# Support

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## [Can't send mail -- unprocessable entity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-send-mail-unprocessable-entity/75195)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**الردود:** 4\
**آخر تحديث:** [9 ديسمبر 2017، 2:46م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-send-mail-unprocessable-entity/75195 "2017-12-09T14:46:45Z")

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I’ve set up a new site, using my script that calls discourse-setup like a normal person would. Email is not going out. It never shows up in the mailgun logs. I’ve double-checked the password/username and switched from p…

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## [How to setup automatic updates for Ubuntu running Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-automatic-updates-for-ubuntu-running-discourse/63501)

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**Author:** [@mhwebee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mhwebee)\
**الردود:** 8\
**آخر تحديث:** [6 ديسمبر 2017، 1:19ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-automatic-updates-for-ubuntu-running-discourse/63501 "2017-12-06T01:19:49Z")

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DigitalOcean VM - In Ubuntu (16.04.2) I used the “dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades” command, but I get this return “update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults…

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## [DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_PASSWORD change failed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-smtp-password-change-failed/75441)

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**Author:** [@Pravi7434](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pravi7434)\
**الردود:** 5\
**آخر تحديث:** [5 ديسمبر 2017، 9:51م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-smtp-password-change-failed/75441 "2017-12-05T21:51:46Z")

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Hello, I got above mentioned error while installing discourse on aws ec2. The problem was with my SES smtp password ( AmQ/22sNDN2Bg5vS+zH3IDfy+lfmF3OgGg/CnsAZMg90 ). Later I changed the password to one without any speci…

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## [Digital Ocean $15 vs $20, what is a better option for Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-15-vs-20-what-is-a-better-option-for-discourse/75308)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**الردود:** 7\
**آخر تحديث:** [5 ديسمبر 2017، 7:56ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-15-vs-20-what-is-a-better-option-for-discourse/75308 "2017-12-05T07:56:56Z")

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Digital Ocean is a recommended provider for Discourse self-hosting. It recently introduced a $15 / mo plan. Compare it to $10 and $20 plans that were there and are still an option: It is interesting that the $15 opt…

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## [How to turn off Discourse email verification?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-turn-off-discourse-email-verification/75365)

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**Author:** [@Alexander\_Oskin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexander_Oskin)\
**الردود:** 3\
**آخر تحديث:** [4 ديسمبر 2017، 8:12م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-turn-off-discourse-email-verification/75365 "2017-12-04T20:12:38Z")

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We use our Wordpress instance as SSO provider for Discourse. After user registered Wordpress account he confirm his email address. But when he trying to log in to Discourse he asked by Discourse to confirm his email agai…

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## [Configuring email SMTP settings just isn't working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-email-smtp-settings-just-isnt-working/75341)

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**Author:** [@Frank\_Bailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank_Bailey)\
**الردود:** 2\
**آخر تحديث:** [4 ديسمبر 2017، 5:11م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-email-smtp-settings-just-isnt-working/75341 "2017-12-04T17:11:17Z")

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Hi folks. I try not to post unless I’m really, truly stuck. I’ve installed Discourse as a Docker container in Ubuntu 16.04 which is a guest VM in VirtualBox with a Windows 10 host. The installation was successful, howeve…

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## [Does it make any sense to colocate your own hardware for running a single Discourse instance?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-it-make-any-sense-to-colocate-your-own-hardware-for-running-a-single-discourse-instance/75310)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**الردود:** 2\
**آخر تحديث:** [4 ديسمبر 2017، 6:51ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-it-make-any-sense-to-colocate-your-own-hardware-for-running-a-single-discourse-instance/75310 "2017-12-04T06:51:43Z")

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Are there any preconditions for running a single Discourse instance on your own hardware (colocation), rather than renting a VPS (e.g. Digital Ocean) or a dedicated server (e.g. Softlayer or Hetzner)? I’ve never had an …

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## [Installing a plugin on a hosted plan?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-a-plugin-on-a-hosted-plan/75059)

