# \#musicbrainz-server

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## [Live Data Feed not updated](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/live-data-feed-not-updated/814747)

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**Author:** [@ajjhf](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/ajjhf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/live-data-feed-not-updated/814747 "2026-04-28T12:29:18Z")

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Posting as I couldn’t find this reported anywhere, but the Live Data Feed hasn’t been updated for over 16 hours now. https://metabrainz.org/api/musicbrainz/replication-info has been returning the same last packet, which…

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## [Local Musicbrainz Server issue](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/local-musicbrainz-server-issue/721027)

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**Author:** [@t.taras](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/t.taras)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/local-musicbrainz-server-issue/721027 "2024-11-29T09:40:33Z")

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Hi, everyone. I am new to Musicbrainz, and I was using the Musicbrainz API, but due to the rate limit, my command using the API would take around 80 hours to complete. I wanted to recreate the server or get the database …

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## [Server cost](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/server-cost/666100)

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**Author:** [@zima\_blue](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/zima_blue)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/server-cost/666100 "2023-11-28T17:12:11Z")

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Hello, For those of you who have setup your own server, what should I be expecting to pay each month through something like AWS? Thanks in advance, Ben

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## [Questions about setting up server and API: cost and sorting/filtering capabilities](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/questions-about-setting-up-server-and-api-cost-and-sorting-filtering-capabilities/647157)

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**Author:** [@zima\_blue](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/zima_blue)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/questions-about-setting-up-server-and-api-cost-and-sorting-filtering-capabilities/647157 "2023-08-02T15:50:17Z")

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Hey everyone. I’m building an app (basically Letterboxd for music atm) and want to change my data source from Discogs to MusicBrainz. I’m going to set up my own server and have some questions. What’s a rough estimate o…

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## [No TIFF support in Musicbrainz?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/no-tiff-support-in-musicbrainz/290138)

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**Author:** [@annecommits](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/annecommits)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/no-tiff-support-in-musicbrainz/290138 "2022-11-22T21:18:23Z")

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I found that for a release I am adding, the publisher actually gives a high resolution TIFF file of the cover. See: Is TIFF support in the works, or what else is there to do if I want to add the original file to the…

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## [Finding it difficult to configure mbslave](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/finding-it-difficult-to-configure-mbslave/580502)

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**Author:** [@Jeyakaran](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Jeyakaran)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/finding-it-difficult-to-configure-mbslave/580502 "2022-04-11T15:18:32Z")

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Hi all, I am trying to set up the local server for development purposes. I have been following up on the exact procedure given here READme : GitHub - acoustid/mbdata: MusicBrainz Database Tools (replication, SQLAlchemy …

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## [Understanding replication & search indexing better](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/understanding-replication-search-indexing-better/566409)

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**Author:** [@docky](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/docky)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/understanding-replication-search-indexing-better/566409 "2022-01-04T15:56:13Z")

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Hi, I’m running the Docker server (slave) and everything works fine. But I need some help understanding the replication and reindexing: Every change I make on the official site will be available for replication at th…

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## [MusicBrainz server troubleshooting help](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-server-troubleshooting-help/544767)

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**Author:** [@stah0121](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/stah0121)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-server-troubleshooting-help/544767 "2021-12-07T07:47:00Z")

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Hello – I have a local musicbrainz server instance setup via the main docker container and I’m trying to query the server with Beets (file renaming and metadata mgmt tool). The idea is to be able to perform more than 1 q…

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## ["Db does not exist" error after http request to musicbrainz server running on AWS ECS container](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/db-does-not-exist-error-after-http-request-to-musicbrainz-server-running-on-aws-ecs-container/560620)

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**Author:** [@smita.narasimha](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/smita.narasimha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/db-does-not-exist-error-after-http-request-to-musicbrainz-server-running-on-aws-ecs-container/560620 "2021-11-24T08:14:42Z")

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I have deployed musicbrainz server and the other 5 containers as AWS ECS containers. Server starts and db is setup with collections. The final log at this stage is initdb.pl successful. When I make a request to the serv…

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## [Musicbrainz docker server logs](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-docker-server-logs/554315)

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**Author:** [@nikos.mixas](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/nikos.mixas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-docker-server-logs/554315 "2021-10-08T15:00:33Z")

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Hello, I have installed https://github.com/metabrainz/musicbrainz-docker locally and I am making multiple requests. Is there a way to see the server logs while the server is running ? I have set these to 1 and would li…

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## [Request Timeout for Antonio Pappano](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/request-timeout-for-antonio-pappano/524798)

