# Installation

**URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/c/devkinsta/installation/5.md?page=2

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## [Dev Kinsta Stuck](https://community.kinsta.com/t/dev-kinsta-stuck/1977)

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**Author:** [@mwalcott](https://community.kinsta.com/u/mwalcott)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/dev-kinsta-stuck/1977 "2023-01-10T05:36:40Z")

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I downloaded the new version of Dev Kinsta and am trying to start from scratch. I uninstalled the old version and removed all sites as they do not exist anymore. After doing this I downloaded the new version of DevKinsta…

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## [Upgrade process Issues](https://community.kinsta.com/t/upgrade-process-issues/1398)

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**Author:** [@sonicviz](https://community.kinsta.com/u/sonicviz)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 6:00am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/upgrade-process-issues/1398 "2023-01-09T06:00:31Z")

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The update process is confusing. I downloaded the update, ran it, it says it will upgrade/repair existing install, but then it just uninstalls the existing installation and completes with no upgrade. Have to run it aga…

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## [Multiple Sites to check plugin & theme updates](https://community.kinsta.com/t/multiple-sites-to-check-plugin-theme-updates/1969)

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**Author:** [@montauk2020](https://community.kinsta.com/u/montauk2020)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/multiple-sites-to-check-plugin-theme-updates/1969 "2023-01-03T10:10:58Z")

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Hello. I successfully imported my Kinsta WP site to DevKinsta to develop new pages locally. Is it possible to import the site a second time? My question is: Can I have multiple local installs of my Kinsta WP site? Th…

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## ["Failed to upload local sites DK0065" when pushing site from DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/failed-to-upload-local-sites-dk0065-when-pushing-site-from-devkinsta/1902)

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**Author:** [@Charles\_Gaudreau\_Jac](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Charles_Gaudreau_Jac)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/failed-to-upload-local-sites-dk0065-when-pushing-site-from-devkinsta/1902 "2022-11-29T05:48:09Z")

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Hi, I am getting “Failed to upload local sites DK0065” when pushing our site from DevKinsta. I am running on MacOS. I will appreciate your help, thank you!

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## [Basic DevKinsta upload and DNS redirect questions](https://community.kinsta.com/t/basic-devkinsta-upload-and-dns-redirect-questions/1899)

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**Author:** [@DHML66](https://community.kinsta.com/u/DHML66)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/basic-devkinsta-upload-and-dns-redirect-questions/1899 "2022-11-28T19:28:03Z")

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I’m an established Kinsta hosting customer. I’ve downloaded DevKinsta to my Mac. I have a website currently hosted on Earthlink with its DNS redirected from my domain account on NetworkSolutions. My intention is to build…

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## [Hyper V setup, remove port number in URL](https://community.kinsta.com/t/hyper-v-setup-remove-port-number-in-url/1890)

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**Author:** [@jwhennink](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jwhennink)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/hyper-v-setup-remove-port-number-in-url/1890 "2022-11-21T19:28:33Z")

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Hi, I used to have DevKinsta installed (Windows 11) using WSL 2 (Docker). Though this worked, it was terribly slow. Then I switched to Hyper V (Installed the Hyper V service), and wordpress performs how it used to be. T…

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## [MySQL database fails to install when I try to create new custom site](https://community.kinsta.com/t/mysql-database-fails-to-install-when-i-try-to-create-new-custom-site/1854)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Renshaw](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Chris_Renshaw)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/mysql-database-fails-to-install-when-i-try-to-create-new-custom-site/1854 "2022-11-07T23:54:47Z")

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Database installation fail. I downloaded devkinsta and docker as per the installation tutorial but every time I try to create either a new WordPress site or a custom site the installation does not complete and it is the …

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## [Got stuck with 403 on a new install on Windows 10](https://community.kinsta.com/t/got-stuck-with-403-on-a-new-install-on-windows-10/1830)

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**Author:** [@Boris](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Boris)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/got-stuck-with-403-on-a-new-install-on-windows-10/1830 "2022-11-03T16:29:07Z")

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Hi guys, trying to get DevKinsta working on my Windows 10 Pro. I had Docker Desktop running before installing DevKinsta but dropped all the images except for Portainer. So nothing seems to interfere. Got DK0021, remove…

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## [Persistent DK0006 error on mac](https://community.kinsta.com/t/persistent-dk0006-error-on-mac/1837)

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**Author:** [@dattint](https://community.kinsta.com/u/dattint)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/persistent-dk0006-error-on-mac/1837 "2022-11-01T02:53:37Z")

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Hi, I cannot start devkinsta on my MacOS Big Sur. Memory and disk ok. Reading comments, I was downgrading Docker versions from 4.13.0 to 4.10.1, always reinstalling DevKinsta with no results. (DevKinsta stalls on instal…

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## [Keep getting DK0006 Error when trying to install DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/keep-getting-dk0006-error-when-trying-to-install-devkinsta/1816)

