Installation

Hosting Topics about hosting Discourse, either on your own servers, in the cloud, or with specific hosting services.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Installation category Installation	0	11415	October 10, 2014
Initial configuration - the basics Hosting	3	27	November 4, 2025
Can't rebuild due to AWS SDK gem bump and new AWS Data Integrity Protections Installation	53	882	November 4, 2025
Capacity planning / Resource requirements Installation docker , server-resources	2	43	November 4, 2025
Upgrade failed. Database stopped. (multisite install) Installation	19	155	November 3, 2025
Awesome deal for SMTP! No more monthly fees (: Hosting	16	658	November 3, 2025
Discourse failure to renew certificate Installation	13	189	November 3, 2025
Sidekiq keeps restarting, how to troubleshoot? Installation sidekiq	0	39	November 1, 2025
When i rebuild it stoped on get acme.sh script Installation	5	72	October 31, 2025
Enabling reply_by_email Installation	7	60	October 31, 2025
Do you use SendGrid while hosting Discourse? Must read! Hosting I originally saw this on the mailop list, but was also posted on Reddit. Excerpts below: If you’re struggling with Gmail inbox placement despite clean headers and good reputation, your ESP might be sabotaging your mess…	3	82	October 30, 2025
Discourse update stuck with "database system is ready to accept connections" Installation	2	32	October 30, 2025
Rebuild commands Installation	2	36	October 30, 2025
Cloudflare R2: Navigating Setup and Handling Configuration Errors Installation s3	55	1668	October 30, 2025
Installing on Kubernetes Installation unsupported-install	54	24362	October 29, 2025
"Failed listening on port 6379 (TCP)" stops installation Hosting	3	71	October 29, 2025
About update error Installation	1	26	October 28, 2025
Is there a way I can send email notifications faster? Hosting notifications , email	20	260	October 28, 2025
S3 image bandwidth costs are getting annoying Hosting s3	31	4087	October 23, 2025
Struggling to Configure SMTP in Discourse with Azure Communication Service Installation email	3	1164	October 21, 2025
Did anybody tested AlloyDB on Google Cloud? Installation unsupported-install	6	53	October 16, 2025
Migration to a Self-Hosted solution from Kubernetes Installation migrations-tooling , install	2	104	October 16, 2025
Failed upgrade from 3.5.0.beta8-dev to 3.6.0.beta1 Installation	5	89	October 14, 2025
Is Docker image discourse/discourse considered safe and production-ready? Hosting	12	521	October 14, 2025
Vulnerability patching of npm/gem dependencies in discourse Installation docker	2	58	October 13, 2025
Changed email service, now the forum won't resolve via IP address nor URL Installation	16	91	October 12, 2025
Bitnami Discourse container image is deprecated Hosting unsupported-install	2	312	October 10, 2025
Unable to Rebuild Discourse: GitHub Connection Error and Port 443 Issues on GCP Installation	3	38	October 9, 2025
Sidekiq is consuming too much memory even with UNICORN_SIDEKIQ_MAX_RSS adjusted Installation server-resources	6	676	October 9, 2025
Which is the better option to self-host? Installation	20	483	October 9, 2025