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**Author:** [@cngcng](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/cngcng)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/request-timeout-for-antonio-pappano/524798 "2021-04-02T22:38:30Z")

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Hi I tried to see Antonio Pappano page below, but the request timed out. https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e383fed3-2e50-4592-bca2-4591079cce2b I tried from two different windows10 PC, both failed. I can see other musicb…

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## [How to include work-level-rels in web service API for a large release?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-include-work-level-rels-in-web-service-api-for-a-large-release/517922)

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**Author:** [@cngcng](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/cngcng)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-include-work-level-rels-in-web-service-api-for-a-large-release/517922 "2021-02-08T08:36:30Z")

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I set up a local musicbrainz-docker server, to tag classical music file using Picard & classical Extra. If a release has many tracks or media (I’m not sure what is the constraint), the web service API doesn’t include wo…

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## [How difficult is it to setup a local MusicBrainz server?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-difficult-is-it-to-setup-a-local-musicbrainz-server/459658)

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**Author:** [@hiccup](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/hiccup)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-difficult-is-it-to-setup-a-local-musicbrainz-server/459658 "2020-12-14T08:31:34Z")

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I read about the possibility to setup your own local MusiBrainz server. It might be an interesting thing for me to try, but… While I am savvy with Windows, my experience with- and talent for Linux is less then mediocre…

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## [Musicbrainz-docker webpage not rendering correctly](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-docker-webpage-not-rendering-correctly/486916)

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**Author:** [@phirestalker](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/phirestalker)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-docker-webpage-not-rendering-correctly/486916 "2020-12-14T01:55:47Z")

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I have set up the musicbrainz server about 3 times over the years. Mostly through the VM. This time I am using the docker setup. The one thing all of the setups have in common is that the webpage at HTTP://localhost:5000 …

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## [Borked Edit Histories](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/borked-edit-histories/499996)

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**Author:** [@IvanDobsky](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/IvanDobsky)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/borked-edit-histories/499996 "2020-11-10T18:07:26Z")

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I’ve been trying to work out why this page fails on me: https://musicbrainz.org/release/9ac68a8c-0617-38a2-a5dd-a937046a38f6/edits?page=2 It is common and I get an error like this: # Internal Server Error \*\*Oops, som…

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## [Relance de la traduction en français](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/relance-de-la-traduction-en-francais/151711)

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**Author:** [@yvanzo](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/yvanzo)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/relance-de-la-traduction-en-francais/151711 "2020-07-29T23:50:35Z")

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La traduction du serveur Web de MusicBrainz en français était quelque peu délaissée depuis plusieurs mois. J’ai entrepris de la compléter depuis deux semaines (ce qui est presque fini à part quelques instruments) et de l…

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## [FreeBSD Install documentation?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/freebsd-install-documentation/447599)

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**Author:** [@tdiaz](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/tdiaz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/freebsd-install-documentation/447599 "2019-10-15T14:57:46Z")

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The FreeBSD documentation talks about V8 and 9 .. Is it still generally good information otherwise? When used alongside INSTALL.md? I’m going to try it in a jail instead of hosting the VM. If it’s not optimal that wa…

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## [Docker Compose files to deploy MusicBrainz slave server with Solr search](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/docker-compose-files-to-deploy-musicbrainz-slave-server-with-solr-search/432222)

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**Author:** [@yvanzo](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/yvanzo)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/docker-compose-files-to-deploy-musicbrainz-slave-server-with-solr-search/432222 "2019-06-21T17:38:25Z")

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Since last year, musicbrainz.org has been using Solr search platform, but mirrors/slave servers deployed using musicbrainz-docker are still using the old search server/indexer. Update to mb-solr/sir is currently under re…

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## [Standalone forwarding server](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/standalone-forwarding-server/408996)

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**Author:** [@MBJan](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/MBJan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/standalone-forwarding-server/408996 "2018-12-10T16:42:22Z")

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Is it possible to install a local “standalone” server that acts as follows: for the search-requests it searches in both his local database and in an upstream server (for example musicbrainz.org) for the creation of new…

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## [Big code blowout on screen, trying to fix a bad CD (1 or 5) by removing it , then re-entering it later](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/big-code-blowout-on-screen-trying-to-fix-a-bad-cd-1-or-5-by-removing-it-then-re-entering-it-later/395108)

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**Author:** [@mbmcf](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/mbmcf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/big-code-blowout-on-screen-trying-to-fix-a-bad-cd-1-or-5-by-removing-it-then-re-entering-it-later/395108 "2018-08-25T23:25:35Z")

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Trying to fix ‘Oscar Peterson Plays’ because some song info got imported with the wrong info/metadata. I deleted 1 of 5 CD’s so I could re-enter the correct info later. When I tried to save the edit, I got the following …