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**Author:** [@Steffan\_Carrington](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Steffan_Carrington)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/keep-getting-dk0006-error-when-trying-to-install-devkinsta/1816 "2022-10-27T02:46:41Z")

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Hey, I’m currently trying to set up DevKinsta on my machine, and I and consistently getting the DK0006 Error. Description: Couldn’t download docker images. DevKinsta couldn’t load the required Docker images. The downl…

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## [DevKinsta stalls on install](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-stalls-on-install/1823)

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**Author:** [@hawaii-aloha](https://community.kinsta.com/u/hawaii-aloha)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-stalls-on-install/1823 "2022-10-24T23:58:44Z")

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On macOS Monterey 12.6 I had installed DevKinsta and have been using it for a couple weeks now. I made the mistake of letting Docker upgrade earlier this morning and haven’t had a working local site since. I have full…

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## [Sync from remote hangs around 250MiB](https://community.kinsta.com/t/sync-from-remote-hangs-around-250mib/1786)

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**Author:** [@donduck](https://community.kinsta.com/u/donduck)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/sync-from-remote-hangs-around-250mib/1786 "2022-10-11T17:32:56Z")

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I am trying to sync from remote and excluding the uploads folder to reduce the 3+ GiB of the site down to 430MiB, for whatever reason it slows to a crawl right around 250MiB and the spinning icon freezes, spins, freezes,…

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## [Composer git project inside DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/composer-git-project-inside-devkinsta/1781)

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**Author:** [@jasperheidebrink](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jasperheidebrink)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/composer-git-project-inside-devkinsta/1781 "2022-10-03T17:36:11Z")

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Hi, we have some old projects that are based on composer with git. We would love to keep working on this way, where we control our plugins and thema via composer. And we want to be able to switch via a git tool between…

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## [Can't startup Kinsta after interrupted upgrade](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-startup-kinsta-after-interrupted-upgrade/1760)

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**Author:** [@Johannes](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Johannes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-startup-kinsta-after-interrupted-upgrade/1760 "2022-09-23T17:17:03Z")

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Hi, I’m locked out of DevKinsta, after a probably failed update yesterday. Stopping all services in terminal (Mac) won’t help. I urgently need access to maria db but it fails to start up also repo is greyed out. PANIC! …

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## [WordPress Site setup failed Error DK0021](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wordpress-site-setup-failed-error-dk0021/1755)

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**Author:** [@ahmedwasiq89](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ahmedwasiq89)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wordpress-site-setup-failed-error-dk0021/1755 "2022-09-23T01:36:38Z")

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Hi, I was on my Lenovo Yoga Laptop Win 10 home Where dev kinsta were very slow, loading a page takes 20 sec normally which was very annoying. I was suggested to try it in Hyper-V environment. Now I set up my dev kinsta …

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## [DevKinsta & Fedora: Stuck on DK0005](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-fedora-stuck-on-dk0005/1678)

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**Author:** [@anre](https://community.kinsta.com/u/anre)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/devkinsta-fedora-stuck-on-dk0005/1678 "2022-09-20T17:19:51Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to get DevKinsta 2.7.0 to run on Fedora 36. I’ve been able to get it to install & start… extract with sudo alien -rg DevKinsta.deb edit dev-kinsta-{…}.spec so its “Summary:” line actually has any cont…

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## [Can't install WordPress DK0021](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-install-wordpress-dk0021/1734)

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**Author:** [@Achilles101](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Achilles101)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-install-wordpress-dk0021/1734 "2022-09-16T07:00:39Z")

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I just noticed that I can’t install any more sites on DevKinsta. I keep getting errror DK0021. I’ve reinstalled the application, updated docker, run as admin, rebooted pc, nothing works. I also saw a similar post wher…

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## [Import WordPress/Bedrock host on Kinsta to DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/import-wordpress-bedrock-host-on-kinsta-to-devkinsta/1733)

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**Author:** [@Sacha\_Levy](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Sacha_Levy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/import-wordpress-bedrock-host-on-kinsta-to-devkinsta/1733 "2022-09-13T22:25:47Z")

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Hello ! I have a website hosted on Kinsta since few months, build with bedrocks. I’ve now installed DevKinsta on my computer (windows) and everything is working well (I can create new websites, etc.) But when I try to…

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## [Docker misery and unable to start DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/docker-misery-and-unable-to-start-devkinsta/1667)

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**Author:** [@alanj](https://community.kinsta.com/u/alanj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/docker-misery-and-unable-to-start-devkinsta/1667 "2022-08-14T17:00:47Z")

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Hi, I’ve been running DevKinsta for some time now on Linux Mint 20.3. All, eventually, worked well. However when I came to upgrade my system to Linux Mint 21 it reported loads of issues with the Docker repository and r…

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## [Changing root in nginx reverts upon close](https://community.kinsta.com/t/changing-root-in-nginx-reverts-upon-close/1631)

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**Author:** [@reformatco](https://community.kinsta.com/u/reformatco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/changing-root-in-nginx-reverts-upon-close/1631 "2022-07-20T21:35:42Z")

