# Support

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## [Discourse docker canot setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-canot-setup/77218)

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**Author:** [@James\_Tan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Tan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2018, 8:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-canot-setup/77218 "2018-10-23T08:32:48Z")

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after filling up all the information required by discourse-setup, gets this: Sorry, these containers/app.yml settings aren’t valid – can’t continue! If you have unusual requirements, edit containers/app.yml and then: …

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## [Resetting or Destroying Single Sign On Records](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resetting-or-destroying-single-sign-on-records/62619)

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**Author:** [@qco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/qco)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2018, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resetting-or-destroying-single-sign-on-records/62619 "2018-11-20T06:50:42Z")

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We have recently transitioned our main website from an old Django backed website to a new WordPress based website. We have migrated users, and are trying to switch the SSO provider from our old platform to our new one. I…

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## [Question about the email configuration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-the-email-configuration/102074)

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**Author:** [@StephaneFe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/StephaneFe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2018, 8:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-the-email-configuration/102074 "2018-11-17T08:57:00Z")

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I’m following the instruction of this page but I don’t understand the meaning of these 6 fields: Email address for admin account(s)? \[me@example.com,you@example.com\]: Can I specify here an email address not related t…

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## [What to do with response from Discourse SSO as provider](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-to-do-with-response-from-discourse-sso-as-provider/102004)

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**Author:** [@Jesper\_Enemark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jesper_Enemark)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-to-do-with-response-from-discourse-sso-as-provider/102004 "2018-11-16T08:19:43Z")

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I have been working to create authentication for my 3rd party application using Discourse as a SSO provider. This means I get a response from discourse, to my web app containing the discourse user. Everything works flaw…

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## [How to obtain the user\_id so I can issue a logout API call](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-obtain-the-user-id-so-i-can-issue-a-logout-api-call/102033)

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**Author:** [@TeoWneD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TeoWneD)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-obtain-the-user-id-so-i-can-issue-a-logout-api-call/102033 "2018-11-15T16:22:58Z")

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I searched into many differents posts about SSO logout. But i didn’t found my answer. We want to setup the SSO LOGOUT. You also have to know that we implemented SSO. What is the query, that can return the UID, when i …

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## [Admin Interface and capabilities](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-interface-and-capabilities/101690)

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**Author:** [@JasonGlazer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JasonGlazer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-interface-and-capabilities/101690 "2018-11-13T20:40:29Z")

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I’m thinking about transitioning a set of Mailman mailing lists to use Discourse and I would like to understand the capabilities of the administrative side of Discourse. I could not find much documentation on it. Am I mi…

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## [Discourse SSO using auth0 via URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-using-auth0-via-url/70039)

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**Author:** [@pdias-cci](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pdias-cci)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-using-auth0-via-url/70039 "2018-11-12T18:20:36Z")

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I am using trying to perform SSO using Auth0 for wordPress and discourse from my own application. the flow is mentioned below. The user enters user name and password in the application, the details are sent to the s…

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## [Admin is not registering](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-is-not-registering/101718)

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**Author:** [@mindaslab](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mindaslab)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-is-not-registering/101718 "2018-11-10T15:37:51Z")

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Hi, I installed discourse on server, but I am unable to get past the “Register Admin Account”. I use elastic email, and its logs doesn’t seem to show that some system had contacted it to send the email. I have updated a…

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## [Post only certain WordPress categories or tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-only-certain-wordpress-categories-or-tags/101611)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Feldstein](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michael_Feldstein)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-only-certain-wordpress-categories-or-tags/101611 "2018-11-08T16:44:40Z")

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Forgive me if I’m missing something obvious, but I’m a relative newbie to Discourse and am still struggling to understand how to find documentation of various features. I would like to only start new discussions for a p…

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## [Customized login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-login/101331)

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**Author:** [@thusar\_Chhade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thusar_Chhade)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-login/101331 "2018-11-06T11:08:01Z")

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We have a site in php(laravel framework) and want to use our own login/sign up method instead of using discourse login/signup- meaning we would like Discourse to use our existing website user database for authentication,…

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## [What size EC2 instance is meta hosted on?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-size-ec2-instance-is-meta-hosted-on/101290)

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**Author:** [@vegasloki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vegasloki)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-size-ec2-instance-is-meta-hosted-on/101290 "2018-11-05T23:49:56Z")

