# Support

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## [If it solved, reduce the time for auto-close?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-it-solved-reduce-the-time-for-auto-close/60920)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-it-solved-reduce-the-time-for-auto-close/60920 "2017-04-13T16:57:51Z")

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I’ve been thinking on new feature with solved plugin. :thinking: Now, when you edit a category, have the option to “auto-close” topics by time… that’s ok. If, for example we set 3 month for auto-close topics, we would …

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## [How do I get the relative count of the "Topics count" of the category page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-relative-count-of-the-topics-count-of-the-category-page/60934)

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**Author:** [@saluzi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saluzi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-relative-count-of-the-topics-count-of-the-category-page/60934 "2017-04-13T16:03:50Z")

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My forum topic count is shown as an absolute number ,It’s too long : But i hope it is like that : what should I do? Thank you very much !

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## [Is it possible to allow to edit the title of wiki post for users with TL that lower then TL3?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-allow-to-edit-the-title-of-wiki-post-for-users-with-tl-that-lower-then-tl3/60829)

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**Author:** [@Denis\_Didkovsky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Didkovsky)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-allow-to-edit-the-title-of-wiki-post-for-users-with-tl-that-lower-then-tl3/60829 "2017-04-12T18:02:35Z")

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Is it possible to allow to edit the title of wiki post for user that is not the author of the topic? it seems that admins can edit any title, but how about others who set up trust level enough to edit wiki-post? thx D …

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## [Color changes can't be previewed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-changes-cant-be-previewed/24739)

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**Author:** [@Overmind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overmind)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-changes-cant-be-previewed/24739 "2017-04-12T17:19:31Z")

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So I tried doing that, however, whenever I would try to preview the CSS it wouldn’t force the color changes, just the CSS changes. Anyway to preview off a color change? Or a simpler way to do it in CSS as there isn’t a …

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## [Awareness for path dependencies when setting up a discourse forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/awareness-for-path-dependencies-when-setting-up-a-discourse-forum/57770)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 8:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/awareness-for-path-dependencies-when-setting-up-a-discourse-forum/57770 "2017-04-11T08:15:56Z")

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One of the most time consuming tasks for someone setting up a new forum with discourse is to figure out which decisions need to be made immediately (because it’s difficult or impossible to change them later, i.e. they cr…

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## [Can't find "Allow topic owner and staff to mark a reply as the solution" Setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-find-allow-topic-owner-and-staff-to-mark-a-reply-as-the-solution-setting/60822)

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**Author:** [@Jakob1111](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jakob1111)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-find-allow-topic-owner-and-staff-to-mark-a-reply-as-the-solution-setting/60822 "2017-04-12T06:00:55Z")

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I saw on your newly designed site discourse.org that it is possible to “mark solutions as the official answer”. After doing some research I saw that there was a plugin for this, but now it seems to a native feature. Acc…

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## [Would anyone like to tell me how very wrong I am?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-anyone-like-to-tell-me-how-very-wrong-i-am/60604)

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**Author:** [@npflood](https://meta.discourse.org/u/npflood)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-anyone-like-to-tell-me-how-very-wrong-i-am/60604 "2017-04-11T17:22:04Z")

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I’m implementing a strategy to synchronize sessions between Discourse and another rails application. What I’m doing works. BUT I’m sure I’m violating several best-practices and missing some key optimizations. Anybody wa…

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## [Problem after update to 1.8.0.beta10 (today)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-after-update-to-1-8-0-beta10-today/60776)

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**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-after-update-to-1-8-0-beta10-today/60776 "2017-04-11T15:06:07Z")

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This on my sandbox (plain install per 30 minute on an AWS Ubuntu 16.04 isntance), previous update was 4 days ago, after which it ran fine. All I did was: cd /var/discourse git pull ./launcher rebuild app No errors dur…

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## [Problems with docker and kernel on digital ocean](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-docker-and-kernel-on-digital-ocean/60627)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-docker-and-kernel-on-digital-ocean/60627 "2017-04-10T17:24:24Z")