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**Author:** [@guaiasilk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/guaiasilk)\
**الردود:** 5\
**آخر تحديث:** [30 نوفمبر 2017، 4:47ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-a-plugin-on-a-hosted-plan/75059 "2017-11-30T04:47:56Z")

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I’m not very techy (at all) and want to use Discourse to build my online community on. I’ve got it set up with my domain and started to get the hang of using it and customizing the basics. I wanted to install a plugin, …

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## [OpenVZ swap space error during install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openvz-swap-space-error-during-install/74958)

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**Author:** [@hosyminh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosyminh)\
**الردود:** 12\
**آخر تحديث:** [29 نوفمبر 2017، 3:56ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openvz-swap-space-error-during-install/74958 "2017-11-29T03:56:21Z")

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./discourse-setup WARNING: Discourse requires at least 2GB of swap when running with 2GB of RAM or less. This system does not appear to have sufficient swap space. Without sufficient swap space, your site may not work p…

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## [Integration of WP themes with file management?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-of-wp-themes-with-file-management/73479)

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**Author:** [@doctorbracero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/doctorbracero)\
**الردود:** 2\
**آخر تحديث:** [27 نوفمبر 2017، 3:21ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/integration-of-wp-themes-with-file-management/73479 "2017-11-27T03:21:01Z")

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Hello, I’m convinced that my current project should feature Discourse (through a community install - how cool is this option?). The forums will be members only and content closed to the public. But there’s something st…

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## [Host Discourse on .edu?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/host-discourse-on-edu/74710)

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**Author:** [@bjfogg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bjfogg)\
**الردود:** 7\
**آخر تحديث:** [23 نوفمبر 2017، 9:46م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/host-discourse-on-edu/74710 "2017-11-23T21:46:43Z")

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I’m new here. And I’m impressed. My question: Can I use your service on a stanford.edu domain? Specifically this: habits.stanford.edu I can upload HTML and such to this domain, but I don’t think I have any control ov…

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## [Mandrillapp SMTP username brings this error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mandrillapp-smtp-username-brings-this-error/74439)

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**Author:** [@TomPeace](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TomPeace)\
**الردود:** 5\
**آخر تحديث:** [22 نوفمبر 2017، 9:58م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mandrillapp-smtp-username-brings-this-error/74439 "2017-11-22T21:58:19Z")

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I use Mandrillapp for my websites and mail delivery. All of them work fine but when I want to use the smtp username with Discourse, it gives me this error: ./discourse-setup: line 383: \[: too many arguments Probably th…

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## [How to hide custom login and register button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-hide-custom-login-and-register-button/74575)

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**Author:** [@Aniket\_Singh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aniket_Singh)\
**الردود:** 0\
**آخر تحديث:** [22 نوفمبر 2017، 9:52ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-hide-custom-login-and-register-button/74575 "2017-11-22T09:52:47Z")

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I’m using sso on my discourse and i have added custom header menu, in which i have shown 2 links 1 - Register 2 - Login if the user is logged in. then register and login menu should hide and logout button should be sh…

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## [Upgrading to Paid Discourse Hosting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-to-paid-discourse-hosting/74548)

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**Author:** [@NickM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NickM)\
**الردود:** 3\
**آخر تحديث:** [21 نوفمبر 2017، 9:57م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-to-paid-discourse-hosting/74548 "2017-11-21T21:57:23Z")

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My company has been using the free version of discourse since July, and we are looking to upgrade to one of the paid versions. WE have made significant changes to the design, and layout of our forum, and want to ensure t…

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## [German 1&1-hosting user experience?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/german-1-1-hosting-user-experience/24931)

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**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**الردود:** 27\
**آخر تحديث:** [21 نوفمبر 2017، 4:02م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/german-1-1-hosting-user-experience/24931 "2017-11-21T16:02:15Z")

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Hi, for local reasons, this post will be in german language :wink: Mein Problem ist, dass ich bei 1und1 Discourse einfach nicht zum laufen bekomme. Ich habe einen vServer L mit 2 GB Ram. Bei DigitalOcean klappt alles w…

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## [How to enable Discourse comments via JavaScript in Wordpress?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-discourse-comments-via-javascript-in-wordpress/74402)