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Greetings. Old guy dot com 1.0 refugee here. I’m looking at Discourse for a hobby/user community looking to get out from under the corporate interests that bought the user based community a few years back. I spun up …

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## [Subdomain for email providers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subdomain-for-email-providers/101223)

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**Author:** [@acinonyxjubatus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/acinonyxjubatus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subdomain-for-email-providers/101223 "2018-11-03T19:59:20Z")

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On email providers github page I found Please note that in any email provider, you must verify and use the subdomain, e.g. discourse.example.com . If you verify the domain only, e.g. example.com , mail will not be c…

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## [Log says mail is sent! but it's not](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-says-mail-is-sent-but-its-not/100512)

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**Author:** [@alizeyn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alizeyn)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-says-mail-is-sent-but-its-not/100512 "2018-10-26T06:10:38Z")

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first of all I read almost every related topic about mail troubleshooting including : troubleshooting-email and still I’m not able to receive register mail. when I run discourse-doctor it says : Email address for mail…

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## [Setting tags too while auto-posting from WordPress to Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-tags-too-while-auto-posting-from-wordpress-to-discourse/92522)

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**Author:** [@ronenbekerman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ronenbekerman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-tags-too-while-auto-posting-from-wordpress-to-discourse/92522 "2018-07-17T06:44:44Z")

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Hi, I set up my WordPress to autopost to Discourse and customized it so that the titles, and some of the content is modified during this process, but I can’t seem to be able to define a TAG automatically too. Any help …

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## [Wordpress SSO User Data Sync](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-sso-user-data-sync/100415)

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**Author:** [@agatehouse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agatehouse)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-sso-user-data-sync/100415 "2018-10-25T04:48:55Z")

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Hi everyone, This is more a matter of me seeking confirmation than anything else. I’ve got a primary membership website set up via Wordpress using SSO as a provider to Discourse on a subdomain (only members who have sig…

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## [Getting issue with Database Migrations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-issue-with-database-migrations/100381)

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**Author:** [@Afx\_Afzaal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Afx_Afzaal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-issue-with-database-migrations/100381 "2018-10-24T19:48:24Z")

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Hi , I am getting an error when i run command bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate ERROR: syntax error at or near "NOT" LINE 1: CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS discourse\_functions; PostGRESQL Version : 9.2.24 OS : Cent…

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## [Integrate discourse authentication with external service which is token base authentication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-discourse-authentication-with-external-service-which-is-token-base-authentication/83448)

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**Author:** [@e346m](https://meta.discourse.org/u/e346m)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integrate-discourse-authentication-with-external-service-which-is-token-base-authentication/83448 "2018-10-24T16:27:04Z")

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I want to integrate discourse authentication with my service but I have some issue. At first My web service is Single Page Application and authentication is token base. Flow of register is Facebook auth through Firebas…

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## [ScaleWay review?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scaleway-review/40916)

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**Author:** [@djcyry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/djcyry)\
**Replies:** 53\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scaleway-review/40916 "2018-10-23T14:17:48Z")

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Hello , Anyone is using scaleway vps·s ? i"ve got an invitation and i see good prices . PS. https://community.scaleway.com :wink: (DISCOURSE)

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## [Disabling SSO and allowing sign up to forum for anyone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-sso-and-allowing-sign-up-to-forum-for-anyone/99841)

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**Author:** [@joey88](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joey88)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-sso-and-allowing-sign-up-to-forum-for-anyone/99841 "2018-10-22T12:14:18Z")

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Hi, Our client currently is using the plugin with SSO enabled and their WordPress site controls the users. We have added some custom work to adjust user trust levels in Discourse to distinguish between members and non-…

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## [Setting up discourse for a small business: digital ocean? Communiteq? or discourse.org?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-for-a-small-business-digital-ocean-communiteq-or-discourse-org/13434)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-for-a-small-business-digital-ocean-communiteq-or-discourse-org/13434 "2018-10-22T03:08:41Z")

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We are excited to try out discourse to communicate with our relatively small community of users, (usually employees of other businesses, professional freelancers) and partners. Think hundreds of users, not tens of thousa…

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## [\[UNSOLVED\] GCloud : Failed to report error: Error connecting to Redis on localhost:6379](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unsolved-gcloud-failed-to-report-error-error-connecting-to-redis-on-localhost-6379/100084)