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On the forum I use as a test bed, I just did some normal maintenance routines, and now I get this error during a rebuild Removing old container + /usr/bin/docker rm app Error response from daemon: Driver aufs failed to …

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## [Slack plugin fails to send notifications for posts containing links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-plugin-fails-to-send-notifications-for-posts-containing-links/60686)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-plugin-fails-to-send-notifications-for-posts-containing-links/60686 "2017-04-10T03:57:25Z")

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Using the most recent version of the Slack plugin, a post I created recently never got posted to Slack. In there error logs, I see this message and backtrace: Job exception: undefined method \`absolute' for DiscourseSla…

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## [Slack command integration broken in official discourse slack plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-command-integration-broken-in-official-discourse-slack-plugin/60645)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slack-command-integration-broken-in-official-discourse-slack-plugin/60645 "2017-04-10T02:23:43Z")

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I just updated the slack plugin on our instance to the latest version (compare versions), and it appears the /discourse slack commands are now broken: Here’s what I see in the logs on our instance: Started POST "/slack…

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## [How does Mute interact with other subscription types in the official slack plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-mute-interact-with-other-subscription-types-in-the-official-slack-plugin/60654)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-mute-interact-with-other-subscription-types-in-the-official-slack-plugin/60654 "2017-04-09T08:27:24Z")

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With the official slack plugin, when you do the following, it’s not clear what behavior to expect: /discourse watch foo Watched category foo /discourse watch bar Watched category bar /discourse mute all Muted all cate…

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## [Targeting Ember CSS IDs results in weird behavior](https://meta.discourse.org/t/targeting-ember-css-ids-results-in-weird-behavior/60628)

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**Author:** [@LilTrashPanda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LilTrashPanda)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/targeting-ember-css-ids-results-in-weird-behavior/60628 "2017-04-09T00:03:24Z")

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When navigating directly to a sub-category page via URL on Firefox or Edge (doesn’t seem to impact Chrome), it results in a broken page. Example URL: http://talk.readyatdawn.com/c/deformers/techsupport However, when …

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## [Query for recently uploaded / attached files](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-for-recently-uploaded-attached-files/60452)

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**Author:** [@Miro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Miro)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-for-recently-uploaded-attached-files/60452 "2017-04-08T02:01:05Z")

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I am wondering if there is possibility to view posts with uploaded / attached files.

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## [URL showing besides the category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-showing-besides-the-category/60620)

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**Author:** [@mpsocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpsocial)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-showing-besides-the-category/60620 "2017-04-07T22:19:13Z")

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Hi guys, I just noticed something interesting today, I’ve never seen this before and I am not sure how it got there. There’s a post that has an url besided the category, like this : Notice the url to the right of th…

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## [Where is uploads folder?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-uploads-folder/60568)

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**Author:** [@Miro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Miro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-uploads-folder/60568 "2017-04-06T21:42:38Z")

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Where is the uploads folder and how to access it? How can i add google verification file?

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## [Adding File Type Attachments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-file-type-attachments/60567)

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**Author:** [@JCarl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JCarl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-file-type-attachments/60567 "2017-04-06T21:35:06Z")

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It is my understanding the Discourse does not allow certain file attachments like PDF, Excel, Word etc. Another cloud based software that I use, uses Discourse as their Community and when I asked why we could not attach…

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## [Color difference indication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-difference-indication/60477)

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**Author:** [@shalz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shalz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-difference-indication/60477 "2017-04-06T05:50:48Z")

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Hi can some one explain here or can link me to a thread that explains the color differentiation for the replies views and activities. orange, grey and dark red? Here 123 is darker than 33, while 25 is darker than 34 …

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## [External links are not opening in new tab](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-links-are-not-opening-in-new-tab/60493)

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**Author:** [@11178](https://meta.discourse.org/u/11178)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-links-are-not-opening-in-new-tab/60493 "2017-04-05T18:51:29Z")

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Even after doing these settings, my links are opening in same window. What to do?

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## [Mute individual topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mute-individual-topics/60405)

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**Author:** [@lsaredux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lsaredux)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mute-individual-topics/60405 "2017-04-04T19:58:14Z")

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Can you mute individual topics/threads?