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## [Problem with setting up server during creating database](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/problem-with-setting-up-server-during-creating-database/388457)

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**Author:** [@qw4953](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/qw4953)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/problem-with-setting-up-server-during-creating-database/388457 "2018-07-18T02:45:44Z")

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I’ve trying to install MetaBrainz server following the instructions at https://github.com/metabrainz/musicbrainz-server/blob/master/INSTALL.md. However, I encountered a problem when running: ./admin/InitDb.pl --created…

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## [Search server not reachable in new install](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/search-server-not-reachable-in-new-install/210832)

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**Author:** [@wawawawa](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/wawawawa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/search-server-not-reachable-in-new-install/210832 "2018-02-18T19:02:27Z")

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\*\* I know this is not a supported configuration, but hopefully someone can point me in the right direction \*\* Hi All My old Musicbrainz VM wasn't updating correctly (not upgraded for a long while) so I thought I woul…

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## [Installing mb data dumps](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/installing-mb-data-dumps/165682)

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**Author:** [@bruhat](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/bruhat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/installing-mb-data-dumps/165682 "2018-01-14T17:47:52Z")

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I got into some trouble following the install instructions for the musicbrainz-server. I mainly want to poke at the postgresql data myself, and don't really need the whole server itself. Anyway, I ran into problems r…

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## [How to update to latest server release?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-update-to-latest-server-release/350007)

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**Author:** [@spunky7212](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/spunky7212)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-update-to-latest-server-release/350007 "2018-01-03T16:36:55Z")

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Quick question for the community. I got my server setup and running back at the end of November and now I see that there was a server update published on 12/21. I am not running the VM cause the updates there are so fe…

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## [MusicBrainz VM to use another DB?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-vm-to-use-another-db/337441)

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**Author:** [@chemdream](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/chemdream)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-vm-to-use-another-db/337441 "2017-10-19T22:10:05Z")

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I’ve converted the MusicBrainz VBox to be used in Google’s Compute Engine. Google now has a Postgresql DBaaS that I would love to try and use for MB. I’m assuming the I would have to first stop the server, dump the DB,…

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## [Is it ok to run sudo apt-get update on the musicbrainz server?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-it-ok-to-run-sudo-apt-get-update-on-the-musicbrainz-server/336021)

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**Author:** [@allogic](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/allogic)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-it-ok-to-run-sudo-apt-get-update-on-the-musicbrainz-server/336021 "2017-10-12T06:15:51Z")

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Hi, I’m not sure what happened but I got the latest server and build indexes and all was ok. However i was told there was a lot of packages & updated that needed to be applied, so I ran the sudo apt-get update && sudo …

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## [Notes from #MetaBrainz Meeting 2017-09-18](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from-metabrainz-meeting-2017-09-18/331872)

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**Author:** [@Freso](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Freso)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from-metabrainz-meeting-2017-09-18/331872 "2017-09-20T03:49:40Z")

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MetaBrainz Meeting 2017-09-18 Meeting start: Making sure you're not a bot! Agenda Reviews Supported browsers Reviews @reosarevok Making sure you're not a bot! @Quesito Making sure you're not a bot! @LordSputnik Ma…

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## [Server hangs after upgrade](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/server-hangs-after-upgrade/269752)

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**Author:** [@msl521](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/msl521)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/server-hangs-after-upgrade/269752 "2017-06-29T12:40:13Z")

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After doing the schema upgrade, my MusicBrainz server hangs and never returns a response. This happens even when just requesting the root page. Nothing shows in the Catalyst debug. The renderer shows a raven uncaught exc…

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## [Do not download the covers from picard with a development server](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/do-not-download-the-covers-from-picard-with-a-development-server/286668)

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**Author:** [@Kurskova](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Kurskova)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/do-not-download-the-covers-from-picard-with-a-development-server/286668 "2017-06-14T14:03:06Z")

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I have successfully installed the musicbrainz server in development format. From picard I can perform the search of the audio files and the answer is satisfactory, nevertheless never presents me the cover of the album. I…

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## [Which web server is running in the musicbrainz-vm? :/](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/which-web-server-is-running-in-the-musicbrainz-vm/276054)

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**Author:** [@mey](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/mey)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/which-web-server-is-running-in-the-musicbrainz-vm/276054 "2017-05-27T18:41:37Z")

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Hey there, how can I do step 3 of this list if I’m using the VirtualBox VM of the Musicbrainz-Server? Sorry for this question, but first I thought nginx is running but that seems not really be the case. (Though I don’…

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