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I have read through the config here and the steps work fine, although I have to open the terminal from the Docker GUI rather than with docker exec -it devkinsta\_nginx bash So the steps i do are: Open terminal window o…

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## [Broken/Damage Install Revert to older version?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/broken-damage-install-revert-to-older-version/1626)

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**Author:** [@copacetic](https://community.kinsta.com/u/copacetic)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/broken-damage-install-revert-to-older-version/1626 "2022-07-18T17:54:05Z")

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DevKinsta 2.7.0 macOS Monterey Docker 20.10.14, build a224086 When I try to install I get a damage notification. I tried installing via Homebrew as well with no success. Is there a way i can re-download the previ…

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## [Urgent: DevKinsta DK0065 while pushing site](https://community.kinsta.com/t/urgent-devkinsta-dk0065-while-pushing-site/1591)

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**Author:** [@kumarmuthaiah](https://community.kinsta.com/u/kumarmuthaiah)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/urgent-devkinsta-dk0065-while-pushing-site/1591 "2022-07-06T12:27:21Z")

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Urgent please. Getting "Failed to upload local sites “DK0065” error. Note able to push website from DevKinsta to staging environment in remote dev kinsta. First time user.

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## [Can't install vim in Docker container](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-install-vim-in-docker-container/1525)

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**Author:** [@infoarts](https://community.kinsta.com/u/infoarts)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cant-install-vim-in-docker-container/1525 "2022-06-01T16:06:45Z")

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I’m trying to install vim in a Docker container via apt update and apt-get install vim but the first command fails with a permission denied error. I’m guessing I need to run these commands as root but am not sure how to…

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## [Additional Kinsta Constants](https://community.kinsta.com/t/additional-kinsta-constants/1506)

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**Author:** [@dgilfillan](https://community.kinsta.com/u/dgilfillan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/additional-kinsta-constants/1506 "2022-05-26T16:46:11Z")

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Hi, after importing a staging site from Kinsta to DevKinsta, I notice the following at the top of the wp-config.php file: \<?php /\* BEGIN KINSTA DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT \*/ ?\> \<?php if ( !defined('KINSTA\_DEV\_ENV') ) { de…

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## [How to respond to "A new version available" message](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-respond-to-a-new-version-available-message/1485)

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**Author:** [@alex2022](https://community.kinsta.com/u/alex2022)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/how-to-respond-to-a-new-version-available-message/1485 "2022-05-17T15:20:41Z")

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Hey, guys. When I launch my DevKinsta, I am getting “A new version available” button prompting me to download the new version: I run my DevKinsta on Ubuntu 20.04. Please, correct me if I am wrong, but it seems that…

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## [Issues with installation](https://community.kinsta.com/t/issues-with-installation/1478)

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**Author:** [@jdh1178](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jdh1178)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/issues-with-installation/1478 "2022-05-16T16:40:05Z")

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Hi there, this app looked promising, but I’ve been having some problems getting things pulled from Kinsta that have been quite frustrating. I’ve spent the last two days trying to get my sites down to DevKinsta from Kinst…

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## [Import from Kinsta gives blank wordpress install 2](https://community.kinsta.com/t/import-from-kinsta-gives-blank-wordpress-install-2/1472)

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**Author:** [@dgilfillan](https://community.kinsta.com/u/dgilfillan)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/import-from-kinsta-gives-blank-wordpress-install-2/1472 "2022-05-16T13:01:41Z")

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Same issue as: Import from Kinsta gives blank wordpress install (but can’t see any way to reopen, so creating new topic with same name) Running: Latest DevKinsta 2.5.0.3657 Windows 10 Pro Latest Docker Desktop/Engine …

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## [Import from Kinsta gives blank wordpress install](https://community.kinsta.com/t/import-from-kinsta-gives-blank-wordpress-install/1405)

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**Author:** [@Maxwell](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Maxwell)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/import-from-kinsta-gives-blank-wordpress-install/1405 "2022-04-14T18:28:22Z")

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Hello, I’ve just installed DevKinsta but after login and importing the website it doesn’t give me the actual website but a blank wordpress install.

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## [Not yet ready for prime time](https://community.kinsta.com/t/not-yet-ready-for-prime-time/1358)

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**Author:** [@kadso](https://community.kinsta.com/u/kadso)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2022, 5:42am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/not-yet-ready-for-prime-time/1358 "2022-04-04T05:42:50Z")

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error code 009 lead to error code 005 lead to devkinsta app and docker app not being able to resole = both now uninstalled. I’ll check-in next time I update my website (~6 months). Until then, Good luck all…

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## [Install fails with DB connection issues](https://community.kinsta.com/t/install-fails-with-db-connection-issues/1375)

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**Author:** [@Dave\_Smith](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Dave_Smith)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/install-fails-with-db-connection-issues/1375 "2022-04-01T23:50:46Z")

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Hi, I’ve just run the installer - a few times now - and when click the “Open Site” button, it asks me to input the credentials/details of a MySQL install - which is outlined in the software. I fill those all in, and the…

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