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## [Anonymous posting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-posting/60258)

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**Author:** [@lsaredux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lsaredux)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonymous-posting/60258 "2017-04-03T08:54:51Z")

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Don’t see how you can post anonymously on the boards. I set up a test/regular member account and do not see anonymous mode or anonymous posting options. Can Admins/Mods see which user posted anonymously too? Also can y…

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## [Can I see the original email from a non-member?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-see-the-original-email-from-a-non-member/44963)

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**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-see-the-original-email-from-a-non-member/44963 "2017-04-03T02:28:00Z")

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The discourse I manage are by invite only. When a non-member posts, we get them as a Pending member. In almost all cases, they got an email from the forum via Email Address A which is member address, but replied from E…

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## [Plugin support for creating groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-support-for-creating-groups/60285)

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**Author:** [@wichall](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wichall)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-support-for-creating-groups/60285 "2017-04-01T16:26:13Z")

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Hello, I’m totally new to discourse and have tried to get myself stuck in to making a plugin straight away. Starting to work my around, but can anyone tell me what the best method would be for creating a new group withi…

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## [Material Design on Mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/material-design-on-mobile/60199)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 7:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/material-design-on-mobile/60199 "2017-04-01T07:01:04Z")

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Currently attempting to add @rewphus’s excellent material design CSS to one of my sites. After some small modifications, everything is working great except one issue on mobile. Here’s a screenshot of the issue. Notice…

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## [Free hosting to test out Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-to-test-out-discourse/60250)

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**Author:** [@lsaredux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lsaredux)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-to-test-out-discourse/60250 "2017-04-01T04:11:09Z")

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I just want to be able to upload Discourse to a host temporarily so I can test out the software and admin panel. I have a forum project going on and we are thinking about using this software but many of my colleagues are…

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## [User Profile Views - Extremely High Lately](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-views-extremely-high-lately/48487)

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**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profile-views-extremely-high-lately/48487 "2017-03-31T20:01:16Z")

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I’m getting a crazy high number of User Profile Views lately - and I’m wondering what it means. It used to be down in the low hundreds - but the past few weeks its been up around 10,000 per day. It seems like someone is…

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## [Redirected to Wordpress dashboard after discourse login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirected-to-wordpress-dashboard-after-discourse-login/60116)

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**Author:** [@Martin\_O](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Martin_O)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redirected-to-wordpress-dashboard-after-discourse-login/60116 "2017-03-30T15:18:41Z")

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We use discourse together with wordpress, which is the sso provider. After latest update of discourse docker container and the wp discourse plugin, I am not able to access discourse forums while logged in. It always red…

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## [Reverse Single-Sign-On: Possible to use Discourse accounts on my other site?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-single-sign-on-possible-to-use-discourse-accounts-on-my-other-site/60170)

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**Author:** [@pv0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pv0)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reverse-single-sign-on-possible-to-use-discourse-accounts-on-my-other-site/60170 "2017-03-30T10:47:04Z")

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Hello, I am new here so please be patient if I am not following all your forum rules. I would like my users to sign in using Discourse so that I don’t have to build my own account management for the main site (for whic…

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## [Ansible-discourse: Install Discourse with Ansible (without Docker)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ansible-discourse-install-discourse-with-ansible-without-docker/31215)

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**Author:** [@jamielinux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamielinux)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ansible-discourse-install-discourse-with-ansible-without-docker/31215 "2016-07-30T09:41:25Z")

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ansible-discourse is an Ansible playbook I created to easily deploy Discourse without Docker. It supports several distributions, including CentOS, Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu. This installation method is completely unsuppo…

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## [Upgrading to 1.8.0.beta9 breaks Azure SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-to-1-8-0-beta9-breaks-azure-sso/60125)

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**Author:** [@sberkovitz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sberkovitz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-to-1-8-0-beta9-breaks-azure-sso/60125 "2017-03-29T18:33:04Z")

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After upgrading our instance from 1.8.0.beta8 to beta9, our SSO via Azure Active Directory stopped working. Any user attempting to authenticate would receive the message “Sorry, there was an error authorizing your accoun…

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