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**Author:** [@Quintin\_Par](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quintin_Par)\
**الردود:** 5\
**آخر تحديث:** [20 نوفمبر 2017، 7:45ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enable-discourse-comments-via-javascript-in-wordpress/74402 "2017-11-20T07:45:43Z")

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I am trying to use on my wordpress blog because WP-Discourse plugin does not currently support connecting old blog posts to existing (migrated) discourse topics. My current plan to connect an existing blog post to dis…

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## [WP Discourse SSO not working / looping back to wordpress](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-sso-not-working-looping-back-to-wordpress/74357)

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**Author:** [@Frankpanduh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frankpanduh)\
**الردود:** 14\
**آخر تحديث:** [19 نوفمبر 2017، 2:51م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-sso-not-working-looping-back-to-wordpress/74357 "2017-11-19T14:51:29Z")

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I’m struggling to get the SSO setup with Wordpress. after setting up on both the discourse and Wordpress according to setup tutorials. my attempt to login to the discourse post setup: discourse login \< Wordpress logi…

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## [How to get SSO working with a Wordpress site? I’m a noob](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-sso-working-with-a-wordpress-site-i-m-a-noob/74334)

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**Author:** [@destinationsound](https://meta.discourse.org/u/destinationsound)\
**الردود:** 8\
**آخر تحديث:** [18 نوفمبر 2017، 9:52م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-sso-working-with-a-wordpress-site-i-m-a-noob/74334 "2017-11-18T21:52:30Z")

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I’ll attempt to explain my needs and see if what I’m trying to do is possible. I use DigitalOcean for both my Wordpress site and my new discourse forum. The Wordpress is it’s own droplet with nginx and php7 installed ru…

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## [Install docker discourse need RAM?, can use VPS 1GB RAM for docker discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-docker-discourse-need-ram-can-use-vps-1gb-ram-for-docker-discourse/74305)

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**Author:** [@hientex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hientex)\
**الردود:** 1\
**آخر تحديث:** [18 نوفمبر 2017، 1:43ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-docker-discourse-need-ram-can-use-vps-1gb-ram-for-docker-discourse/74305 "2017-11-18T01:43:43Z")

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I have one VPS in Z.com Install docker discourse need RAM?, can use VPS 1GB RAM for docker discourse? Thank you.

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## [Disabling activation emails while doing a disqus import](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-activation-emails-while-doing-a-disqus-import/73845)

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**Author:** [@Quintin\_Par](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quintin_Par)\
**الردود:** 7\
**آخر تحديث:** [17 نوفمبر 2017، 4:18م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-activation-emails-while-doing-a-disqus-import/73845 "2017-11-17T16:18:06Z")

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While researching disqus import I came across this warning http://www.railsonmaui.com/blog/2014/09/27/updating-to-jekyll-2-and-discourse-for-comments/ Since these are users who’ve already been on the site (technical…

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## [OVH VPS CLOUD - Any advice before i start?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ovh-vps-cloud-any-advice-before-i-start/65472)

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**Author:** [@Jay91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay91)\
**الردود:** 13\
**آخر تحديث:** [3 يوليو 2017، 7:48ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ovh-vps-cloud-any-advice-before-i-start/65472 "2017-07-03T07:48:44Z")

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Hello Friends, I decided to go with OVH VPS cloud with 2 vCores 3.1 GHz - 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD / 100 Mbps. Any advice before i start, i’m expecting 5000 to 10,000 daily visitors, Am I on the right way with this plan or …

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## [Test environment domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-environment-domain/74132)

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**Author:** [@communitygal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/communitygal)\
**الردود:** 2\
**آخر تحديث:** [15 نوفمبر 2017، 9:37م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-environment-domain/74132 "2017-11-15T21:37:15Z")

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Hi all, It’s time for me to set up my subscription. This instance I’ll be setting up is going to be for our test environment. I know I need to point it to a domain we own, but I don’t want it to be searchable or crawled…

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## [Wrong domain name extension in welkcom email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-domain-name-extension-in-welkcom-email/74049)

