17Z")

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After updating to 2.13.14, DevKinsta is not working. Referring to Important DevKinsta update - 2.13.4, are the only options to wait for another release or delete the application & docker completely and start over?

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## [How to disable htaccess in DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-disable-htaccess-in-devkinsta/4602)

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**Author:** [@juliaset](https://community.kinsta.com/u/juliaset)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-disable-htaccess-in-devkinsta/4602 "2024-12-24T13:07:18Z")

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In addition to our Live website, we also have a staging and dev environment, the latter two of which both have .htaccess password authentication in place. I noticed that when I pull the staging or dev environment to my D…

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## [Xdebug & PhpStorm - Still Not Working - Updates?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/xdebug-phpstorm-still-not-working-updates/4593)

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**Author:** [@macwpdev](https://community.kinsta.com/u/macwpdev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/xdebug-phpstorm-still-not-working-updates/4593 "2024-12-19T08:45:08Z")

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I’ve gone through guide after guide, including the old one from years ago on here about using xdebug and PhpStorm. But zero luck. I’m on a Mac, now running Sequoia. I’ve tried anything and everything that I can possibly…

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## [Plugin update not working](https://community.kinsta.com/t/plugin-update-not-working/4573)

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**Author:** [@clembcn](https://community.kinsta.com/u/clembcn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/plugin-update-not-working/4573 "2024-12-17T15:39:11Z")

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Hello, I am trying to update plugins using wp-cli update, to do so I executed following commands: docker exec -u www-data -it devkinsta\_fpm bash cd /www/kinsta/public/mywebsite wp update myplugin I get a permission …

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## [Install fails on Windows 10 WSL2 with DK0083](https://community.kinsta.com/t/install-fails-on-windows-10-wsl2-with-dk0083/3786)

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**Author:** [@Elzbieta\_Czesak](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Elzbieta_Czesak)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/install-fails-on-windows-10-wsl2-with-dk0083/3786 "2024-12-16T12:27:24Z")

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Hi, we’re trying to install DevKinsta on Windows 10 with enabled WSL2. Docker works perfectly on this setup. The installer fails with DK0083. We tried other proposed solutions we found here (except disabling WSL2, which…

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## [Is DevKinsta just completely BROKEN?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/is-devkinsta-just-completely-broken/4568)

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**Author:** [@Kevin12345](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Kevin12345)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/is-devkinsta-just-completely-broken/4568 "2024-12-16T11:02:31Z")

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Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also) \*\*A:\*\*Dec16 01:25 Q: DevKinsta Version \*\*A:\*\*Version 2.13.4 (2.13.4.8833) Q: OS Version \*\*A:\*\*mac Sequoia 15.2 (24C101) Q: Docker Desktop Version \*\*A:\*\*4.31…

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## [Help Needed: DevKinsta WordPress Site Creation Error](https://community.kinsta.com/t/help-needed-devkinsta-wordpress-site-creation-error/4551)

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**Author:** [@Shohei](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Shohei)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/help-needed-devkinsta-wordpress-site-creation-error/4551 "2024-12-13T18:06:13Z")

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Hi, I’m encountering an issue while trying to create a WordPress site in DevKinsta. Here’s the problem: During site creation, a popup displays the message “An error occurred,” and I briefly see “Configuring Nginx” bef…

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