# Error: The database is unavailable

**URL:** <https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/error-the-database-is-unavailable/1928>\
**Category:** Using FoundationDB\
**Created:** [February 5, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/error-the-database-is-unavailable/1928 "2020-02-05T14:11:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/error-the-database-is-unavailable/1928/3 "2020-02-05T16:39:12Z")

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For what it’s worth, when you install the database from the installation packages, it’s supposed to configure the database for you (it uses `configure new single memory`). It’s possible for this step to fail, though, in which case you’ll need to run it manually as Oleg said. To run `configure new`, you’ll need to provide both a redundancy mode (typically `single` for a local installation) and storage engine (`memory` or `ssd` for now).

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