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**Author:** [@empireofryan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/empireofryan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unsolved-gcloud-failed-to-report-error-error-connecting-to-redis-on-localhost-6379/100084 "2018-10-21T02:37:52Z")

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Looking to connect a Discourse app to a Google Cloud instance of a Rails app running redis and postgres ala https://cloud.google.com/community/tutorials/setting-up-ruby-discourse. Have an instance of redis running on loc…

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## [No images, js files, css files, or fonts after install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-images-js-files-css-files-or-fonts-after-install/99967)

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**Author:** [@Bruce\_Bates](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bruce_Bates)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 10:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-images-js-files-css-files-or-fonts-after-install/99967 "2018-10-19T10:21:56Z")

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I have tried reinstalling this about 15 times and I cannot figure out what the issue is. I am doing a standard base install, no plugins, no anything extra. sudo -s mkdir /var/discourse git clone https://github.com/disco…

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## [TLS error on connection from (localhost.localdomain) \[172.17.0.2\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tls-error-on-connection-from-localhost-localdomain-172-17-0-2/99935)

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**Author:** [@Bruce\_Bates](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bruce_Bates)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tls-error-on-connection-from-localhost-localdomain-172-17-0-2/99935 "2018-10-19T07:04:56Z")

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I have NO idea how to fix this. I get these errors from exim when trying to send emails from discourse. It is connecting fine, but not about to send. Exim errors: 2018-10-19 00:07:41 no host name found for IP address 1…

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## [Why enable wordpress post comments?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-enable-wordpress-post-comments/97592)

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**Author:** [@jtbayly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jtbayly)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-enable-wordpress-post-comments/97592 "2018-10-19T01:17:24Z")

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I really don’t want to enable Wordpress comments on posts in order to use Discourse for commenting. Is there any way we can bypass that requirement?

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## ["Link to Comments Without Displaying Them" option not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-comments-without-displaying-them-option-not-working/98296)

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**Author:** [@jtbayly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jtbayly)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-comments-without-displaying-them-option-not-working/98296 "2018-10-19T01:02:42Z")

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This feature is not working for me: Link to Discourse topics in Wordpress Without Displaying Comments If I select that option, it does hide the comments, but I don’t see the link to comments (or the “join the discussion…

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## [Is it possible to "join" an existing WordPress post with an existing Discourse topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-join-an-existing-wordpress-post-with-an-existing-discourse-topic/30498)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-join-an-existing-wordpress-post-with-an-existing-discourse-topic/30498 "2018-10-17T21:35:12Z")

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So, I have people created their “personal pages” in Discourse. I have also created their personal pages in WordPress. I now would like to let the topics found in Discourse become the “discussion topics” for the corresp…

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## [SSO avatar not updating when using URLs from my site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-avatar-not-updating-when-using-urls-from-my-site/99603)

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**Author:** [@twm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-avatar-not-updating-when-using-urls-from-my-site/99603 "2018-10-16T18:30:27Z")

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Hello, I hope someone can help me with this. I’m using the WordPress discourse plugin with WordPress as my SSO provider. I’m trying to set the avatar\_url from a custom user meta field populated with a gravity form. Whe…

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## [Which Ubuntu version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-ubuntu-version/99479)

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**Author:** [@mikymora](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikymora)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-ubuntu-version/99479 "2018-10-14T18:48:39Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to install Discourse on DigitalOcean, and I don’t know which Ubuntu version I should use. Do you have any tips for me on what I should use?

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## [Tracking weight using Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-weight-using-discourse/29592)

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**Author:** [@manvfat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manvfat)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-weight-using-discourse/29592 "2018-10-11T09:50:07Z")

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Apologies if this belongs in Extensibility and please move if so! I use (and love) Discourse to run a forum that provides free help for men who want to lose weight. One of the popular features of the forum is a regular …

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## [Does docker install support NTLM authentication for SMTP?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-docker-install-support-ntlm-authentication-for-smtp/99159)

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**Author:** [@y2kenny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/y2kenny)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-docker-install-support-ntlm-authentication-for-smtp/99159 "2018-10-10T13:03:25Z")

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Does docker install of Discourse support NTLM authentication for SMTP?

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