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**Author:** [@Jaya\_Kuipers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jaya_Kuipers)\
**الردود:** 8\
**آخر تحديث:** [15 نوفمبر 2017، 4:13ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-domain-name-extension-in-welkcom-email/74049 "2017-11-15T04:13:00Z")

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I’ve installed an discrouse on an digitalocean droplet and setup email with mailgun. Everything works well. But new users get an email with an wrong baseurl. the domain extension should be .nl for my installation but…

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## [Planning disk partitions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/planning-disk-partitions/73910)

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**Author:** [@TerminalAddict](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TerminalAddict)\
**الردود:** 2\
**آخر تحديث:** [13 نوفمبر 2017، 2:22ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/planning-disk-partitions/73910 "2017-11-13T02:22:42Z")

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I’m in the process of planning disk partitions. am I right in assuming all the docker stuff that takes up disk space is in /var/lib/docker presently /var/lib/docker is taking about 5gb could I create a mount to manage…

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## [SSO Avatar Not Updating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-avatar-not-updating/25569)

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**Author:** [@Grex315](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Grex315)\
**الردود:** 22\
**آخر تحديث:** [11 نوفمبر 2017، 7:05م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-avatar-not-updating/25569 "2017-11-11T19:05:17Z")

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I have SSO setup with WordPress and have the SSO Avatar override setting set on discourse so that it uses the avatar URL from my WordPress site. However it does not seem to update if the person is using Gravatar and cha…

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## [State of disqus to discourse importer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/state-of-disqus-to-discourse-importer/73844)

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**Author:** [@Quintin\_Par](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Quintin_Par)\
**الردود:** 6\
**آخر تحديث:** [11 نوفمبر 2017، 2:43ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/state-of-disqus-to-discourse-importer/73844 "2017-11-11T02:43:57Z")

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I am trying to migrate my comments from disqus to discourse and came across these comments https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-disqus-to-discourse-for-static-blog-comments/19947/22?u=quintin\_par I couldn’t find…

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## [What is the best SSO approach?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-sso-approach/73462)

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**Author:** [@dylanb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanb)\
**الردود:** 11\
**آخر تحديث:** [10 نوفمبر 2017، 6:53م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-sso-approach/73462 "2017-11-10T18:53:16Z")

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I have created a bit of a mess with logins from various different services on my website and am working to consolidate things. Currently, I have Disqus Comments, Discourse Forum, WordPress Users (for subscriptions/membe…

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## [Verify if user is already logged (SSO with Saml2 + Discourse-Saml)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/verify-if-user-is-already-logged-sso-with-saml2-discourse-saml/73213)

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**Author:** [@murillocr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/murillocr)\
**الردود:** 0\
**آخر تحديث:** [1 نوفمبر 2017، 1:47م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/verify-if-user-is-already-logged-sso-with-saml2-discourse-saml/73213 "2017-11-01T13:47:12Z")

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Hello everyone, We successfully implemented the SAML2 authentication using Discourse-SAML plugin. It works great when you click in the “with SAML” button in the login page. Now, we want that if the user is already logge…

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## [Multiple Discourse Installs - Single Server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-discourse-installs-single-server/73642)

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**Author:** [@Timelord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timelord)\
**الردود:** 3\
**آخر تحديث:** [8 نوفمبر 2017، 12:05ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-discourse-installs-single-server/73642 "2017-11-08T00:05:17Z")

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Hey guys. I have a beefy two beefy VPS that I am running two distinct instances of Discourse on. I would like to move these to a single dedicated server, so I have some questions. Is this possible, or does it require…

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## [Mentions of people, places and Avatars in One-box issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentions-of-people-places-and-avatars-in-one-box-issues/73550)

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**Author:** [@Sean\_R](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sean_R)\
**الردود:** 4\
**آخر تحديث:** [7 نوفمبر 2017، 1:09ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentions-of-people-places-and-avatars-in-one-box-issues/73550 "2017-11-07T01:09:45Z")

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When the body of a comment linked to a Wordpress post has a @mention, #place, or image. The resulting links are relative and that breaks links in the comment. This causes crawlers to choke and other issues. Is there a wa…

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